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National Drug Control Strategy
Update 2003
February 2003
Table 13. Percentage of High School Students Who Reported Engaging in Drug-Related Behaviors by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Grade, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1993–2001
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Drug
Use Behavior and Year
|
Sex
|
Race/Ethnicity
|
Grade
Level
|
All
Groups
|
|
Male
|
Female
|
White,
non- Hispanic
|
Black,
non- Hispanic
|
Hispanic
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9th
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10th
|
11th
|
12th
|
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Used marijuana on school property1
|
| 1993
|
7.8
|
3.3
|
5.0
|
7.3
|
7.5
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4.4
|
6.5
|
6.5
|
5.1
|
5.6
|
| 1995
|
11.9
|
5.5
|
7.0
|
12.3
|
12.9
|
8.7
|
9.8
|
8.6
|
8.0
|
8.8
|
| 1997
|
9.0
|
4.6
|
5.8
|
9.1
|
10.4
|
8.1
|
6.4
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7.9
|
5.7
|
7.0
|
| 1999
|
10.1
|
4.4
|
6.5
|
7.2
|
10.7
|
6.6
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7.6
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7.0
|
7.3
|
7.2
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| 2001
|
8.0
|
2.9
|
4.8
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6.1
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7.4
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5.5
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5.8
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5.1
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4.9
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5.4
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Offered, sold, or were given an illegal drug on school property2
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| 1993
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28.5
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19.1
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24.1
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17.5
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34.1
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21.8
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23.7
|
27.5
|
23.0
|
24.0
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| 1995
|
38.8
|
24.8
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31.7
|
28.5
|
40.7
|
31.0
|
35.0
|
32.8
|
29.1
|
32.1
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| 1997
|
37.4
|
24.7
|
31.0
|
25.4
|
41.1
|
31.4
|
33.4
|
33.2
|
29.0
|
31.7
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| 1999
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34.7
|
25.7
|
28.8
|
25.3
|
36.9
|
27.6
|
32.1
|
31.1
|
30.5
|
30.2
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| 2001
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34.6
|
22.7
|
28.3
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21.9
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34.2
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29.0
|
29.0
|
28.7
|
26.9
|
28.5
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Tried marijuana before age 13 |
| 1993
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—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
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—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
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| 1995
|
10.2
|
4.8
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5.6
|
11.1
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12.6
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9.2
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9.1
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6.7
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5.4
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7.6
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| 1997
|
12.2
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6.7
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7.5
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11.0
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13.2
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14.9
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10.4
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8.3
|
5.8
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9.7
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| 1999
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14.5
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8.0
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9.4
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14.8
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13.8
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12.7
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12.6
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9.5
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9.5
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11.3
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| 2001
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13.2
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7.5
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9.5
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11.4
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12.9
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11.6
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12.1
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8.5
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7.8
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10.2
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Data not available.
1One
or more times during the 30 days preceding the survey.
2During
the 12 months preceding the survey.
Sources: “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States (1993,
1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001),” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, Department
of Health and Human Services. |
Last Updated: May 7, 2003
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