Impact of September 11, 2001 Events on Substance Abuse and Mental Health in the New York Area

Appendix B

Description of the New York City, New York CMSA, and Combined CMSA Samples

For this report, two geographic areas including and surrounding New York City (NYC and the NY CMSA) were compared with a combined Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (C-CMSA).

NYC consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island. A total of 1,367 and 1,688 respondents were in the NYC sample in 2000 and 2001, respectively.

The NY CMSA is a Census-defined area including and surrounding NYC. It includes the five boroughs, the southeast corner of New York State, northern New Jersey, southwest Connecticut, and a small corner of eastern Pennsylvania. More specifically, the area includes the following:

12 counties in New York (Dutchess, Nassau, Suffolk, Bronx, Kings, New York, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Westchester, and Orange)

14 counties in New Jersey (Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, Monmouth, Ocean, Essex, Morris, Sussex, Union, Warren, and Mercer)

4 counties in Connecticut (Fairfield, New Haven, parts of Middlesex, and parts of Litchfield)

1 county in Pennsylvania (Pike)

The NY CMSA sample sizes in 2000 and 2001 were 3,532 and 4,113, respectively.

The C-CMSA sample consists of Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, and surrounding areas. This sample includes the following Census-defined areas:

Los Angeles: Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange County, CA CMSA

Chicago: Chicago, Gary, Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA

Detroit: Detroit, Ann Arbor, Flint, MI CMSA

The C-CMSA sample had 6,938 respondents in 2000 and 6,132 in 2001.

Table B.1 provides details on the 2000 and 2001 sample sizes.

Table B.1 Sample Sizes for New York City and Selected Geographic Areas, by Time Period, Age Group, and Gender: 2000 and 2001
Characteristic	Time Period
Characteristic	2000 Quarters 1-3	2000 Quarter 4	2001 Quarters 1-3	2001 Quarter 4
NYC
12 or older	1,085	282	1,047	641
12-17	337	81	349	221
18 or older	748	201	698	420
Males	500	146	489	314
Females	585	136	558	327

NY CMSA
12 or older	2,875	657	2,675	1,438
12-17	1,039	244	962	514
18 or older	1,836	413	1,713	924
Males	1,398	336	1,293	705
Females	1,477	321	1,382	733

C-CMSA
12 or older	5,436	1,502	4,464	1,668
12-17	2,059	642	1,447	563
18 or older	3,377	860	3,017	1,105
Males	2,632	735	2,104	811
Females	2,804	767	2,360	857
NYC = New York City NY CMSA = New York Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. C-CMSA = Combined Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas of Los Angeles, Detroit, and Chicago. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

Census totals for the geographic areas analyzed in this report (NYC, NY CMSA, and the C-CMSA) were developed by accessing 1999 county-level estimates in the areas involved for age and sex, with the1990 U.S. Census used as a base count (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992). Data sets containing CMSA level data of interest from the Census and the NHSDA were merged together by State and county codes. The estimates from this merged data set were then summed and checked using Census metropolitan data (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000). State-level adjustments were determined by applying adjustments used routinely in analyses of NHSDA data to the merged data set. This adjustment was then applied to resulting estimates to determine the civilian population estimates. These adjusted estimates were then summed by CMSA, age group, and sex to determine the census control totals shown in Table B.2 and Table B.3 provides Census totals.

Table B.2 Census and NHSDA Totals of Persons Aged 12 or Older in New York City and Selected Geographic Areas, by Age Group and Gender
Characteristic	Census Totals¹	Percent of Total	NHSDA Totals¹	Percent of Total
NYC
12 or older	6,065,069	100.0	5,778,098	100.0
Males	2,807,362	46.3	2,715,928	47.0
12-17	277,770	4.6	280,565	4.9
18-25	359,679	5.9	419,706	7.3
26-34	502,277	8.3	515,388	8.9
35-49	809,379	13.3	718,821	12.4
50 or older	858,258	14.2	781,448	13.5
Females	3,257,707	53.7	3,062,170	53.0
12-17	269,931	4.5	269,406	4.7
18-25	380,679	6.3	404,126	7.0
26-34	544,455	9.0	473,330	8.2
35-49	902,677	14.9	947,511	16.4
50 or older	1,159,966	19.1	967,797	16.7
NY CMSA
12 or older	16,478,573	100.0	16,241,916	100.0
Males	7,805,032	47.4	7,760,105	47.8
12-17	782,737	4.8	824,975	5.1
18-25	945,916	5.7	966,125	5.9
26-34	1,268,996	7.7	1,231,606	7.6
35-49	2,313,972	14.0	2,235,921	13.8
50 or older	2,493,410	15.1	2,501,478	15.4
Females	8,673,541	52.6	8,481,811	52.2
12-17	746,684	4.5	759,224	4.7
18-25	944,058	5.7	937,497	5.8
26-34	1,328,556	8.1	1,240,273	7.6
35-49	2,486,240	15.1	2,566,628	15.8
50 or older	3,168,002	19.2	2,978,189	18.3
C-CMSA
12 or older	24,233,064	100.0	24,247,051	100.0
Males	11,820,384	48.8	11,859,098	48.9
12-17	1,301,102	5.4	1,327,824	5.5
18-25	1,723,240	7.1	1,613,052	6.7
26-34	2,072,423	8.6	1,946,808	8.0
35-49	3,468,178	14.3	3,620,616	14.9
50 or older	3,255,441	13.4	3,350,798	13.8
Females	12,412,680	51.2	12,387,953	51.1
12-17	1,226,701	5.1	1,267,022	5.2
18-25	1,612,363	6.7	1,556,772	6.4
26-34	2,071,096	8.5	1,957,361	8.1
35-49	3,547,089	14.6	3,538,775	14.6
50 or older	3,955,430	16.3	4,068,023	16.8
NYC = New York City NY CMSA = New York Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. C-CMSA = Combined Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas of Los Angeles, Detroit, and Chicago. ¹Census totals are based primarily on 1999 County Population Estimates; NHSDA totals are weighted annual averages from 2000 and 2001. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

Table B.3 Census Totals of Persons Aged 12 or Older in New York City and Selected Geographic Areas, by Age Group and Gender
Characteristic	Census Totals¹
NYC
12 or older	6,065,069
12-17	547,701
18 or older	5,517,368
Males	2,807,362
Females	3,257,707

NY CMSA
12 or older	16,478,573
12-17	1,529,421
18 or older	14,949,152
Males	7,805,032
Females	8,673,541

C-CMSA
12 or older	24,233,064
12-17	2,527,803
18 or older	21,705,261
Males	11,820,384
Females	12,412,680
NYC = New York City NY CMSA = New York Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. C-CMSA = Combined Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas of Los Angeles, Detroit, and Chicago. ¹ See Appendix C for an explanation of how totals were created. Note: Census totals are shown to give a representation of population counts in these areas. However, these numbers were not used for determining the percentage estimates for the analysis. Actual totals used in the estimation can be found in Appendix C. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

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