Hughes A L
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Br J Addict. 1992 Oct;87(10):1481-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1992.tb01927.x.
National levels and trends of illicit drug use in the general population are well documented. However, little is known about how this phenomenon is distributed among various subnational areas such as state, metropolitan area, and other local areas. The sample design from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) was recently expanded such that estimates from several large metropolitan areas could be produced with reasonable precision. The prevalence of illicit drug use is examined in six large metropolitan areas of the United States. These findings indicate that, in some cases, drug use varies considerably by metropolitan area.
普通人群中非法药物使用的全国水平和趋势已有充分记录。然而，对于这一现象在州、大都市区和其他地方等不同次国家级地区的分布情况却知之甚少。最近，全国药物滥用家庭调查（NHSDA）的样本设计得到了扩展，从而能够以合理的精度得出几个大型大都市区的估计数据。本文考察了美国六个大型大都市区的非法药物使用流行情况。这些发现表明，在某些情况下，药物使用情况因大都市区而异。
