Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Summary/Excerpts
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) presents Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is an annual survey sponsored by SAMHSA, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The 2021 NSDUH used multimode data collection, in which 69,850 respondents aged 12 or older completed the survey in person or via the web. Estimates based on multimode data collection in 2021 are not comparable with estimates from 2020 or prior years. Therefore, this report presents NSDUH estimates from
2021 only.
Key Statistics
Among people aged 12 or older in 2021, 3.3 percent (or 9.2 million people) misused opioids (heroin or prescription pain relievers) in the past year.
Opioid misuse in the past year among people aged 12 or older in 2021 did not differ among racial or ethnic groups.
In 2021, 46.3 million people aged 12 or older (or 16.5 percent) had a substance use disorder (SUD) in the past year, including ... 24.0 million who had a drug use disorder, and 7.3 million people who had both an alcohol use disorder and a drug use disorder.
The percentage of people aged 12 or older in 2021 with a past year SUD was higher among American Indian or Alaska Native (27.6 percent) or Multiracial people (25.9 percent)
Citation
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2023). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. PEP22-07-01-005, NSDUH Series H-57). Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/reports/rpt39443/2021NSDUHFFRRev010323.pdf