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Drugs JSON File

From the CORGIS Dataset Project

By Austin Cory Bart acbart@vt.edu, Ryan Whitcomb rwhit94@vt.edu, Joung Min Choi, Bo Guan
Version 3.0.0, created 10/29/2021
Tags: drugs, substances, drug usage

Overview

This dataset is about substance abuse (cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine, alcohol) among different age groups and states. Data was collected from individual states as part of the NSDUH study. The data ranges from 2002 to 2018. Both totals (in thousands of people) and rates (as a percentage of the population) are given.

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Key Descriptions

Key List of... Comment Example Value
State String The state that this report was created for. "Alabama"
Year Integer The year that this report was created for. 2002
Population.12-17 Integer Estimated population for this age group (12 to 17 year olds) in this year from US Census data for this state. 380805
Population.18-25 Integer Estimated population for this age group (18 to 25 year olds) in this year from US Census data for this state. 499453
Population.26+ Integer Estimated population for this age group (26 years old or older) in this year from US Census data for this state. 2812905
Totals.Alcohol.Use Disorder Past Year.12-17 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have a use disorder on alcohol in the past year among this age group. 18
Totals.Alcohol.Use Disorder Past Year.18-25 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have a use disorder on alcohol in the past year among this age group. 68
Totals.Alcohol.Use Disorder Past Year.26+ Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have a use disorder on alcohol in the past year among this age group. 138
Rates.Alcohol.Use Disorder Past Year.12-17 Float Amount per 1000 people that has a use disorder on alcohol in the past year among this age group. 48.336
Rates.Alcohol.Use Disorder Past Year.18-25 Float Amount per 1000 people that has a use disorder on alcohol in the past year among this age group. 136.49
Rates.Alcohol.Use Disorder Past Year.26+ Float Amount per 1000 people that has a use disorder on alcohol in the past year among this age group. 49.068
Totals.Alcohol.Use Past Month.12-17 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used alcohol in the past month, among this age group. 57
Totals.Alcohol.Use Past Month.18-25 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used alcohol in the past month, among this age group. 254
Totals.Alcohol.Use Past Month.26+ Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used alcohol in the past month, among this age group. 1048
Rates.Alcohol.Use Past Month.12-17 Float Amount per 1000 people that has used alcohol in the past month, among this age group. 150.033
Rates.Alcohol.Use Past Month.18-25 Float Amount per 1000 people that has used alcohol in the past month, among this age group. 509.551
Rates.Alcohol.Use Past Month.26+ Float Amount per 1000 people that has used alcohol in the past month, among this age group. 372.70300000000003
Totals.Tobacco.Cigarette Past Month.12-17 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Cigarettes in the past month, among this age group. 52
Totals.Tobacco.Cigarette Past Month.18-25 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Cigarettes in the past month, among this age group. 196
Totals.Tobacco.Cigarette Past Month.26+ Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Cigarettes in the past month, among this age group. 728
Rates.Tobacco.Cigarette Past Month.12-17 Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Cigarettes in the past month, among this age group. 136.906
Rates.Tobacco.Cigarette Past Month.18-25 Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Cigarettes in the past month, among this age group. 392.404
Rates.Tobacco.Cigarette Past Month.26+ Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Cigarettes in the past month, among this age group. 258.844
Totals.Illicit Drugs.Cocaine Used Past Year.12-17 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Cocaine in the past year among this age group. 6
Totals.Illicit Drugs.Cocaine Used Past Year.18-25 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Cocaine in the past year among this age group. 27
Totals.Illicit Drugs.Cocaine Used Past Year.26+ Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Cocaine in the past year among this age group. 49
Rates.Illicit Drugs.Cocaine Used Past Year.12-17 Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Cocaine in the past year among this age group. 16.556
Rates.Illicit Drugs.Cocaine Used Past Year.18-25 Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Cocaine in the past year among this age group. 54.892
Rates.Illicit Drugs.Cocaine Used Past Year.26+ Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Cocaine in the past year among this age group. 17.513
Totals.Marijuana.New Users.12-17 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have started using Marijuana in the past year among this age group. 20
Totals.Marijuana.New Users.18-25 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have started using Marijuana in the past year among this age group. 18
Totals.Marijuana.New Users.26+ Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have started using Marijuana in the past year among this age group. 2
Rates.Marijuana.New Users.12-17 Float Amount per 1000 people that has started using Marijuana in the past year among this age group. 59.732
Rates.Marijuana.New Users.18-25 Float Amount per 1000 people that has started using Marijuana in the past year among this age group. 62.324999999999996
Rates.Marijuana.New Users.26+ Float Amount per 1000 people that has started using Marijuana in the past year among this age group. 0.914
Totals.Marijuana.Used Past Month.12-17 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Marijuana in the past month among this age group. 24
Totals.Marijuana.Used Past Month.18-25 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Marijuana in the past month among this age group. 62
Totals.Marijuana.Used Past Month.26+ Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Marijuana in the past month among this age group. 73
Rates.Marijuana.Used Past Month.12-17 Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Marijuana in the past month among this age group. 63.662
Rates.Marijuana.Used Past Month.18-25 Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Marijuana in the past month among this age group. 124.67200000000001
Rates.Marijuana.Used Past Month.26+ Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Marijuana in the past month among this age group. 25.967
Totals.Marijuana.Used Past Year.12-17 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Marijuana in the past year among this age group. 49
Totals.Marijuana.Used Past Year.18-25 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Marijuana in the past year among this age group. 119
Totals.Marijuana.Used Past Year.26+ Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Marijuana in the past year among this age group. 141
Rates.Marijuana.Used Past Year.12-17 Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Marijuana in the past year among this age group. 127.53500000000001
Rates.Marijuana.Used Past Year.18-25 Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Marijuana in the past year among this age group. 237.88
Rates.Marijuana.Used Past Year.26+ Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Marijuana in the past year among this age group. 50.275
Totals.Tobacco.Use Past Month.12-17 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Tobacco products in the past month, among this age group. Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. 63
Totals.Tobacco.Use Past Month.18-25 Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Tobacco products in the past month, among this age group. Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. 226
Totals.Tobacco.Use Past Month.26+ Integer The estimated number of people (in thousands) that have used Tobacco products in the past month, among this age group. Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. 930
Rates.Tobacco.Use Past Month.12-17 Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Tobacco products in the past month, among this age group. Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. 166.578
Rates.Tobacco.Use Past Month.18-25 Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Tobacco products in the past month, among this age group. Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. 451.976
Rates.Tobacco.Use Past Month.26+ Float Amount per 1000 people that has used Tobacco products in the past month, among this age group. Tobacco Products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. 330.659