Table 5.62 Percentage in Need of Illicit Drug Abuse Treatment,
	by Race/Ethnicity and Sociodemographic Characteristics, 1991-1993
			Respondents Aged 18 and Older
	Total	Asian/ Pac Isl	Hispanic Cuba	Hispanic Mexico	Hispanic Puerto Rico	Hispanic Other	Non Hispanic Black	Non Hispanic White
Total	2.6	1.8	2.6	3.2	3.8	2.2	4.0	2.4
Gender:
Female	1.9	1.2	1.2	2.2	2.7	2.3	2.9	1.7
Male	3.4	2.5	4.2	4.0	5.1	2.1	5.5	3.2
Ages:
12 to 17	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
18 to 25	6.0	2.3	7.9	4.6	7.3	4.3	5.5	6.5
26 to 34	4.1	4.9	7.7	3.7	5.6	2.8	5.9	3.9
35 and older	1.3	0.5	0.4	2.0	2.0	1.2	2.8	1.1
Region:
Northeast	2.2	*	*	*	4.0	1.2	3.6	2.0
North Central	2.2	0.3	*	3.6	3.4	0.2	3.5	2.1
South	2.5	0.9	2.7	3.1	1.8	2.6	3.8	2.2
West	3.7	2.5	*	3.2	7.1	2.8	7.1	3.7
Density:
MSA < 1 Million	3.0	2.0	2.3	3.0	3.4	2.2	4.0	2.8
Other MSA	2.5	1.3	*	3.3	3.9	1.9	4.1	2.3
Not in MSA	2.2	*	*	3.9	11.0	2.6	3.9	2.0
Interview:
Spanish	1.3	*	1.0	1.3	1.6	1.5	*	*
English	2.7	1.8	3.5	4.2	4.0	2.5	4.0	2.4
Family Income:
<$20,000	3.6	3.2	2.9	3.1	4.9	2.1	4.6	3.5
$20-40,000	2.6	0.2	2.4	3.7	4.0	1.6	4.4	2.3
>$40,000	2.0	1.8	2.5	2.9	2.4	2.7	3.0	1.8
Education:
0-8 years	1.9	*	1.0	1.6	2.4	0.6	1.9	2.0
9-11 years	4.5	1.3	4.9	5.7	5.3	2.9	6.6	4.0
12 years	2.9	2.0	*	3.2	3.4	2.7	4.2	2.7
>12 years	2.0	1.8	1.6	3.1	3.6	2.5	2.9	1.8
Marital Status:
Married	1.4	1.3	1.1	2.1	1.5	1.2	2.9	1.3
Widowed/div/sep	2.9	*	2.0	3.3	4.2	4.4	3.0	2.9
Never married	6.0	3.4	*	5.8	8.2	3.2	6.3	6.1
Employment:
Employed	2.7	2.0	2.2	3.2	3.6	2.6	3.6	2.5
Unemployed	8.4	*	*	6.8	9.2	2.6	9.2	8.7
Not in labor force	1.4	0.6	1.5	1.8	2.5	1.2	2.9	1.2
Children:
None	3.0	2.8	3.5	4.9	5.2	1.9	4.4	2.8
1 or more	2.1	0.7	1.6	1.9	2.7	2.4	3.5	1.9
Health Insured:
Yes	2.2	2.0	1.4	2.7	3.3	2.1	3.8	1.9
No	5.5	1.0	6.6	3.9	5.7	2.5	5.3	6.2
Welfare:
Receives	7.8	*	*	5.6	5.7	2.5	9.1	8.3
Does not	2.4	1.8	2.5	3.0	3.5	2.2	3.3	2.2
N/A: Not Applicable
* Low precision.
Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1991-93