Reduce the proportion of people who had drug use disorder in the past year — SU‑15 - Healthy People 2030

Status: Getting worse

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Most Recent Data:
9.7 percent (2022)

Target:
8.1 percent ¹

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
8.7 percent of persons aged 12 years and over had a drug use disorder (defined as meeting DSM-V criteria) in the past 12 months in 2021 ²

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Reduce the proportion of persons with drug use disorder in the past year

Target-Setting Method

Minimal statistical significance

Data Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA

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Summary

Reducing drug use disorder is key to preventing drug overdose deaths. There are effective medications for substance use, but most people who need treatment don’t get it. Strategies to reduce drug use disorder include building treatment capacity, improving delivery of evidence-based care, and expanding the use of evidence-based prevention programs.

Topics: Addiction, Drug and Alcohol Use

Workgroup: Substance Use Workgroup

1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

2. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

Reduce the proportion of people who had drug use disorder in the past year — SU‑15

Status: Getting worse

Summary

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