Drug and Alcohol Detox and Addiction Statistics in Riverside County
According to data from the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics (NCDAS), over 96,700 people in the United States die from drug overdoses annually. Of these fatalities, 8.81% occur in California, amounting to approximately 8,500 deaths each year in the Golden State. This highlights a significant public health crisis in California.
Between 2017 and 2019, the number of facilities with residential care for substance use treatment increased by 68%, while those providing hospital inpatient care more than doubled. Around 40% of members in commercial HMO and PPO health plans who were diagnosed with alcohol abuse or drug addiction received care meeting the national quality standard of an initial treatment visit within 14 days of diagnosis. Furthermore, in 2019, nearly 60% of California’s substance use disorder treatment facilities had programs specifically designed for clients with dual diagnoses, according to a report by the CHCF (the California Health Care Foundation).
According to a 2019 SAMHSA report, 2,729 patients in California received detoxification treatment. Of these, 976 were in outpatient detox programs, 1,464 were in residential (non-hospital) detox facilities, and 329 were in hospital inpatient detox units. This distribution underscores the varied approaches to detoxification in the state’s substance use treatment landscape.