Approximately 49 million people in the U.S. population aged 12 or older had a substance use disorder in 2021—and most went without treatment.
That amounted to 17.3% of the population living with these disorders, according to 2022 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration data released in November 2023. These sometimes deadly disorders are on the rise: The share of Americans with substance use disorders jumped by nearly a percentage point from 2021 to 2022, per SAMHSA data. Reported drug overdose deaths are also rising compared to historical levels, reaching nearly 106,000 in the 12 months ending in September 2023, compared to just under 69,000 during the same period in 2019.
In Idaho, there were about 5,999 people in substance use treatment in 2021, or 309 for every 100,000 residents. It ranks #41 among states for the share of its population seeking treatment, and has 97 substance use treatment facilities. Other SAMSHA data suggests that about 17.1% of the state’s population has a substance use disorder, ranking #22 among U.S. states and D.C. The 2021 SAMHSA survey used official diagnostic criteria to determine estimates of the prevalence of substance use disorder, basing questions on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5).
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