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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 12.0 percent of adults aged 18 years and over reported use of illicit drugs in the past 30 days in 2018
Target: 12.0 percent
Numerator
Number of adults aged 18 years and over who report use of any illicit drugs during the past 30 days.
Denominator
Number of adults aged 18 years and over.
Target-setting method
Maintain the baseline
Target-setting method justification
This method was used because the trend was moving away from the desired direction. Maintaining the baseline is the desired target because the Healthy People 2030 Workgroup Subject Matter Experts viewed maintaining the baseline as an ambitious yet achievable target.
Methodology
Methodology notes
Illicit drug use is defined as use of at least one of the following substances in the past month: marijuana or hashish, cocaine (including "crack"), inhalants, hallucinogens (including PCP and LSD), heroin, or any nonmedical use of analgesics, tranquilizers, stimulants, or sedatives. Respondents are considered to have used illicit drugs if they report use in the past 30 days of any of the listed substances.
History
Comparable HP2020 objective
Retained, which includes core objectives that are continuing from Healthy People 2020 with no change in measurement.
