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Prevalence of drug use disorders by age, World, 1990 to 2017

Share of population within each category suffering from drug use disorders. Drug dependence is defined by the International Classification of Diseases as the
presence of three or more indicators of dependence for at least a month within the previous year. Drug dependency includes all illicit drugs.

199020171995200020052010201510-14 years old15-19 years old25-29 years oldAll ages20-24 years old70+ years old5-14 years old15-49 years oldAge-standardized30-34 years old

Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease