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Table 232.70. Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported that illegal drugs were made available to them on school property during the previous 12 months, by selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1993 through 2011
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Student characteristic 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Total 24.0 (1.33) 32.1 (1.55) 31.7 (0.90) 30.2 (1.23) 28.5 (1.01) 28.7 (1.95) 25.4 (1.05) 22.3 (1.04) 22.7 (1.04) 25.6 (0.99)
                                         
Sex                                        
Male 28.5 (1.50) 38.8 (1.73) 37.4 (1.19) 34.7 (1.69) 34.6 (1.20) 31.9 (2.07) 28.8 (1.23) 25.7 (1.15) 25.9 (1.36) 29.2 (1.10)
Female 19.1 (1.31) 24.8 (1.43) 24.7 (1.22) 25.7 (1.26) 22.7 (1.03) 25.0 (1.92) 21.8 (1.03) 18.7 (1.16) 19.3 (1.01) 21.7 (1.17)
                                         
Race/ethnicity1                                        
White 24.1 (1.69) 31.7 (2.24) 31.0 (1.36) 28.8 (1.50) 28.3 (1.31) 27.5 (2.68) 23.6 (1.32) 20.8 (1.23) 19.8 (1.13) 22.7 (0.96)
Black 17.5 (1.49) 28.5 (1.98) 25.4 (1.69) 25.3 (2.03) 21.9 (1.72) 23.1 (1.42) 23.9 (2.22) 19.2 (1.36) 22.2 (1.42) 22.8 (1.82)
Hispanic 34.1 (1.58) 40.7 (2.45) 41.1 (2.04) 36.9 (2.10) 34.2 (1.17) 36.5 (1.91) 33.5 (1.18) 29.1 (1.94) 31.2 (1.53) 33.2 (1.70)
Asian2 (†) (†) (†) 25.7 (2.65) 25.7 (2.92) 22.5 (3.71) 15.9 (2.68) 21.0 (2.78) 18.3 (2.03) 23.3 (2.46)
Pacific Islander2 (†) (†) (†) 46.9 (4.33) 50.2 (5.73) 34.7 (6.19) 41.3 (5.75) 38.5 (5.45) 27.6 (5.10) 38.9 (5.01)
American Indian/Alaska Native 20.9 (4.55) 22.8 (4.78) 30.1 (4.54) 30.6 (5.90) 34.5 (5.15) 31.3 (5.64) 24.4 (3.57) 25.1 (2.04) 34.0 (4.81) 40.5 (2.80)
Two or more races2 (†) (†) (†) 36.0 (2.72) 34.5 (3.22) 36.6 (3.99) 31.6 (3.13) 24.6 (3.55) 26.9 (2.62) 33.3 (2.79)
                                         
Grade                                        
9th 21.8 (1.24) 31.1 (1.69) 31.4 (2.33) 27.6 (2.51) 29.0 (1.59) 29.5 (2.39) 24.0 (1.21) 21.2 (1.23) 22.0 (1.32) 23.7 (1.22)
10th 23.7 (1.86) 35.0 (1.54) 33.4 (1.71) 32.1 (1.94) 29.0 (1.39) 29.2 (2.02) 27.5 (1.68) 25.3 (1.29) 23.7 (1.11) 27.8 (1.21)
11th 27.5 (1.61) 32.8 (1.88) 33.2 (1.42) 31.1 (2.16) 28.7 (1.39) 29.9 (2.33) 24.9 (1.03) 22.8 (1.42) 24.3 (1.44) 27.0 (1.51)
12th 23.0 (1.82) 29.1 (2.63) 29.0 (1.80) 30.5 (1.11) 26.9 (1.30) 24.9 (2.24) 24.9 (1.40) 19.6 (1.26) 20.6 (1.21) 23.8 (1.13)
                                         
Urbanicity3                                        
Urban (†) (†) 31.2 (1.11) 30.3 (1.50) 32.0 (1.36) 31.1 (2.12) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Suburban (†) (†) 34.2 (0.94) 29.7 (1.87) 26.6 (1.34) 28.4 (2.16) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Rural (†) (†) 22.7 (1.91) 32.1 (5.76) 28.2 (3.10) 26.2 (5.08) (†) (†) (†) (†)
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
1 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
2 Before 1999, Asian students and Pacific Islander students were not categorized separately, and students were not given the option of choosing two or more races. Because the response categories changed in 1999, caution should be used in comparing data on race from 1993, 1995, and 1997 with data from later years.
3 Refers to the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined in 2000 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Categories include "central city of an MSA (Urban)," "in MSA but not in central city (Suburban)," and "not MSA (Rural)."
NOTE: "On school property" was not defined for survey respondents.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 1993 through 2011. (This table was prepared September 2013.)

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