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This is one in a series of brief
state-based reports intended to give the reader
a quick overview of substance abuse and mental
health issues within a single state. The data
derive principally from national surveys conducted
by the Office of Applied Studies, a component
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA). Sources for all data
used in this report appear at the end.
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Prevalence
of Illicit Substance and Alcohol Use and Abuse in
New Hampshire
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
generates state-level estimates for 23 measures
of substance use and mental health problems for
four age groups: the entire state population over
age 12 (12+); individuals age 12 to 17; individuals
age 18 to 25; and individuals age 26 and older (26+).
Since State estimates of substance use and abuse
were first generated using the combined 2002-2003
NSDUHs and continuing until the most recent State
estimates based on the combined 2005-2006 surveys,
New Hampshire has consistently ranked among those
states with the highest rates of the following measures:
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New Hampshire is among those
states with the lowest rates of the
following: |
| Measure |
Age
Groups |
| Past
Month Illicit Drug Use |
18-25 |
| Past
Year Marijuana Use |
18-25 |
| Past
Year Marijuana Use |
18-25 |
| Least
Perception of Risk Associated with Once
a Month Marijuana Use |
All
Age Groups |
| Past
Year Cocaine Use |
18-25 |
| Past
Month Alcohol Use |
12+,
18-25, 26+ |
| Past
Month Binge Alcohol Use |
18-25 |
| Least
Perception of Risk Associated with Having
Five or More Drinks of an Alcoholic
Beverage Once or Twice a Week |
All
Age Groups |
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Abuse and Dependence in
New Hampshire
Questions in NSDUH are used to classify persons
as being dependent on or abusing specific substances
based on criteria specified in the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition
(DSM-IV) (American Psychiatric Association, 1994).
On the global measure of past year abuse of or dependence
on illicit drugs or alcohol, two age groups - those
12 to 17 and those age 18 to 25 - have been ranked
among the highest rates in the country.
Overall rates of dependence on or abuse
of alcohol in New Hampshire have generally
remained among the highest in the country since
2002. This is particularly true of the rates of
past year dependence or abuse of alcohol for individuals
age 18 to 25, which were among the highest in the
country in 2005-2006.
Similarly, rates of past year dependence on or abuse
of illicit drugs has remained consistently high
for the age group 18 to 25, as well as for those
individuals age 12 to 17.
In 2005-2006, past year rates for both of these
groups were among the highest in the country.
NEW HAMPSHIRE PAST YEAR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
OR ABUSE AMONG INDIVIDUALS AGE 18 TO 25
NEW HAMPSHIRE PAST YEAR ILLICIT
DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE AMONG INDIVIDUALS AGE 19
TO 25
Substance Abuse Treatment
Facilities in New Hampshire
According to the National Survey of Substance Abuse
Treatment Services (N-SSATS), the number of addiction
treatment facilities recognized in
New Hampshire has decreased from 64 in
2002 to 57 in 2006, the most recent year for which
data are available. In 2006, the majority of addiction
treatment facilities were private nonprofit
(43 of 57 facilities or 75%). An additional 10 addiction
treatment facilities were private for-profit, and
one facility was owned/operated by a tribal government.
This decrease in facilities between 2002 and 2006
is attributable primarily to the loss of seven private
for-profit facilities.
Although addiction treatment facilities may offer
more than one modality of care, the majority of
facilities in New Hampshire in 2006 (42 of 57, or
74%) offered some form of outpatient care. A total
of 17 addiction treatment facilities offered some
form of residential addiction treatment,
and 6 facilities offered an opioid treatment
program. In addition, 23 physicians and
10 addiction treatment programs
are certified to provide bupenorphine treatment.
In 2006, 68 percent of all addiction treatment facilities
(39 of 57) received some form of Federal, State,
county, or local government funds, and 22 facilities
(39%) had agreements or contracts with managed care
organizations for the provision of substance
abuse treatment services.
Substance Abuse Treatment
in New Hampshire
State treatment data for substance use disorders
are derived from two primary sources - an annual
one-day census in N-SSATS and annual addiction
treatment admissions from the Treatment
Episode Data Set (TEDS). In the 2006 N-SSATS survey,
New Hampshire showed a one day
census total of 4,083 clients in addiction
treatment, the majority of whom (3,706
or 91%) were in outpatient treatment. Of the total
number of clients in treatment on this date, 502
(12%) were under the age of 18.
Between 1992 and 2006 (the most recent year for
which data are available), there has been a doubling
in the number of addiction treatment admissions
reported to the TEDS in New Hampshire - from 2,149
in 1992 to 5,729 in 2006.
The percentage of addiction treatment admissions
mentioning particular drugs or alcohol at the time
of admission. Across the last 15 years, there has
been a modest decline in the number of admissions
mentioning alcohol as a substance of abuse, and
increases in the mentions of both cocaine
and heroin addiction.
Across the years for which TEDS data are available,
New Hampshire has seen a substantial shift in the
constellation of problems present at treatment admission.
Alcohol-only admissions have declined from 40 percent
of all admissions in 1992 to 25 percent in 2006.
Concomitantly, drug-only admissions have increased
from 7 percent in 1992 to 23 percent in 2006.
Unmet Need for Treatment
in New Hampshire
NSDUH defines unmet addiction treatment as an individual
who meets the criteria for abuse of or dependence
on illicit drugs or alcohol according to the DSM-IV,
but has not received specialty addiction treatment
for that problem in the past year. Generally, rates
of unmet need for treatment for alcohol
use have remained at or above the national
rates for all population groups. In 2005-2006, the
rate of unmet need for alcohol treatment
for individuals age 18 to 25 was among the highest
in the country.
Similarly, the rates of unmet drug addiction
treatment need in New Hampshire
have been at or above the national rates for all
age groups, except for those age 26 and older. In
this age group, the rate of the unmet addiction
treatment need has consistently been among the lowest
in the country. In contrast to this, rates of unmet
drug addiction treatment need for individuals age
12 to 17 have consistently been among the highest
in the country.
Sources:
Facility Data: National Survey of Substance Abuse
Treatment Services (N-SSATS)–2006 is available
at: http://www.dasis.samhsa.gov.
Center for Mental Health Services Uniform Reporting
System Output Tables 2006 is available at: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.
gov/cmhs/MentalHealthStatistics/URS2006.asp
Substance Abuse Treatment Data: Treatment Episode
Data Set–Concatenated File–is available
from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data
Archive: http://www. icpsr.umich.edu/SDA/SAMHDA.
Mental Health Treatment Data: Center for Mental
Health Services Uniform Reporting System Output
Tables 2006 is available at: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/
MentalHealthStatistics/URS2006.asp.
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