|
Nonmedical
Use of Pain Relievers in Past Year
National Survey on Drug Use and Health for Rural Substance Abuse
Partnership States (http
: //www.umaine.edu/mscs/RSAP )
Adapted from Changes
in Prevalence Rates of Drug Use between 2002-2003 and
2004-2005 among States (2007), Department of Health and
Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) http
: //www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/StateTrends.htm
|
State
|
Age 12+
|
AGE GROUP
|
|
17
or younger
|
18-25
|
26 or Older
|
|
2002-
2003
|
2003-
2004
|
2004-
2005
|
2002-
2003
|
2003-
2004
|
2004-
2005
|
2002-
2003
|
2003-
2004
|
2004-
2005
|
2002-
2003
|
2003-
2004
|
2004-
2005
|
|
Range
[low : high]
|
no maps
|
[3.07
: 6.31]
|
[3.42
: 6.50]
|
no maps
|
[4.35
: 10.92]
|
[4.37
: 10.32]
|
no
maps |
[6.33
: 15.81]
|
[7.70
: 16.59]
|
no maps
|
[1.95
: 4.72]
|
[2.24
: 4.32]
|
|
Total
|
4.79
|
4.79
|
4.77
|
7.61
|
7.53b
|
7.13c
|
11.70
|
11.95
|
12.16
|
3.20
|
3.16
|
3.15
|
|
Northeast
|
4.05
|
4.32
|
4.44c
|
6.37
|
6.64
|
6.48
|
11.22a
|
12.07
|
12.19
|
2.62
|
2.77
|
2.92
|
|
Midwest
|
4.58
|
4.62
|
4.69
|
7.53
|
7.37
|
7.07
|
11.68
|
11.90
|
12.02
|
2.90
|
2.93
|
3.04
|
|
South
|
4.92
|
4.79
|
4.82
|
7.88
|
7.71
|
7.41
|
12.08
|
11.86
|
12.34
|
3.27
|
3.14
|
3.15
|
|
West
|
5.42
|
5.37
|
5.04
|
8.23
|
8.10b
|
7.25c
|
11.51
|
12.03
|
11.98
|
3.90
|
3.76
|
3.45
|
|
Alaska
|
5.34
|
5.68
TQ
|
5.61
TQ
|
8.09
|
8.62
|
8.16
|
12.72
|
12.77
|
12.50
|
3.58
|
3.81
TQ
|
3.80
TQ
|
|
District
of Columbia
|
3.52
|
3.07
BQ
|
3.72
BQ
|
5.26
|
4.35
BQ
|
4.37
BQ
|
6.73
|
6.33
BQ
|
8.02
BQ
|
2.73
|
2.33
BQ
|
2.88
|
|
Georgia
|
5.12
|
5.49
b
|
4.3
|
8.41
|
8.21
b
|
6.28
|
10.66
|
11.35
|
10.14
BQ
|
3.64
|
4.02
b
TQ
|
2.94
|
|
Hawaii
|
3.90a
|
3.13
BQ
|
3.57
BQ
|
6.52
|
5.30
BQ
|
5.96
BQ
|
9.41
|
8.01
BQ
|
9.17
BQ
|
2.67
|
2.11
BQ
|
2.41
BQ
|
|
Idaho
|
5.63
|
5.32
|
5.40
|
8.72
|
8.14
|
7.46
|
13.57
|
12.44
|
13.89
|
3.48
|
3.41
|
3.34
|
|
Kentucky
|
6.50
|
6.31
TQ
|
6.03
TQ
|
9.96
|
10.92
TQ
|
9.89
TQ
|
17.48
|
15.81
TQ
|
14.40
TQ
|
4.16
|
4.08
TQ
|
4.11
TQ
|
|
Maine
|
4.61
|
5.02
|
4.93
|
7.16a
|
| 