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Table 74. Percentage of High School Students Who Used Selected Drugs by State, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1999 State Surveys

State

Current use1

Episodic heavy drinking2

Lifetime3

Marijuana

Cocaine

Inhalant

Cigarette

Illegal steroid use

Injecting illegal drug use

Weighted data4

Alabama

22.2

3.2

4.4

36.6

29.0

5.3

3.0

Alaska

30.7

4.1

4.3

33.9

34.4

5.0

3.5

Arkansas

24.4

4.6

4.8

39.6

33.4

5.0

3.8

Delaware

29.0

2.7

4.0

32.2

27.1

3.2

2.3

Hawaii

24.7

3.3

3.9

27.9

26.8

2.5

1.6

Massachusetts

30.6

4.3

4.1

30.3

32.6

4.6

2.7

Michigan

25.9

3.4

4.2

34.1

29.9

4.0

2.3

Mississippi

18.9

2.1

4.5

31.5

25.4

4.4

1.8

Missouri

25.6

2.7

3.0

32.8

32.0

3.5

2.0

Montana

25.5

4.0

4.4

35.0

43.6

4.1

2.4

Nevada

25.9

4.9

5.1

32.6

35.6

4.0

3.0

New York

23.4

3.0

3.7

31.8

28.8

3.7

2.0

North Dakota

18.8

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3.7

40.6

46.2

2.5

2.4

Ohio

26.1

3.4

4.3

40.3

37.4

4.2

2.3

South Carolina

24.5

3.5

4.1

36.0

25.4

4.6

2.8

South Dakota

20.7

3.3

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43.6

46.1

3.2

2.5

Tennessee

26.6

3.8

5.0

37.5

28.5

5.6

2.2

Utah

10.6

1.5

3.6

11.9

15.8

4.3

2.3

Vermont

33.7

5.4

5.3

33.4

32.4

5.3

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West Virginia

29.3

4.4

6.7

42.2

35.5

5.3

3.2

Wisconsin

21.5

4.4

3.8

38.1

34.4

3.4

2.3

Wyoming

21.4

3.7

4.2

35.2

39.5

4.9

2.8

Unweighted data

Connecticut

27.8

3.6

3.7

31.2

27.5

4.1

2.4

Florida

23.1

5.4

4.4

27.4

27.9

4.9

3.7

Illinois

21.5

2.6

4.7

34.0

33.1

2.7

1.5

Iowa

18.5

3.0

3.2

35.8

39.6

3.3

1.7

Kentucky

23.6

4.1

5.7

41.5

36.8

5.1

3.0

Louisiana

20.2

3.2

3.7

33.3

29.4

5.6

3.0

Maine

30.9

3.8

5.6

31.2

35.1

6.1

3.3

Nebraska

15.6

2.3

3.5

37.3

40.8

2.6

1.8

New Hampshire

30.3

3.4

5.2

34.1

33.2

4.3

2.5

New Jersey

22.7

2.4

4.3

33.8

30.2

2.1

1.5

New Mexico

31.2

8.5

6.5

36.2

38.1

5.9

4.5

� Data not available.

1Use at least once on at least one of the 30 days preceding the survey.
2Drank five or more drinks of alcohol on one or more occasions on at least one of the 30 days preceding the survey.
3 Ever used.
4Weighted 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.









Last Updated: July 9, 2002