| Women
and Substance Use
 List
of all reports on women
Pregnancy:
Detailed Tables (PDF format, Go to tables 7.54 - 7.61)
Highlights
of Reports on Women, Pregnancy, & Related Issues:
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Full Reports & Chapters on Women |
The
DASIS Report: Characteristics
of Homeless Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002
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| Highlights
of Short Reports on Prevalence |
- Based
on SAMHSA's 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, among women aged 21 to
49, married women were less likely to have used tobacco, engaged in binge alcohol
use, or used an illicit drug in the past month compared with women who were divorced
or separated, never married, or living with an unmarried partner. Among married
women, those with children younger than 18 living in the home were less likely
to have used tobacco, engaged in binge alcohol use, or used any illicit drug in
the past month than those with no child living in the home. Past month tobacco
and illicit drug use were higher among women living with an unmarried partner
than among women from other marital status groups. See
The NSDUH Report: Marital Status and
Substance Use Among Women
- In
2002, 3 percent of pregnant women aged 15 to 44 used illicit drugs in the past
month, 3 percent reported binge alcohol use, and 17 percent reported smoking cigarettes
in the past month. Among pregnant women aged 15 to 44, whites were more likely
to have smoked cigarettes in the past month than blacks or Hispanics.
See The NSDUH Report:
Pregnancy and Substance Use.
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In 2000, Hispanic females aged 12 to 17 were at higher risk
for suicide than other youths. Only 32 percent of Hispanic female youths
at risk for suicide during the past year, however, received mental health treatment
during this same time period. Hispanic female youths born in the United
States were at higher risk than Hispanic female youths born outside the United
States. But rates of suicide risk were similar among Hispanic female youths
across regions and ethnic subgroups (e.g., Mexican, Puerto Rican, Central or South
American and Cuban). See The
NHSDA Report: Risk of Suicide Among Hispanic Females Aged 12 to
17.
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1999, about four percent of the pregnant women and eight percent of women who
were not pregnant used an illicit drug in the past month. Illicit drug-using
women, regardless of pregnancy status, were more likely to use marijuana than
any other drug. See The NHSDA Report:
Pregnancy and Illicit Drug Use.
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| Highlights
of Short Reports on Pregnant Women |
- In
2002, of the 363,000 treatment admissions of women of usual childbearing age (aged
15 to 44 years) for which pregnancy status was recorded in SAMHSA's Treatment
Episode Data Set (TEDS), 4% were known to be pregnant when admitted. Compared
to nonpregnant admissions, pregnant women aged 15 to 44 entering treatment were
more likely to report cocaine/crack (22% vs. 17%), amphetamine/methamphetamine
(21% vs. 13%), or marijuana (17% vs. 13%) as their primary substance of abuse
and less likely to report alcohol (18% vs. 31%). See The
DASIS Report: Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2002
- In
2002, 3 percent of pregnant women aged 15 to 44 used illicit drugs in the past
month, 3 percent reported binge alcohol use, and 17 percent reported smoking cigarettes
in the past month. Among pregnant women aged 15 to 44, whites were more likely
to have smoked cigarettes in the past month than blacks or Hispanics.
See The NSDUH Report:
Pregnancy and Substance Use.
- In 1999, about four percent
of the pregnant women and eight percent of women who were not pregnant used an
illicit drug in the past month. Illicit drug-using women, regardless of
pregnancy status, were more likely to use marijuana than any other drug.
See The NHSDA Report:
Pregnancy and Illicit Drug Use.
- In 1999, pregnant women
aged 15 to 44 were more likely to enter treatment for cocaine abuse than
nonpregnant women of the same age group. Between 1995 and 1999, the source
of referral to substance abuse treatment changed for pregnant women: Criminal
Justice Referrals increased and referrals by Self/Individual or Health Care Providers
decreased. See The DASIS Report: Pregnant
Women in Substance Abuse Treatment.
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| Highlights
of Short Reports on Treatment and Women |
- Of
the admissions for whom living arrangement were recorded in SAMHSA's Treatment
Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 2002, 13% (171,400) were homeless at the time of admission.
Females comprised 20% of the homeless admissions. Compared with all female admissions,
the service setting for women who were homeless at time of substance abuse treatment
admission was more likely to be detoxification (42% vs. 19%) or residential/rehabilitation
(26% vs. 18%) and less likely to be ambulatory settings (32% vs. 63%). Homeless
female admissions were more likely than all female admissions to report cocaine/crack
(24% vs. 17%) or heroin (21% vs. 16%) as their primary substance of abuse. See
The
DASIS Report: Characteristics
of Homeless Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002
- In
2002, of the 363,000 treatment admissions of women of usual childbearing age (aged
15 to 44 years) for which pregnancy status was recorded in SAMHSA's Treatment
Episode Data Set (TEDS), 4% were known to be pregnant when admitted. Compared
to nonpregnant admissions, pregnant women aged 15 to 44 entering treatment were
more likely to report cocaine/crack (22% vs. 17%), amphetamine/methamphetamine
(21% vs. 13%), or marijuana (17% vs. 13%) as their primary substance of abuse
and less likely to report alcohol (18% vs. 31%). See The
DASIS Report: Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2002
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2002, the proportion of female admissions between the ages of 25 and 44 to SAMHSA's
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) who were currently married was less than in
the general population. About 40% of the female admissions were self and individual
referrals to treatment and about 25% were referred by the criminal justice system.
Cocaine and opiates were reported as the primary substance of abuse more frequently
by female admissions who had never been married and alcohol was reported more
frequently by those who had ever been married. See
The
DASIS Report: Marital
Status of Women Aged 25-44: 2002
in substance abuse treatment
- Based
on SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), the number of adult women admissions
(age 18 and older) to substance abuse treatment for primary use of smoked cocaine
(crack) peaked in 1994. Between 1994 and 2000, both the total number of
such admissions and the number of first-time admissions declined.
In 2000, 14 percent of all adult female admissions to substance abuse treatment
were for the primary use of crack cocaine. The average length of crack use
was 12 years prior to admission. The
DASIS Report: Women in Treatment for Smoked Cocaine: 2000.
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the substance abuse treatment facilities providing programs or services for women,
63 percent reported providing programs for women only, 56 percent reported services
addressing domestic violence, 34 percent provided programs for pregnant or postpartum
women, and 16 percent offered on-site child care services. See The
DASIS Report: Facilities Offering Special Programs or Services for Women.
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1999, pregnant women aged 15 to 44 were more likely to enter treatment for cocaine
abuse than nonpregnant women of the same age group. Between 1995 and
1999, the source of referral to substance abuse treatment changed for pregnant
women: Criminal Justice Referrals increased and referrals by Self/Individual
or Health Care Providers decreased. See The
DASIS Report: Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment.
- Women
entered the substance abuse treatment system through different avenues than men.
Women were less likely than men to be referred by the criminal justice system
and more likely to be referred by community, religious, or governmental organizations/agencies
providing social services or by self-help groups. See
The DASIS Report: How Men and Women Enter Substance Abuse Treatment.
- In
1998, there were 23 men admitted to treatment for every 10 women. Women
in substance abuse treatment were more likely to be in treatment for "hard"
drugs such as heroin and cocaine and less likely to be in treatment for alcohol
abuse or marijuana use. See
The DASIS Report: Women in Substance Treatment.
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1998, the average adult woman entering treatment for crack cocaine was 34 years
old and had first used crack when she was 24. Over one-third of the adult
women entering treatment for crack cocaine abuse were white, five percent were
Hispanic, and 61 percent were black. See
The DASIS Report: Women in Treatment for Smoked Cocaine.
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