TY - JOUR
T1 - The prevalence and self-reported consequences of cocaine use
T2 - an exploratory and descriptive analysis
AU - Trinkoff, Alison M.
AU - Ritter, Christian
AU - Anthony, James C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA03992, DA043921 and the National Institute of Mental Health (MH41908): Principal Investigators M. Kramer, Baltimore (UOl MH33870); J.K. Meyers, New Haven (UOl MH34224); L.N. Robins, St. Louis (UOl MH33833); D. Blazer, Durham (UOl MH35386); R. Hough and M. Karno, Los Angeles (UOl MH35865); D.A. Regier and B.Z. Locke (NIMH). Portions of this manuscript were presented at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, Keystone, Colorado.
PY - 1990/11
Y1 - 1990/11
N2 - In this study, prevalence rates for cocaine use were estimated by sex and race, as well as for selected social role and lifestyle characteristics, including educational level, marital status, living arrangements, job type and employment status. Prevalence rates were based on an estimation procedure that made the age-race-sex distributions balanced to that of the nation as a whole. Data were gathered from a multi-site probability sample of adults interviewed in 1981-1984 as part of the National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program (ECA) (n = 14 333). In addition to prevalence of use, rates of self-reported consequences of cocaine use were generated, by level of cocaine use. Striking differences in prevalence were found by education and marital status, which remained after controlling for age of respondent. Respondents who were employed full-time had a higher prevalence of cocaine use than those who were not. Individuals residing in households at the time of interview had a 6.4% lifetime prevalence of cocaine use, vs. hospitalized respondents (22%) and incarcerated respondents (40%). Cocaine use consequence rates varied greatly across survey sites, with self-reported tolerance (28%-51%) and withdrawal sickness (8%-33%) figuring prominently among sustained daily users.
AB - In this study, prevalence rates for cocaine use were estimated by sex and race, as well as for selected social role and lifestyle characteristics, including educational level, marital status, living arrangements, job type and employment status. Prevalence rates were based on an estimation procedure that made the age-race-sex distributions balanced to that of the nation as a whole. Data were gathered from a multi-site probability sample of adults interviewed in 1981-1984 as part of the National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program (ECA) (n = 14 333). In addition to prevalence of use, rates of self-reported consequences of cocaine use were generated, by level of cocaine use. Striking differences in prevalence were found by education and marital status, which remained after controlling for age of respondent. Respondents who were employed full-time had a higher prevalence of cocaine use than those who were not. Individuals residing in households at the time of interview had a 6.4% lifetime prevalence of cocaine use, vs. hospitalized respondents (22%) and incarcerated respondents (40%). Cocaine use consequence rates varied greatly across survey sites, with self-reported tolerance (28%-51%) and withdrawal sickness (8%-33%) figuring prominently among sustained daily users.
KW - cocaine
KW - drug abuse
KW - epidemiology
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U2 - 10.1016/0376-8716(90)90163-9
DO - 10.1016/0376-8716(90)90163-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 2265589
AN - SCOPUS:0025185201
SN - 0376-8716
VL - 26
SP - 217
EP - 225
JO - Drug and alcohol dependence
JF - Drug and alcohol dependence
IS - 3
ER -