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National Drug Control Strategy
Update 2003

February 2003

Table 17. Past-Month Drug Use for Youth Ages 12–21, by Age, Dropout Status, Type of Drug Used, and Race/Ethnicity: 1992 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (Percent Prevalence)

Race/
ethnicity
Age
Dropout status
Marijuana use past 30 days
Cocaine use past 30 days
White 12–15 Nondropout
Dropout
4.02
4.12
0.34
*
  16–21 Nondropout
Dropout
15.93
27.60
1.61
4.12
Black 12–15 Nondropout
Dropout
1.21
16.21

  16–21 Nondropout
Dropout
13.24
20.80
1.00
4.40
Hispanic 12–15 Nondropout
Dropout
3.96
*
0.81
*
  16–21 Nondropout
Dropout
14.92
11.56
2.89
2.83
Other 12–15 Nondropout
Dropout
4.56
*
*
*
  16–21 Nondropout
Dropout
5.85
*
*
*Low precision, no estimate reported. — No respondents. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey/Youth Risk Behavior Survey (1992).

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