FiveThirtyEight Drug Use By Age Dataset
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About this Dataset
FiveThirtyEight Drug Use By Age Dataset
Content
Drug Use By Age
This directory contains data behind the story How Baby Boomers Get High. It covers 13 drugs across 17 age groups.
Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive.
| Header | Definition |
|---|---|
alcohol-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used alcohol in the past 12 months |
alcohol-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used alcohol in the past 12 months |
marijuana-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used marijuana in the past 12 months |
marijuana-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used marijuana in the past 12 months |
cocaine-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used cocaine in the past 12 months |
cocaine-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used cocaine in the past 12 months |
crack-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used crack in the past 12 months |
crack-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used crack in the past 12 months |
heroin-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used heroin in the past 12 months |
heroin-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used heroin in the past 12 months |
hallucinogen-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used hallucinogens in the past 12 months |
hallucinogen-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used hallucinogens in the past 12 months |
inhalant-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used inhalants in the past 12 months |
inhalant-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used inhalants in the past 12 months |
pain-releiver-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used pain relievers in the past 12 months |
pain-releiver-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used pain relievers in the past 12 months |
oxycontin-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used oxycontin in the past 12 months |
oxycontin-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used oxycontin in the past 12 months |
tranquilizer-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used tranquilizer in the past 12 months |
tranquilizer-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used tranquilizer in the past 12 months |
stimulant-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used stimulants in the past 12 months |
stimulant-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used stimulants in the past 12 months |
meth-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used meth in the past 12 months |
meth-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used meth in the past 12 months |
sedative-use |
Percentage of those in an age group who used sedatives in the past 12 months |
sedative-frequency |
Median number of times a user in an age group used sedatives in the past 12 months |
Context
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Acknowledgements
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This dataset is distributed under the Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
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