Find national, State, and local statistics on the prevalence of substance use disorder in the general population as well as the population involved with the child welfare system.
Behavioral Health Barometer: United States, Volume 5
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (2017)
Provides national and State-level overviews of behavioral health in the United States by discussing an array of physical and mental health indicators measured through data collection efforts sponsored by SAMHSA.
Behavioral Health Trends in the United States: Results From the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and National Health (PDF - 3,410 KB)
Hedden, Kennet, Lipari, Medley, Tice, Copello, & Kroutil (2015)
Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Summarizes findings from the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health on trends in the behavioral health of people aged 12 years old or older in the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States. SAMHSA also provides detailed tables consisting of 12 subject matter sections, which summarize results from the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health.
Behavioral Health, United States, 2012 (PDF - 6,042 KB)
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2013)
Provides national and State level statistics and trends on both private and public sector mental health and substance abuse services, costs, and clients. Addresses needs of children, military personnel, nursing home residents, and prison inmates.
Emergency Department Data/DAWN
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration
Offers information on a public health surveillance system that monitors drug-related hospital emergency department visits in order to report on the impact of drug use, misuse, and abuse in metropolitan areas and across the nation.
Prevention Status Report
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2016)
Presents the statuses of public health policies and practices designed to prevent or reduce 10 important public health problems nationwide.
Results from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2013)
Offers a set of tables that provides an index for finding statistics from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) report. Tables address illicit drug use by demographic characteristics and geographic characteristics, tobacco product and alcohol use, risk and protective factors, incidence, dependence, abuse, treatment, miscellaneous factors concerning illicit drug use and tobacco use, substance abuse trends, and sample size and population characteristics.