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National Drug Control Strategy
Update 2003
February 2003
Table 79. Percentage of High School Students Who Used Selected Drugs in Selected Cities, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1999 and 2001 Local Surveys 1
| Local
Area |
Current
Use2 |
Episodic
heavy drinking 3
|
Lifetime
Use |
| Marijuana
|
Cocaine
|
Inhalant
|
Cigarette
|
Illegal
steroid use |
| 1999
|
2001
|
1999
|
2001
|
1999
|
2001
|
1999
|
2001
|
1999
|
2001
|
1999
|
2001
|
|
Boston |
20.5 |
21.7 |
2.1 |
—
|
2.0 |
—
|
17.8 |
15.4 |
17.4 |
18.1 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
| Chicago
|
27.3 |
28.7 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
3.4 |
2.5 |
29.0 |
24.7 |
19.3 |
21.4 |
3.4 |
5.2 |
| Dallas
|
23.2 |
20.4 |
4.1 |
5.2 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
25.0 |
17.8 |
21.1 |
20.7 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
| Detroit
|
20.7 |
[19.5] |
2.0 |
[2.2] |
3.3 |
[2.8] |
17.7 |
[12.4] |
12.6 |
[11.2] |
4.1 |
[4.7] |
| District
of Columbia |
25.7 |
[20.2] |
1.3 |
[2.8] |
2.1 |
[3.0] |
19.9 |
[13.1] |
14.9 |
[10.6] |
1.4 |
[4.2] |
| Ft.
Lauderdale |
20.9 |
21.8 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
21.9 |
18.3 |
20.1 |
21.1 |
2.9 |
4.5 |
| Houston
|
19.0 |
20.4 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
2.1 |
3.2 |
25.4 |
21.8 |
20.5 |
25.4 |
3.2 |
5.7 |
| Los
Angeles |
—
|
22.5 |
—
|
5.9 |
—
|
4.6 |
—
|
14.5 |
—
|
21.9 |
—
|
4.4 |
| Miami
|
19.3 |
17.0 |
5.2 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
2.6 |
20.9 |
16.9 |
19.5 |
19.1 |
4.2 |
3.2 |
| Milwaukee
|
—
|
[23.7] |
—
|
[3.0] |
—
|
[3.7] |
—
|
[19.8] |
—
|
[19.0] |
—
|
—
|
| New
Orleans |
21.0 |
[16.8] |
2.4 |
[2.3] |
3.6 |
[3.3] |
17.0 |
[11.9] |
15.2 |
[12.6] |
4.4 |
[4.5] |
| New
York City |
17.3 |
17.8 |
1.7 |
1.2 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
24.1 |
17.6 |
16.6 |
17.9 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
| Orlando
|
—
|
20.2 |
—
|
2.9 |
—
|
4.8 |
—
|
17.8 |
—
|
20.7 |
—
|
4.8 |
| Palm
Beach |
26.3 |
24.0 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
5.4 |
4.2 |
26.1 |
21.4 |
31.7 |
26.1 |
5.8 |
5.4 |
| Philadelphia
|
21.4 |
21.4 |
2.1 |
1.3 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
23.0 |
15.8 |
17.0 |
13.6 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
| San
Bernardino |
[19.4] |
17.9 |
[2.7] |
3.6 |
[3.4] |
3.8 |
[19.9] |
12.0 |
[29.1] |
21.1 |
[4.7] |
5.2 |
| San
Diego |
22.2 |
22.5 |
3.2 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
3.3 |
23.1 |
17.1 |
22.3 |
24.3 |
3.4 |
5.2 |
| San
Francisco |
[15.2] |
18.3 |
[1.6] |
—
|
[3.1] |
3.1 |
[18.7] |
13.3 |
[11.4] |
13.2 |
[2.2] |
2.3 |
| Seattle
|
26.2 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
2.6 |
—
|
25.9 |
—
|
21.5 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
Data not available.
1 Percentages are based on weighted data,
which is representative of the local area, except when enclosed
in brackets. Bracketed percentages are based on unweighted
data. Caution must be used in interpreting unweighted data
since it may not be representative of the local area high
school population.
2 Use at least once on at least one of
the 30 days preceding the survey.
3 Drank five or more drinks
of alcohol on one or more occasions on at least one of the
30 days preceding the survey.
Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Youth
Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, 1999 (June
2000) and 2001 (June 2002), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public
Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Last Updated: May 7, 2003
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