In some countries its over 5. Globally UNODC estimates that between 155 and 250 million people or 35 to 57 of the population aged 15-64 had used illicit substances at least once in the previous year.
Drug Use Global Population By Drug 2018 Statista
Statistics on Drug Misuse England 2019.
Illicit drug use statistics. SAMHSA RTI International ID 61118 2017 Cocaine is the second-most popular drug among Americans with 38880000 people admitting to have used the drug within their lifetime. Contact us Other psychoactive substances It is estimated that 275 million people used illicit drugs such as cannabis amphetamines opioids and cocaine in 2016 which translates into an annual prevalence of illicit drug use of 56. 2 million people or 247 of those with drug disorders have an opioid disorder.
Women who used select illicit drugs in the past year in 2019 Percentage of respondents 148 148 55 55 15 15 15 15 06 06 05 05 02 02 Marijuana. The use and abuse of illegal drugs remains a problem in all parts of the world with an estimated 54 percent of the global population using illegal drugs in 2018. 1 Young adults aged 18-25.
Over 350000 die from overdoses alcohol and illicit drug use disorders each year. About 51 million young adults age 18 to 25 battled a substance use disorder in 2017 which equates to 148 of this population and about 1 in 7 people. This includes prescription pain relievers or pain killers and heroin.
That represents an increase of 3 million over the previous year but because of the increase in the global population illicit drug use. 87 of 8 th graders have used illicit drugs in the last month. According to the Australian Burden of Disease Study 2015 illicit drug use contributed to 27 of the total burden of disease and injury in 2015 AIHW 2019b.
In 2015 alcohol use and tobacco smoking use between them cost the human population more than a quarter of a billion disabilityadjusted life years with illicit drugs costing further tens of millions. Attributable disability-adjusted life-years DALYs were highest for tobacco smoking 1709 million DALYs followed by alcohol 850 million and illicit drugs 278 million. Use of any illicit drug increased among people in their 40s from 12 to 16 and 50s from 67 to 13 between 2001 and 2019.
An estimated 741000 adolescents suffered from an illicit drug use disorder in 2017 or about 3 of this population. There was no change in overall drug use and Class A drug use in the last year. Cannabis users comprise the largest number of illicit drug users 129-190 million people.
More than half of those who die from alcohol or drug overdoses are younger than 50. 118524000 Americans admitted to have used marijuana within their lifetime which makes it the most commonly used illicit drug in the US. By the time theyre in 12 th grade 466 of teens have tried illicit drugs.
Illicit drug use in the previous 12 months has increased for cannabis cocaine ecstasy inhalants hallucinogens and ketamine between 2016 and 2019. Drug overdoses are a leading cause of injury death in the United States resulting in approximately 52000 deaths in 2015Understanding differences in illicit drug use illicit drug use disorders and overall drug overdose deaths in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas is important for informing public health programs interventions and. 213 of 8 th graders have tried illicit drugs at least once.
Presents a range of information on drug use by adults and children drawn together from a variety of sources. 591000 12- to 17-year-olds used an illicit drug other than marijuana in the last month. Illicit use of drugs In 2019 around 34 million Australians reported using an illicit drug in the last 12 months.
While overall use of methamphetamine has decreased use of crystal. An estimated 1 in 11 adults aged 16 to 59 years had taken a drug in the last year 94. 81 million of 254 of illegal drug users have a drug disorder.
It is estimated that a total of 246 million people or 1 out of 20 people between the ages of 15 and 64 years used an illicit drug in 2013. Percentage of US. Substance use disorders are much more common in men.
1189 million 18- to 25-year-olds used drugs in the last month. In 2019 the most common illicit drug was cannabis followed by ecstasy misuse of pharmaceuticals and then cocaine. This included the impact of opioids amphetamines cocaine cannabis and other illicit drug use as well as unsafe injecting practices.
319 million use illegal drugs. Substance-attributable mortality rates were highest for tobacco smoking 1107 deaths per 100 000 people followed by alcohol and illicit drugs 330 and 69 deaths per 100 000 people respectively. 15 of global disease burden results from alcohol and illicit drug addiction.
Attributable age-standardized mortality rates and DALYs for alcohol and illicit drugs.
