This statistic represents the total number of users of prescription mental health/substance abuse medications among adults in the United States from 1998 to 2010. In 1998, the total number of such users in the United States amounted to some 15 million. Ten years later, this figure increased to more than 27 million.
Number of users of prescription mental health/substance abuse medications among U.S. adults between 1998 and 2010
(in millions)
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SAMHSA. (December 11, 2013). Number of users of prescription mental health/substance abuse medications among U.S. adults between 1998 and 2010 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/252453/number-of-us-adult-users-of-substance-abuse-medications/
SAMHSA. "Number of users of prescription mental health/substance abuse medications among U.S. adults between 1998 and 2010 (in millions)." Chart. December 11, 2013. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252453/number-of-us-adult-users-of-substance-abuse-medications/
SAMHSA. (2013). Number of users of prescription mental health/substance abuse medications among U.S. adults between 1998 and 2010 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252453/number-of-us-adult-users-of-substance-abuse-medications/
SAMHSA. "Number of Users of Prescription Mental Health/Substance Abuse Medications among U.S. Adults between 1998 and 2010 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Dec 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252453/number-of-us-adult-users-of-substance-abuse-medications/
SAMHSA, Number of users of prescription mental health/substance abuse medications among U.S. adults between 1998 and 2010 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252453/number-of-us-adult-users-of-substance-abuse-medications/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Number of users of prescription mental health/substance abuse medications among U.S. adults between 1998 and 2010 (in millions) [Graph], SAMHSA, December 11, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/252453/number-of-us-adult-users-of-substance-abuse-medications/
