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Rural / Urban Status and Metropolitan
Areas  State
Level Data Specific
Cities/Metropolitan areas for
which OAS data are available Rural
/ Urban Status and Metropolitan Areas:
 Based
on SAMHSA's 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, rates of current underage
drinking among youth aged 12 to 17 was higher in rural than nonrural areas. Current
underage drinking among those aged 18 to 20, however, were higher in nonrural
areas. Rural youth aged 12 to 17 reported lower levels of perceived risk from
alcohol use, less disapproval of alcohol use, and less perceived parental disapproval
of underage drinking than those in nonrural areas. Binge drinking (defined as
5 or more drinks on the same occasion at least one day in the past month) was
also higher among rural youth age 12 to 17 (4.1%) than nonrural (1.6%) but did
not differ by rural status for underage binge drinking by those aged 18 to 20.
See The NSDUH Report: Underage
Drinking in Rural Areas
- In
SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), the substance abuse treatment admission
rates for narcotic painkillers increased 155% between 1992 and 2002. The increase
was smallest in large central metropolitan areas (58%) and greatest in the most
rural areas, i.e., non-metropolitan areas without a city (269%). The proportions
of narcotic painkiller treatment admissions taking the drugs orally or inhaling
them increased while the proportion injecting them decreased. See The
DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions in Urban & Rural Areas Involving
Abuse of Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update
- In SAMHSA's
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), the number of substance abuse treatment admissions
in which narcotic painkillers were involved increased 101 percent between 1992
and 2000. Increases in substance abuse treatment admission rates for abuse of
narcotic painkillers were greatest in areas outside large central metropolitan
areas. The proportion increased of narcotic painkiller treatment admissions taking
the drugs orally while the proportion injecting narcotic painkillers decreased.
However, only in rural areas did the proportion who inhaled the narcotic painkillers
increase. See The DASIS
Report: Treatment Admissions in Urban & Rural Areas Involving Abuse of
Narcotic Painkillers.
- According
to the U.S. population in 2000, the 10 largest metropolitan statistical areas
(MSAs) are: Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles,
Miami, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Rates of past
month (i.e., current) illicit drug use, binge alcohol use, and cigarette use for
each of these MSAs were compared with the national average.
See The NHSDA Report: Substance
Use in the 10 Largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
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Regardless
of level of urbanization, alcohol was the leading substance of abuse for American
Indian / Alaska Native treatment admissions. American Indian / Alaska Native
treatment admissions in non-metro areas without a city were less likely than other
metropolitan areas to have opiates, cocaine, or stimulants as their primary substance
of abuse. Opiates were the primary substance of abuse among American Indian /
Alaska Native substance abuse treatment admissions in large metropolitan areas.
See The DASIS Report:
American Indian / Alaska Native Treatment Admissions in Rural & Urban
Areas: 2000. Adults
with alcohol dependence or abuse in the United States lived an average of 3.2
miles from a substance abuse treatment facility in the year 2000. See
The DASIS Report: Distance to Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities among
Those with Alcohol Dependence or Abuse. |
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In 1991, the D.C. Metropolitan Area Drug
Study (DC*MADS) was conducted and included special analyses of homeless and transient
populations and of women delivering live births in the D.C. hospitals. You
can access reports from the study or use the public use files to conduct your
own online analysis of the data. For
further information, click on DC*MADS. The
available OAS data on cities/metropolitan areas are the following:
The
DAWN Report: Highlights From Specific DAWN Metropolitan Areas:
(all are in PDF format) - Atlanta,
2002 (PDF
format)
- Baltimore,
2002 (PDF
format)
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Boston, 2002 (PDF
format)
- Buffalo,
2002 (PDF
format)
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Chicago, 2002
(PDF format)
- Denver,
2002
(PDF
format)
- Detroit,
2002
(PDF
format)
- Los
Angeles, 2002
(PDF
format)
- Miami,
2002
(PDF
format)
- Minneapolis,
2002
(PDF
format)
- New
Orleans, 2002
(PDF
format)
- New
York City, 2002
(PDF
format)
- Newark,
2002
(PDF
format)
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Philadelphia, 2002
(PDF format)
- Phoenix,
2002
(PDF
format)
- San
Diego, 2002
(PDF
format)
- Seattle,
2002
(PDF
format)
-
St. Louis, 2002
(PDF format)
- Washington,
D.C. 2002
(PDF format)
According to
the U.S. population in 2000, the 10 largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)
are: Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles,
Miami, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Rates of past
month (i.e., current) illicit drug use, binge alcohol use, and cigarette use for
each of these MSAs were compared with the national average.
See The
NHSDA Report: Substance Use in the 10 Largest Metropolitan Statistical
Areas. DAWN
Drug-related Emergency Department Visits (1995-2002):
Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles,
Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St.
Louis, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C. DAWN
Drug-related Mortality Data from Medical Examiners for 2001 (PDF format):
Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver,
Detroit, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Long Island, Los Angeles, Louisville, Miami,
Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New Orleans, New York, Newark, Norfolk, Oklahoma
City, Omaha, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Providence, St. Louis, Salt Lake
City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., Wilmington.
And areas with few cases: Boulder, Casper, Fargo, Indianapolis, Manchester-Nashua,
Middlesex-Somerset, Sioux Falls. |
