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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 0.33 percent of persons aged 12 years and over reported heroin use in the past 12 months in 2017
Target: 0.33 percent
Methodology
Questions used to obtain the national baseline data
From the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health:
Numerator:
HE02 [IF HE01 = 1 OR HEREF = 1] How old were you the first time you used heroin?>AGE: [RANGE: 1 - 110]
HE03b [IF AGE1STHR = CURNTAGE - 1 AND DATE OF INTERVIEW
- CURRENT YEAR - 2
- CURRENT YEAR - 1
- DK/REF
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- DK/REF
Methodology notes
Past year initiates for a specific substance include those who used that substance (misused in the case of prescription psychotherapeutics) for the first time in the past year.