Montana Substance Use and Mental Health Survey Estimates 2010-2011

Montana survey data provides estimates for substance use and mental health measures from the combined 2010 and 2011 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. Results are broken down for five specific age groups, including 12 to 17, 18 to 25, and adults 26 or older. Topics covered include past month illicit drug, alcohol, and tobacco use, substance dependence, and serious mental illness.

Use Cases

• Analyze past month substance use rates, such as marijuana or pain reliever use, across the five specified age groups in Montana.
• Compare prevalence of serious mental illness (SMI) and any mental illness (AMI) estimates among different demographic cohorts.
• Investigate correlations between suicidal thoughts, major depressive episode (MDE), and substance abuse indicators within the state population.
• Assess treatment need for substance dependence and abuse based on the survey's combined 2010-2011 estimates.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) conducted by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
• Provides estimates for a wide range of specific health topics, including illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco, mental illness, and suicidal thoughts.
• Results are disaggregated for five distinct age groups, enabling cohort-specific analysis.

Limitations

• Data is aggregated as survey estimates; individual respondent-level records are not available for granular analysis.
• The temporal coverage is limited to the combined years 2010 and 2011, which may not reflect current conditions.
• The dataset is presented in HTML format, which is not ideal for direct computational analysis and may require significant parsing.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Collection Method

Estimates derived from the combined 2010 and 2011 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs).

Time Range

2010-2011

Freshness

Data is from 2010-2011, though the metadata was last updated in 2025.

Geography

Montana, United States