Alcohol Abuse, Dependence, & Treatment

2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health:  Detailed Tables (HTML)        (PDF format)

Alcohol treatment

Alcohol treatment gap

Substance abuse & dependence

Alcohol problems

Alcohol Abuse & Dependence

 Also see Substance Abuse Dependence

• Trend Tables:  Alcohol Use, Abuse, & Dependence (1999-2001) 

• Tables:  Alcohol Use, Abuse, & Dependence (2001 NHSDA)

Graphics

• Graphics: Youth Prevention, Heavy Alcohol Use, & Dependence (2001 NHSDA)

• Graphics:  Substance Abuse Treatment (2001 NHSDA)

Figures on Youth Prevention, Heavy Alcohol Use,  & Dependence:

• Fig 7.3:  Past Year Illicit Drug or Alcohol Dependence or Abuse among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Age: 2000 and 2001

• Fig 7.4:  Past Year Illicit Drug or Alcohol Dependence or Abuse, by Age and Gender: 2001

• Fig 7.5:  Past Year Illicit Drug or Alcohol Dependence or Abuse among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by County Type: 2001

Graphics for Treatment:

• Fig 7.6:  Past Year Treatment Received at Specific Locations among Persons Aged 12 or Older Who Received Any Illicit Drug or Alcohol Treatment in the Past Year: 2001

• Fig 7.7:  Substances for Which Persons Received Treatment among Persons Aged 12 or Older Who Received Any Illicit Drug or Alcohol Treatment in the Past Year: 2001

Data Tables for Alcohol Use, Abuse, & Dependence: 

Table H.57:   Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Persons Reporting Past Year Substance Dependence or Abuse, by Age Group: 2000 and 2001

Table H.58:   Percentages Reporting Past Year Substance Dependence or Abuse, by Age Group: 2000 and 2001

Table H.59:   Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Persons Reporting Past Year Substance Dependence, by Age Group: 2000 and 2001

Table H.60:   Percentages Reporting Past Year Substance Dependence, by Age Group: 2000 and 2001

Table H.61:   Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Persons Aged 12 or Older Reporting Past Year Dependence or Abuse for Any Illicit Drug or Alcohol, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Table H.62:   Percentages of Persons Aged 12 or Older Reporting Past Year Dependence or Abuse for Any Illicit Drug or Alcohol, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Table H.63:   Percentages of Persons Aged 12 or Older Reporting Past Year Dependence or Abuse for Any Illicit Drug or Alcohol, by Geographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Data for Substance Abuse Treatment:

H.64:  Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Persons Aged 12 or Older Who Received Substance Abuse Treatment in the Past Year, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

H.65:  Percentages of Persons Aged 12 or Older Who Received Substance Abuse Treatment in the Past Year, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

H.66:  Percentages of Persons Aged 12 or Older Who Received Substance Abuse Treatment in the Past Year, by Geographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

 Alcohol Treatment Admissions

• The NSDUH Report - -  Alcohol Treatment: Need, Utilization, and Barriers

• The DASIS Report - -  Frequency of Use among Alcohol-Only Treatment Admissions: 2006

•   The DASIS Report - - Primary Alcohol Admissions Aged 21 or Older: Alcohol Only vs. Alcohol plus a Secondary Drug, 2005

• The DASIS Report - - Older Adult Alcohol Admissions, 2003

• The DASIS Report - -  Primary Alcohol Admissions Aged 21 or Older - - Alcohol Alone vs. Alcohol Plus a Secondary Drug, 2003

• The NSDUH Report - - Substance Use, Dependence, and Treatment among Veterans

• The DASIS Report - -  Characteristics of Primary Alcohol Admissions by Age of First Use of Alcohol: 2002

• 2002 State Estimates of Alcohol Treatment Gap

• The DASIS Report - -  Treatment Admissions for Primary Alcohol Abuse Among Youth Aged 18-20; 2001

• The DASIS Report - -   Distance to Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities among Those with Alcohol Dependence or Abuse

• The DASIS Report - -  Alcohol Treatment Admissions Decrease: 1993-1999

• The DASIS Report - -  Treatment Admissions for Alcohol Abuse, Alone and with a Drug Problem

• The DASIS Report - -  Admissions to Treatment for Abuse of Alcohol Alone

• Tables:  Treatment (2001 NHSDA)

Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 1992-2000: National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services   (HTML format)

Alcohol accounted for nearly half (45 percent) of all TEDS admissions in 2000, down from 59 percent in 1992. However, 43 percent of primary alcohol admissions reported secondary drug abuse as well.

Alcohol admission rates generally were highest in the Pacific Northwest, North Central, and Northeast. For the United States as a whole, alcohol admission rates declined by 28 percent between 1992 and 2000, from 443 per 100,000 population aged 12 and over to 320 per 100,000. This rate of decline was equaled or exceeded in 15 States.

Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 1994-1999: National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services (PDF format)

In 1999, alcohol accounted for nearly half (47 percent) of all TEDS admissions, down from 53 percent in 1999.  However, 43 percent of primary alcohol admissions reported secondary drug abuse as well.  Alcohol admission rates generally were highest in the Pacific Northwest, North Central, and Northeast.  The rate for the United States as a whole declined by 19 percent between 1994 and 1999, from 418 per 100,000 aged 12 and over to 337.  This rate of decline was equaled or exceeded in 16 States.  See "Trends in the Co-Abuse of Alcohol and Drugs" in Chapter 2 and "Characteristics of Admissions for Alcohol Only and Alcohol with Secondary Drug Abuse" in Chapter 3 of the report.

This page was last updated on April 09, 2009.