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SA-4.3 Data Details

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SA-4.3 Increase the proportion of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years perceiving great risk associated with substance abuse—Using cocaine once per month

About the Data: National

Description of the data source, numerator, denominator, survey questions, and other relevant details about the national estimate.

Data Source: 
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Changed Since the Healthy People 2020 Launch: 
Yes
Measure: 
percent
Baseline (Year): 
49.4 (2008)
Target: 
54.3
Target-Setting Method: 
10 percent improvement
Numerator: 

Number of persons aged 12 to 17 years who reported that they perceived great risk from using cocaine once a month

Denominator: 

Number of persons aged 12 to 17 years

Comparable Healthy People 2010 Objective: 
Retained from HP2010 objective
Questions Used to Obtain the National Baseline Data: 

    From the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health:

    [NUMERATOR:]

    How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when use cocaine once a month?

    1. No risk?
    2. Slight risk?
    3. Moderate risk?
    4. Great risk?
Data Collection Frequency: 
Annual
Methodology Notes: 

    A description of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) has been published by SAMHSA.

Caveats and Limitations: 
While the question used to obtain baseline data takes into account all kinds of harm, some respondents may focus on physical harm only. Consequently the measure is a very conservative estimate of the perceived harm.
Trend Issues: 
Estimates prior to data year 2015 were removed for country of birth and geographic location due to a questionnaire redesign of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) beginning in data year 2015, which resulted in a break in trend. Estimates were removed for both national level, and state-level data including the category ‘all reporting states’.

About the Data: State

Description of the data source, numerator, denominator, survey questions, and other relevant details about the state-level data.

Data Source: 
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Measure: 
percent
Numerator: 

Number of persons aged 12 to 17 years who reported that they perceived great risk from using cocaine once a month

Denominator: 

Number of persons aged 12 to 17 years

Questions Used to Obtain the State Data: 

      From the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health:

      [NUMERATOR:]

      How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when use cocaine once a month?

      1. No risk?
      2. Slight risk?
      3. Moderate risk?
      4. Great risk?
Data Collection Frequency: 
Annual
Methodology Notes: 

      A description of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) has been published by SAMHSA.

Caveats and Limitations: 
While the question used to obtain baseline data takes into account all kinds of harm, some respondents may focus on physical harm only. Consequently the measure is a very conservative estimate of the perceived harm.
Trend Issues: 
Estimates prior to data year 2015 were removed for country of birth and geographic location due to a questionnaire redesign of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) beginning in data year 2015, which resulted in a break in trend. Estimates were removed for both national level, and state-level data including the category ‘all reporting states’.

Revision History

Any change to the objective text, baseline, target, target-setting method or data source since the Healthy People 2020 launch.

Description of Changes Since the Healthy People 2020 Launch: 
During regular data collection and processing checks, errors were identified in the NSDUH data. These errors affected the data for Pennsylvania (2006-2010) and Maryland (2008-2009). These errors had minimal impact on the national estimates and no effect on direct estimates for the other 48 states and the District of Columbia. Comparing estimates for Pennsylvania, Maryland, the mid-Atlantic division, and the Northeast region were of most concern. As a result in 2013, the original baseline was revised from 49.7 to 49.4 percent. The target was adjusted from 54.7 to 54.3 percent to reflect the revised baseline using the original target-setting method.

References

Additional resources about the objective

  1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Results from the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings. Office of Applied Studies, NSDUH Series H-36, HHS Publication No. SMA 09-4434. Rockville, MD. 2009.
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