Where can I access state and regional estimates from NSDUH?

NSDUH geographic information is not available in the public-use data file, but some information for states and regions can be found in multi-year data. This is available in both published tables and interactive data tools.

Selected estimates for states are available from the NSDUH state reports. These are generally based on models of data concatenated over two years. These data are also available in an interactive data tool, which can be used both to visualize and download the information by year and state.

Additionally, there are Behavioral Health Barometer reports that summarize key mental health and substance use indicators by state and compare them to regional and national averages.

The Data Analysis System (DAS) also allows users to analyze restricted NSDUH datasets, concatenated over multiple years, to use some geographic identifiers in simple crosstabulations. The table below lists some of the geographic variables that are available in RDAS.

NSDUH does not include geographic indicators like county or state in public-use datasets. Full restricted single-year NSDUH data files are available only through the Research Data Center (RDC). If you need to access detailed geographic data, you can apply for access to restricted-use NSDUH data through the interagency Standard Application Process (SAP) portal.