Announcements

The DAWN survey has been decommissioned and will be archived on MM/YYYY.  After that date, the DAWN data will no longer be publicly available through SAMHSA Data. Please reach out to email@domain.gov for any questions, comments, or concerns.

As of 2021, the National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS) and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) were merged into the National Substance Use and Mental Health Services Survey (N-SUMHSS). You can access data files from N-MHSS and N-SSATS, collected before the merge, in this collection.

Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN): Alcohol-related ED Visits Short Report

Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN): ED Visits Involving Alcohol Short Report presents the following data from January 2021-September 2023 (1) national estimates and characteristics of alcohol-related ED visits (2) demographics of alcohol-related ED visits (3) percent of ED visits related to alcohol and at least one other substance.

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 2021 public-use file is the latest in the NSDUH series. The NSDUH 2021 data are available to download on the SAMHDA site. NSDUH is the primary source of statistical information on the use of tobacco, alcohol, prescription drugs, and illicit drugs by the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population aged 12 or older. The survey also includes several series of questions that focus on mental health issues.

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Small Area Estimates (SAE) site has now been updated to include Preliminary 2021 state data. As part of the Data Tools System, the NSDUH SAE tool allows users to quickly see data by state and substate areas.

In January 2024, an updated NSDUH 2021 PUF file was released. This file has an updated weight that allows the data to be compared with 2022. See codebook for more details. NSDUH is the primary source of statistical information on the use of tobacco, alcohol, prescription drugs, and illicit drugs by the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population aged 12 or older. The survey also includes several series of questions that focus on mental health issues.

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 2022 public-use file is the latest in the NSDUH series. The NSDUH 2022 data are available to download on the SAMHDA site. NSDUH is the primary source of statistical information on the use of tobacco, alcohol, prescription drugs, and illicit drugs by the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population aged 12 or older. The survey also includes several series of questions that focus on mental health issues.

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 2022 public-use file is the latest in the NSDUH series and available to analyze in the Data Analysis System. NSDUH is the primary source of statistical information on the use of tobacco, alcohol, prescription drugs, and illicit drugs by the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population aged 12 or older. The survey also includes several series of questions that focus on mental health issues.

The 2021-2022 NSDUH state data tables are now available in a number of formats. They provide estimates for 35 measures of substance use and mental health by age group. The estimates are based on a small area estimation (SAE) methodology, in which state-level NSDUH survey data of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population aged 12 or older are combined with multiple sources of local data.

The Office of Population Surveys has drafted the special data brief: Gender Differences in Past Year Mental Health among Young Adults Aged 18 to 25 from the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). This report presents key mental health indicators by gender among young adults aged 18 to 25 in the United States. Estimates are based on NSDUH data from 2021.