Treatment Episode Data Set-Discharges (TEDS-D) Concatenated File Updated to Include Data through 2009

The 2006 to 2009 TEDS-D Concatenated data and documentation files are now available for download, online analysis, and Quick Tables. more...

TEDS-D is part of the TEDS series, which was designed to provide annual data on the number and characteristics of persons admitted to public and private substance abuse treatment programs receiving public funding. TEDS-D provides descriptive information about discharges from alcohol or drug treatment facilities including the reason for discharge and the length of time in treatment. Demographic information such as gender, race, ethnicity, education, and employment status are also included in the data. Substances reported in TEDS-D include alcohol, cocaine and crack, marijuana and hashish, heroin, nonprescription methadone, other opiates and synthetics, stimulants, tranquilizers, sedatives, and over-the-counter medications, among others.

TEDS is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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2011 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) Public-use Files Released

The 2011 DAWN emergency department (ED) public-use data and documentation files are now available for download and online analysis. more...

DAWN is a public health surveillance system that continuously monitors hospital drug-related ED visits. All types of drugs (licit and illicit) are covered, including all alcohol involvement for patients under 21, and alcohol involvement in combination with other substances for those 21 and older. DAWN estimates are based on a national sample of general, non-Federal hospitals, with oversampling of hospitals in selected metropolitan areas. Variables in DAWN provide details on the ED visit, including type of case, case disposition, drug involvement, route of administration, and the number of unique drugs reported.

A DAWN summary report (Highlights of the 2011 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) Findings on Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits) is available from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The 2004 through 2010 DAWN ED public-use data and documentation files are also available on the SAMHDA Web site for download and online analysis.

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Restricted-use National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data files updated

The following updates have been made to the NSDUH: 2-Year, 4-Year, and 8-Year R-DAS data files and codebooks: more...

• The variable POVPER (poverty level (% of US Census Poverty Threshold)) has been added to the:

• 2006 to 2007 and 2008 to 2009 periods in the NSDUH: 2-Year R-DAS (2002 to 2003, 2004 to 2005, 2006 to 2007, 2008 to 2009, and 2010 to 2011); and

• 2006 to 2009 period in the NSDUH: 4-Year R-DAS (2002 to 2005 and 2006 to 2009).

• FIREGION (FI Region within State), SSREGION (State Sampling Region within State), and RDASID (R-DAS Respondent Identification) variables have been removed from the NSDUH R-DAS data files.

There were no changes to the total number of records or to the other variables in the 2-Year, 4-Year, and 8-Year R-DAS data files. All three files are available for online analysis using the Restricted-use Data Analysis System (R-DAS).

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2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data file updated

The 2002 NSDUH public-use data file has been updated to include 17 new variables related to respondent drug use, mental health treatment, and geography. more...

There were no changes to the total number of records or to the other variables. Please view Table 4 in the Change History section of the codebook for more information on the new variables.

The NSDUH is the primary source of national and state-level estimates on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population. The NSDUH is conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data file updated

The 2003 NSDUH public-use data file has been updated to include 16 new variables related to respondent drug use, mental health, household composition, and geography. more...

There were no changes to the total number of records or to the other variables. Please view Table 4 in the Change History section of the codebook for more information on the new variables.

The NSDUH is the primary source of national and state-level estimates on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population. The NSDUH is conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data file updated

The 2004 NSDUH public-use data file has been updated to include 26 new variables related to drug use, mental health, and geography. more...

There were no changes to the total number of records or to the other variables. Please view Table 4 in the Change History section of the codebook for more information on the new variables.

The NSDUH is the primary source of national and state-level estimates on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population. The NSDUH is conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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2011 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) Released

The 2011 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) data and documentation files are now available for download and online analysis. more...

N-SSATS is a point-prevalence survey that provides data on substance abuse treatment facilities (both public and private) and their clients throughout the 50 States, District of Columbia, and other U.S. jurisdictions. The N-SSATS contains information on facility ownership, services offered, primary treatment focus, methadone/buprenorphine dispensing, number of clients (total and under age 18), number receiving methadone and buprenorphine, and number of beds. The geographic data included in N-SSATS are Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) state and county codes, metropolitan statistical area (MSA), core-based statistical area (CBSA), Census region, and Census division.

N-SSATS is conducted annually by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Access the 2011 N-SSATS report.

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