Adults assessed for substance use treatment with life problems by gender U.S. 2019

In 2019, around 27 percent of male adults in the United States who were assessed for substance use treatment reported having severe legal problems. This statistic illustrates the percentage of adults in the United States assessed for substance use treatment that had severe biopsychosocial problems as of 2019, by gender.

Percentage of U.S. adults assessed for substance use treatment with moderate to extremely severe problems in select domains as of 2019, by gender*

Characteristic	Medical	Employment	Legal	Family	Psychiatric	Alcohol	Drug
Male	24.1%	22.3%	27.1%	17%	27%	26.1%	42.4%
Female	33.2%	29.5%	31.6%	32.8%	49.3%	20.9%	50.5%
Total	27.4%	25%	28.8%	22.8%	35.2%	24.2%	45.4%

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Release date

June 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2019

Number of respondents

49,138 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Severity score ratings are calculated via an algorithm that is dependent upon answers to various questions. Interpretation of biopsychosocial domain scores is as follows: 0–1 = no problem; 2–3 = slight problem; 4–5 = moderate problem; 6–7 = severe problem; and 8–9 = extreme problem. For this analysis, scores were combined so that a score falling in the range of 4–9 was considered more severe compared with scores of 0–3.

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