15.9
(40.3 M)
8.0
(2.0 M)26.4
(9.0 M)15.0
(29.3 M)Total 12 to 17 18 to 25 26+P E R C E N TSource: CASA Columbia analysis of The National Survey on
Drug Use and Health(NSDUH), 2010.Figure 3.K
Addiction Among Individuals Ages 12+, 2010
Percent (Number in Millions)Among those with addiction, 55.7 percent are
risky users of one or more other substances and
17.3 percent have addiction involving multiple
substances,* including:
21.3 percent of those with addiction
involving nicotine;
30.1 percent of those with addiction
involving alcohol;
75.2 percent of those with addiction
involving controlled prescription drugs; and
62.1 percent of those with addiction
involving illicit drugs.^52
- Met diagnostic criteria for two or more of the
following: past 30-day nicotine dependence and/or
past year abuse/dependence involving alcohol, illicit
drugs and/or controlled prescription drugs.
Those ages 18 to 25 have the highest rate of
addiction, including the highest rates involving
each type of substance, than any other age
group.^53 (Figure 3.K; Table 3.5†)† Data regarding addiction involving each type of
substance in this table and in subsequent tables
demonstrating demographic differences are presented
as addiction involving the substance, with or without
addiction involving other substances, because
presenting addiction related to each substance on its
own (without other substance addiction) results in
cell sizes that are too small to present reliable data.
As such, data on specific substances and multiple
substances shown in the tables are not mutually
exclusive.Table 3.4
Prevalence of Addiction in
U.S. Population, Ages 12+, 2010Percent of
Total
PopulationNumber
(in
Millions)
Total Addiction* 15.9 40.3
Nicotine With/Without
Other Substances 9.0 22.9
Nicotine Only 7.1 18.0
Alcohol With/Without
Other Substances 7.1 18.0
Alcohol Only 5.0 12.6
Illicit Drugs
With/Without Other
Substances
2.2 5.6Illicit Drugs Only 0.8 2.1Controlled Prescription
Drugs With/Without
Other Substances
0.9 2.4Controlled Prescription
Drugs Only 0.2 0.6
Multiple Substances 2.7 7.0
- Based on past 30-day nicotine dependence, as defined
in the NDSS, and past-year alcohol and/or other drug
abuse or dependence, as defined in the DSM-IV.
Source: CASA Columbia analysis of The National
Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 2010.