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Substance Use and Treatment Need among Women Employed Full Time

The NSDUH Report - Substance Use and Treatment Need among Women Employed Full Time

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19.8 percent of women aged 18 to 64 who were employed full time engaged in binge alcohol use and 6.4 percent used illicit drugs in the past month; this translates into 9.9 million binging on alcohol and 3.2 million using illicit drugs. Among women employed full time, the rates of past month binge alcohol use and illicit drug use decreased with age; for example, 37.3 percent of women aged 18 to 25 reported past month binge alcohol use compared with 25.9 percent of those aged 26 to 34, 18.1 percent of those aged 35 to 49, and 9.3 percent of those aged 50 to 64. About 3.6 million employed women (7.2 percent) were classified as being in need of treatment for an alcohol or drug use problem in the past year; of those, only 5.8 percent received treatment at a specialty facility.

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This Short ,The NSDUH Report - Substance Use and Treatment Need among Women Employed Full Time, is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use by State.

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