DOI: 10.7910/dvn/aa28cj
title: Extracted Data From: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)

description: This submission includes publicly available data extracted in its original form. |
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The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), conducted annually by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), provides nationally representative data on the use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs; substance use disorders; mental health issues; and receipt of substance use and mental health treatment among the civilian, noninstitutionalized population aged 12 or older in the United States. NSDUH estimates allow researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and the general public to better understand and improve the nation’s behavioral health.
Substance use topics covered include lifetime, past-year, and past-month use; age at first use; substance use treatment history; perceived need for treatment; and substance use disorders. Mental health topics include major depressive episodes; suicidal ideation and attempts; general mental illness; and use of mental health care. Respondents are asked about problems resulting from the use of drugs, their perceptions of risks and about some potential risk and protective factors, such as conflict with parents or participation in drug prevention programs.
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This page contains NSDUH public use files (PUFs) for download and the PUF documentation. PUFs are full datasets treated with confidentiality protections the PUF codebooks give more information on specific data treatments, including the exclusion of most geographic variables. PUFs will generate comparable, but not identical, estimates to those published by SAMHSA because of the PUFs disclosure-avoidance methods.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;These resources document the survey materials and methodology used for NSDUH, including the data collection and processing methods used to create NSDUH data products. Documentation contains information on sampling, field interview protocols, weighting, imputation, and estimation, as well as the questionnaires and screeners used in each year.
When available, please use the Methodological Summary and Definitions (MSD) report for the context to properly interpret annual reports and tables. For greater detail, the Methodological Resource Books (MRB) have multiple reports, including full versions of the questionnaire.&lt;/b&gt;
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If you have questions about the underlying data stored here, please contact SAMHSA webmaster@samhsa.hhs.gov
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description: This submission includes publicly available data extracted in its original form. Please reference the Related Publication listed here for source and citation information.

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data was downloaded by Anne Gunn on 2025-04-29