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DRUG USE
Table 7. Percentage of High School Students Who Used Selected Drugs
by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Grade, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1990,
1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999
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Drug Use Behavior and Year
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Sex
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Race/Ethnicity
|
Grade Level
|
All Groups
|
|
Male
|
Female
|
White, non-His-
panic
|
Black, non-His-
panic
|
His-
panic
|
9th
|
10th
|
11th
|
12th
|
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Lifetime marijuana
|
|
1990
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
20.6
|
27.9
|
34.7
|
42.2
|
31.4
|
|
1991
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
|
|
|
�
|
31.0
|
|
1993
|
36.8
|
28.6
|
32.7
|
33.6
|
35.4
|
24.4
|
28.8
|
36.0
|
40.8
|
32.8
|
|
1995
|
46.2
|
39.4
|
40.5
|
47.2
|
49.2
|
33.8
|
41.4
|
45.8
|
47.0
|
42.4
|
|
1997
|
50.7
|
42.9
|
45.4
|
52.2
|
49.5
|
38.8
|
45.9
|
50.3
|
52.4
|
47.1
|
|
1999
|
51.0
|
43.4
|
45.9
|
48.6
|
51.0
|
34.8
|
49.1
|
49.7
|
58.4
|
47.2
|
|
Current marijuana1
|
|
1990
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
9.5
|
13.5
|
13.9
|
18.5
|
13.9
|
|
1991
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
15.0
|
|
1993
|
20.6
|
14.6
|
17.3
|
18.6
|
19.4
|
13.2
|
16.5
|
18.4
|
22.0
|
17.7
|
|
1995
|
28.4
|
22.0
|
24.6
|
28.6
|
27.8
|
20.9
|
25.6
|
27.6
|
26.2
|
25.3
|
|
1997
|
30.2
|
21.4
|
25.0
|
28.2
|
28.6
|
23.6
|
25.0
|
29.3
|
26.6
|
26.2
|
|
1999
|
30.8
|
22.6
|
26.4
|
26.4
|
28.2
|
21.7
|
27.8
|
26.7
|
31.5
|
26.7
|
|
Lifetime cocaine use2
|
|
1990
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
3.6
|
5.8
|
7.6
|
9.3
|
6.6
|
|
1991
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
6.0
|
|
1993
|
5.5
|
4.2
|
4.6
|
1.6
|
11.3
|
4.2
|
3.7
|
5.1
|
6.1
|
4.9
|
|
1995
|
8.8
|
5.0
|
6.5
|
2.0
|
16.0
|
5.7
|
7.5
|
7.2
|
7.4
|
7.0
|
|
1997
|
9.1
|
7.2
|
8.0
|
1.9
|
14.4
|
6.7
|
7.5
|
9.1
|
9.2
|
8.2
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|
1999
|
10.7
|
8.4
|
9.9
|
2.2
|
15.3
|
5.8
|
9.9
|
9.9
|
13.7
|
9.5
|
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Current cocaine use1
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|
1990
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
1.0
|
2.4
|
2.5
|
2.3
|
2.1
|
|
1991
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
2.0
|
|
1993
|
2.3
|
1.4
|
1.6
|
1.0
|
4.6
|
1.6
|
1.4
|
2.1
|
2.1
|
1.9
|
|
1995
|
4.3
|
1.8
|
2.6
|
1.3
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7.5
|
3.1
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2.5
|
3.6
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3.1
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3.1
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1997
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4.0
|
2.4
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3.1
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0.7
|
6.2
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3.9
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2.6
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3.1
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3.5
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3.3
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1999
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5.2
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2.9
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4.1
|
1.1
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6.7
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3.4
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3.7
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4.5
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4.8
|
4.0
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Lifetime use of illegal steroids
|
|
1990
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
|
1991
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
3.0
|
|
1993
|
3.1
|
1.2
|
1.9
|
2.4
|
3.0
|
2.1
|
2.0
|
2.2
|
2.3
|
2.2
|
|
1995
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4.9
|
2.4
|
3.8
|
1.6
|
4.7
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4.1
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3.6
|
3.9
|
2.9
|
3.7
|
|
1997
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4.1
|
2.0
|
3.1
|
1.5
|
3.4
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4.3
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3.0
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2.7
|
2.5
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3.1
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1999
|
5.2
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2.2
|
4.1
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2.2
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4.1
|
4.7
|
3.6
|
3.0
|
3.3
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3.7
|
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Lifetime injected drug use
|
|
1990
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
|
1991
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
|
1993
|
1.9
|
0.8
|
1.3
|
0.9
|
1.5
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.3
|
1.2
|
1.4
|
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1995
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
1.1
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2.2
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2.8
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2.2
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1.7
|
1.6
|
2.0
|
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1997
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2.6
|
1.5
|
1.8
|
1.0
|
2.2
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3.0
|
2.5
|
1.6
|
1.5
|
2.1
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1999
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2.8
|
0.7
|
1.6
|
0.9
|
1.8
|
1.6
|
1.2
|
2.0
|
2.3
|
1.8
|
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Episodic heavy drinking3
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1990
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
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�
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27.7
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35.7
|
39.6
|
44.0
|
36.9
|
|
1991
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
|
�
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31.0
|
|
1993
|
33.7
|
26.0
|
32.6
|
19.1
|
33.4
|
22.0
|
26.2
|
31.3
|
39.1
|
30.0
|
|
1995
|
36.2
|
28.6
|
35.6
|
18.8
|
37.7
|
24.5
|
30.3
|
34.9
|
39.0
|
32.6
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|
1997
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37.3
|
28.6
|
37.7
|
16.1
|
34.9
|
25.7
|
29.9
|
37.5
|
39.3
|
33.4
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1999
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34.9
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28.1
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35.8
|
16.0
|
32.1
|
21.1
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32.2
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34.0
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41.6
|
31.5
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Current cigarette1
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|
1990
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�
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�
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�
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�
|
�
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�
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�
|
�
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�
|
�
|
|
1991
|
28.0
|
27.0
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�
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�
|
�
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�
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�
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�
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�
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28.0
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|
1993
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29.8
|
30.5
|
33.7
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15.4
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28.7
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27.8
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28.0
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31.1
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34.5
|
30.5
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1995
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35.4
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34.3
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38.3
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19.2
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34.0
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31.2
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33.1
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35.8
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38.2
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34.8
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1997
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37.7
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34.7
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39.7
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22.7
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34.0
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33.4
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35.3
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36.6
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36.9
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36.4
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1999
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34.7
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34.9
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38.6
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19.7
|
32.7
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27.6
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34.7
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36.0
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42.8
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34.8
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� Data not available.
1Used one or more times during the past 30 days.
2Ever tried any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase.
3Drank five or more drinks of alcohol on at least one occasion on one or more days during the last 30 days.
Sources: "Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among High School Students�United States," Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report, 40 (45) (1990): 776�84; 41 (37) (1991): 698�703; "Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance�United States (1993,
1995, 1997, and 1999)," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health
Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
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