Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of adults who reported alcohol or drug use in the past year, NSDUH 2008–2014
|  |  | Adult substance users (N = 206,473) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Total | Alcohol only | Prescription opioids onlya | Marijuana onlya | Other single druga | Prescription opioids-Marijuanaa | Multiple prescription drugsa | Other multiple drugsa |
Sample size | N = 206,473 | n = 141,521 (78.80%) | n = 5337 (2.31%) | n = 32,206 (10.47%) | n = 3789 (1.65%) | n = 3921 (1.08%) | n = 1267 (0.55%) | n = 18,432 (5.14%) |
| Â | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
Age in years | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 18–25 | 100,189 (16.28) | 56,075 (11.40) | 2829 (19.19) | 21,723 (34.22) | 1999 (20.11) | 2878 (42.35) | 596 (18.18) | 14,089 (46.38) |
 26–34 | 33,909 (17.80) | 24,313 (16.16) | 965 (22.63) | 4651 (22.87) | 669 (21.95) | 583 (26.74) | 268 (26.51) | 2460 (26.29) |
 35–49 | 44,233 (28.38) | 36,100 (29.67) | 1099 (32.73) | 4118 (23.19) | 774 (30.89) | 361 (19.82) | 293 (32.03) | 1488 (17.89) |
 50 + | 28,142 (37.54) | 25,033 (42.77) | 444 (25.44) | 1714 (19.73) | 347 (27.05) | 99 (11.09) | 110 (23.28) | 395 (9.43) |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 100,107 (51.03) | 64,513 (49.08) | 2387 (49.37) | 17,803 (59.83) | 1721 (47.54) | 2328 (63.00) | 442 (40.00) | 10,913 (63.43) |
 Female | 106,366 (48.97) | 77,008 (50.92) | 2950 (50.63) | 14,403 (40.17) | 2068 (52.46) | 1593 (37.00) | 825 (60.00) | 7519 (36.57) |
Race/ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Non-Hispanic White | 136,140 (70.65) | 94,604 (71.33) | 3148 (61.68) | 19,281 (65.83) | 2449 (70.42) | 2566 (71.40) | 923 (75.65) | 13,169 (73.39) |
 Non-Hispanic Black | 23,657 (10.47) | 14,991 (9.80) | 695 (12.08) | 5671 (16.37) | 322 (7.79) | 541 (13.23) | 89 (7.05) | 1348 (8.61) |
 Hispanic | 29,583 (13.05) | 20,622 (12.96) | 993 (18.83) | 4279 (12.24) | 667 (16.51) | 445 (10.14) | 171 (14.15) | 2406 (12.89) |
 Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 7882 (4.05) | 6113 (4.41) | 235 (5.09) | 873 (2.57) | 149 (2.71) | 82 (1.91) | 28 (2.00) | 402 (2.22) |
 Other | 9211 (1.78) | 5191 (1.50) | 266 (2.33) | 2102 (2.99) | 202 (2.57) | 287 (3.32) | 56 (1.15) | 1107 (2.89) |
Annual household income | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 ≤$49,999 | 116,601 (45.48) | 73,790 (42.03) | 3393 (53.87) | 21,299 (57.51) | 2268 (53.68) | 2673 (62.81) | 773 (55.02) | 12,405 (62.90) |
 $50,000–$74,999 | 33,718 (17.82) | 24,874 (18.54) | 816 (18.00) | 4339 (15.07) | 573 (16.41) | 574 (15.14) | 192 (15.00) | 2350 (13.52) |
 ≥$75,000 | 56,154 (36.70) | 42,857 (39.43) | 1128 (28.13) | 6568 (27.42) | 948 (29.91) | 674 (22.05) | 302 (29.98) | 3677 (23.58) |
Population density | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Large metro | 92,298 (55.33) | 62,387 (55.00) | 2319 (54.74) | 15,154 (57.50) | 1793 (56.49) | 1680 (52.82) | 529 (49.72) | 8436 (57.06) |
 Small metro | 72,108 (30.00) | 49,114 (29.94) | 1950 (30.38) | 11,106 (29.60) | 1340 (30.62) | 1412 (31.10) | 476 (34.33) | 6710 (30.69) |
 Non-metro | 42,067 (14.67) | 30,020 (15.06) | 1068 (14.88) | 5946 (12.90) | 656 (12.89) | 829 (16.08) | 262 (15.95) | 3286 (12.25) |
Past-year alcohol abuse/dependence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 None | 177,574 (89.95) | 129,606 (93.50) | 4449 (85.29) | 25,794 (81.51) | 3000 (82.04) | 2672 (69.37) | 955 (77.32) | 11,098 (62.93) |
 Abuse | 15,738 (5.29) | 6889 (3.57) | 460 (7.40) | 3606 (10.05) | 380 (7.93) | 669 (16.35) | 134 (9.11) | 3600 (17.36) |
 Dependence | 13,161 (4.76) | 5026 (2.93) | 428 (7.31) | 2806 (8.44) | 409 (10.03) | 580 (14.28) | 178 (13.57) | 3734 (19.71) |
Survey Year | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 2008 | 28,441 (13.66) | 19,715 (13.95) | 900 (15.95) | 3797 (11.10) | 582 (14.72) | 567 (12.35) | 199 (12.04) | 2681 (13.44) |
 2009 | 28,952 (14.03) | 19,695 (14.16) | 826 (13.92) | 4206 (12.39) | 532 (13.84) | 633 (15.81) | 195 (15.79) | 2865 (14.87) |
 2010 | 29,978 (14.07) | 20,474 (14.11) | 794 (14.79) | 4539 (13.40) | 542 (13.15) | 589 (13.99) | 222 (17.19) | 2818 (14.45) |
 2011 | 29,743 (14.16) | 20,284 (14.34) | 767 (12.89) | 4728 (14.05) | 548 (13.28) | 633 (14.66) | 148 (12.24) | 2635 (12.65) |
 2012 | 28,963 (14.54) | 19,461 (14.39) | 752 (15.81) | 4841 (14.93) | 527 (14.51) | 566 (13.78) | 187 (17.70) | 2629 (15.31) |
 2013 | 28,667 (14.62) | 19,378 (14.47) | 662 (13.66) | 4961 (15.92) | 503 (15.08) | 493 (15.70) | 150 (11.65) | 2520 (14.74) |
 2014 | 31,729 (14.93) | 22,514 (14.59) | 636 (12.97) | 5134 (18.22) | 555 (15.42) | 440 (13.72) | 166 (13.39) | 2284 (14.54) |