About what share of Americans aged 12 and up had a substance use disorder in 2020?
Answer14.5%
This figure covers both illicit drug and alcohol use disorders combined.
Source: Wikipedia - Substance use disorder (2020) en.wikipedia.org
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About how many deaths worldwide in 2017 were directly attributed to illicit substance use disorders?
Answer585,000 deaths
This is separate from the far larger toll linked to alcohol use.
Source: Wikipedia - Substance use disorder (2017) en.wikipedia.org
About how many people died from drug overdoses in the US in 2017?
Answer72,000 deaths
2017 was near the peak of the US opioid crisis before some later declines.
Source: Wikipedia - Substance use disorder (2017) en.wikipedia.org
Expert level
Of the people worldwide who used illicit drugs in 2017, about how many had a diagnosable substance use disorder?
Answer35 million
Only a fraction of people who use drugs go on to develop a disorder.
Source: Wikipedia - Substance use disorder (2017) en.wikipedia.org
Globally around 2017, roughly what share of people with a drug use disorder actually received treatment?
Answerabout 1 in 7
Researchers describe this gap between need and access as the global 'treatment gap.'
Source: Wikipedia - Substance use disorder (2017) en.wikipedia.org
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