"In 2023, 48.5 million people aged 12 or older (or 17.1 percent of the population) had an SUD [Substance Use Disorder] in the past year, including 28.9 million people who had an alcohol use disorder and 27.2 million people who had a drug use disorder (Figures 28, 29, and 30 and Tables A.15B and A.16AB). People who had an SUD in the past year tended to have an alcohol use disorder only or a drug use disorder only. About 1 in 6 people with a past year SUD (15.6 percent or 7.5 million people) had both an alcohol use disorder and a drug use disorder in the past year.
"The percentage of people aged 12 or older in 2023 with a past year SUD differed by age group. The percentage was highest among young adults aged 18 to 25 (27.1 percent or 9.2 million people), followed by adults aged 26 or older (16.6 percent or 37.0 million people), then by adolescents aged 12 to 17 (8.5 percent or 2.2 million people) (Figure 30 and Table A.15B).
"By Race/Ethnicity
"The percentage of people aged 12 or older in 2023 with a past year SUD was higher among American Indian or Alaska Native (25.3 percent), Multiracial (24.3 percent), or White people (17.8 percent) compared with Hispanic (15.7 percent) or Asian people (9.2 percent) (Figure 31 and Table B.13B). Multiracial people were also more likely than White or Black people (17.6 percent) to have had a past year SUD. Asian people were less likely to have had a past year SUD than people in other racial or ethnic groups. The percentage of people aged 12 or older in 2023 with a past year SUD could not be calculated with sufficient precision for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander people.15
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2024). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. PEP24-07-021, NSDUH Series H-59). Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
