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Table 4 Estimates of children living in households with substance using adults based on table 3

From: New estimates of the number of children living with substance misusing parents: results from UK national household surveys

Children living with an adult who has/is......

%

CI

Lower

CI

Upper

Estimate

Lower

Estimate

Upper

Estimate

BCS

      

used drugs in past year

8.4

7.2

9.6

978,205

835,739

1,120,671

used drugs in past month

4.2

3.3

5.1

489,103

386,080

592,125

used drugs class A past year

2.2

1.6

2.8

256,197

180,860

331,533

used drugs class B past year

1.4

0.9

1.9

163,034

102,691

223,377

used drugs class C past year

7.4

6.2

8.6

861,752

727,307

996,197

used drugs class A past month

1.0

0.6

1.4

116,453

65,351

167,555

used drugs class C past month

3.9

3.0

4.8

454,167

354,737

553,597

a daily drug user

0.6

0.3

0.9

69,872

30,208

109,535

used drugs in past year and is a lone parent

5.7

4.7

6.7

663,782

544,708

782,856

SCS

      

used drugs in past year

4.9

4.0

5.8

47,631

38,448

56,814

used drugs in past month

3.3

2.5

4.1

32,078

24,479

39,677

used drugs class A past year

1.4

0.9

1.9

13,609

8,611

18,607

used drugs class B past year

0.4

0.1

0.7

3,888

1,203

6,573

used drugs class C past year

4.2

3.3

5.1

40,827

32,294

49,360

used drugs class A past month

0.9

0.5

1.3

8,749

4,731

12,766

used drugs class C past month

2.7

2.0

3.4

26,246

19,351

33,141

a daily drug user

0.8

0.4

1.2

7,777

3,987

11,566

an injecting drug user

0.3

0.06

0.5

2,916

590

5,243

NPMS

      

used drugs in past year

8.0

7.2

8.8

956,760

864,809

1,048,711

used drugs in past month

3.9

3.4

4.5

466,420

400,804

532,0376

used drugs class A past year

1.8

1.4

2.2

215,271

170,209

260,333

used drugs class B past year

1.4

1.1

1.7

167,433

127,611

207,255

used drugs class C past year

7.3

6.6

8.0

873,043

784,874

961,213

used drugs class A past month

0.6

0.4

0.8

71,757

455,82

97,932

used drugs class C past month

3.8

3.3

4.3

454,461

389,658

519,264

a daily drug user

1.1

0.8

1.4

131,555

96,203

166,906

an injecting drug user

0.6

0.4

0.8

71,757

45,582

97,932

overdosed

0.9

0.6

1.2

107,636

75,626

139,645

drug dependent

2.8

2.3

3.3

334,866

278,951

390,781

in drug treatment

0.6

0.4

0.8

71,757

45,582

97,932

used drugs in past year and is a lone parent

2.3

1.9

2.7

275,069

224,261

325,876

Hazardous drinker (AUDIT)

22.1

20.9

23.3

2,643,049

2,502,418

2,783,681

Harmful drinker (AUDIT)

2.5

2.1

2.9

298,988

246,071

351,904

Dependent drinker (SADQ)

5.9

5.2

6.6

705,611

625,749

785,472

Only adult is at least a hazardous drinker

3.7

3.17

4.2

442,502

378,523

506,480