Table 5.7. Percentage of children ages 12–17 who used alcohol, smoked cigarettes, or used marijuana, by selected time period and race/ethnicity: 2006

Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008

NCES 2008-084
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Table 5.7. Percentage of children ages 12–17 who used alcohol, smoked cigarettes, or used marijuana, by selected time period and race/ethnicity: 2006

Race/ethnicity	Alcohol		Cigarettes		Marijuana
Race/ethnicity	Lifetime¹	Past month	Lifetime¹	Past month	Lifetime¹	Past month
Total²	40.4	16.6	25.8	10.4	17.3	6.7
White	43.1	19.2	28.5	12.4	17.8	7.1
Black	34.4	10.5	20.0	6.0	16.6	6.5
Hispanic	39.5	15.3	24.3	8.2	17.1	5.8
Asian	27.4	7.6	14.7	5.2	9.3	3.2
American Indian/Alaska Native	47.3	20.5	40.2	21.2	‡	11.3

‡ Reporting standards not met.

¹ Lifetime use indicates use at least once in the respondent's lifetime.

² Total includes race/ethnicity categories not separately shown.

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2006.

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