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Table 75. Percentage of High School Students Who Used Selected Drugs in Selected Cities, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1999 Local Surveys

Local Area

Current Use1

Episodic heavy drinking2

Lifetime3


Marijuana


Cocaine


Inhalant


Cigarette

Illegal steroid use

Injecting illegal drug use

Weighted data4

   Boston

20.5

2.1

2.0

17.8

17.4

2.5

0.6

   Chicago

27.3

2.7

3.4

29.0

19.3

3.4

2.5

   Dallas

23.2

4.1

3.6

25.0

21.1

3.2

1.1

   Detroit

20.7

2.0

3.3

17.7

12.6

4.1

2.5

   District of
   Columbia

25.7

1.3

2.1

19.9

14.9

1.4

1.1

   Ft. Lauderdale

20.9

2.6

3.2

21.9

20.1

2.9

1.8

   Houston

19.0

3.7

2.1

25.4

20.5

3.2

1.4

   Miami

19.3

5.2

4.0

20.9

19.5

4.2

2.7

   New Orleans

21.0

2.4

3.6

17.0

15.2

4.4

3.1

   New York City

17.3

1.7

3.1

24.1

16.6

2.7

0.8

   Palm Beach

26.3

5.5

5.4

26.1

31.7

5.8

4.1

   Philadelphia

21.4

2.1

2.2

23.0

17.0

3.8

1.6

   San Diego

22.2

3.2

4.1

23.1

22.3

3.4

1.5

   Seattle

26.2

�

2.6

25.9

21.5

�

1.4

Unweighted data

   San Bernadino

19.4

2.7

3.4

19.9

29.1

4.7

1.8

   San Francisco

15.2

1.6

3.1

18.7

11.4

2.2

0.9

� Data not available.

1 Use at least once on at least 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey.
2 Drank 5 or more drinks of alcohol on 1 or more occasions on at least 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey.
3 Ever used.
4 Weighted data are representative of the state or jurisdiction.

Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance�United States (1999), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.



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