Annual average rate of methamphetamine use among adults by reported mental illness 2015-2018

From 2015 to 2018, an annual average of around 38 U.S. adults per 1,000 with past-year serious mental illness had used methamphetamine in the past-year. The statistic illustrates the annual average rate of past-year methamphetamine use among adults in the U:S. between 2015 and 2018, by reported mental illness.

Annual average rate of past-year methamphetamine use among adults in the U.S. between 2015 and 2018, by reported mental illness (per 1,000 adults)

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

from 2015 to 2018

Number of respondents

171,766 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Any mental illness is defined as currently or at any time within the past year having had a diagnosable mental disorder (excluding developmental disorders and substance use disorders of sufficient duration to meet DSM-IV diagnostic criteria). https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/2017-methodological-summary-and-definitions. For this analysis where the variable was defined as past-year mental illness, not serious mental illness, persons meeting criteria for serious mental illness were not included.

** Serious mental illness is defined as currently or at any time within the past year having had a mental disorder (excluding developmental disorders and substance use disorders of sufficient duration to meet DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, which resulted in serious functional impairment substantially interfering with or limiting one or more major life activities)

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