Substance UsePickaway County, OH
Alcohol and Tobacco
State-level data from the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) tracks alcohol and tobacco usage, broken down by demographic factors including age, race, and income.
2018, Overall
2018, Overall
Perceptions of Risk
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, asks respondents if they perceive using various substances as a "great risk." The percentages of respondents who answered "yes" are shown below. This state-level data can also be broken down by age groups, and benchmarked against the United States.
Percent of population who perceive the following as a "great risk":
Trying Heroin Once or Twice
Smoking 1+ Cigarette Packs per Day
Binge Drinking 1-2 Times per Week
About the Data
• Binge drinking and smoking rate data is from the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
• Mortality data is from CDC Wonder. Drug overdose death data was queried based on the following parameters: Underlying cause of death, ICD-10 codes X40–X44, X60–X64, X85, Y10–Y14. Opioid data was queried from: Underlying cause of death, ICD-10 codes: F11.0, X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, Y10-Y14, and multiple cause of death, codes T40.0-T40.4, T40.6.
• Perceptions of risk data is from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The data is an estimate based on a two-year period.