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| Table 401. | Percentage of 18- to 25-year-olds reporting use of illicit drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes during the past 30 days and the past year, by substance used and selected characteristics: 2003 and 2008 |
| Year and selected characteristic | Percent reporting use during past 30 days | Percent reporting use during past year | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illicit drugs | Alcohol | Cigarettes | Illicit drugs | Alcohol | Cigarettes | |||||||||||||||
| Any1 | Marijuana | Cocaine | Any1 | Marijuana | Cocaine | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 20.3 | (0.40) | 17.0 | (0.46) | 2.2 | (0.13) | 61.4 | (0.50) | 40.2 | (0.47) | 34.6 | (0.48) | 28.5 | (0.46) | 6.6 | (0.23) | 78.1 | (0.41) | 47.6 | (0.46) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 24.0 | (0.59) | 21.0 | (0.55) | 2.9 | (0.22) | 66.9 | (0.63) | 44.2 | (0.69) | 38.6 | (0.67) | 33.0 | (0.65) | 8.2 | (0.35) | 80.3 | (0.55) | 51.6 | (0.67) |
| Female | 16.5 | (0.46) | 13.0 | (0.41) | 1.5 | (0.14) | 55.8 | (0.72) | 36.2 | (0.58) | 30.5 | (0.59) | 24.0 | (0.55) | 5.0 | (0.26) | 75.8 | (0.59) | 43.7 | (0.61) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 22.5 | (0.50) | 19.1 | (0.46) | 2.7 | (0.17) | 68.0 | (0.60) | 45.4 | (0.58) | 38.2 | (0.61) | 31.8 | (0.58) | 7.9 | (0.28) | 83.4 | (0.44) | 53.3 | (0.56) |
| Black | 18.2 | (0.90) | 16.4 | (0.88) | 0.2 | (0.07) | 47.2 | (1.21) | 28.5 | (1.14) | 30.6 | (1.11) | 26.6 | (1.04) | 1.1 | (0.23) | 67.9 | (1.10) | 33.0 | (1.16) |
| Hispanic | 15.6 | (0.87) | 11.6 | (0.77) | 2.2 | (0.37) | 52.1 | (1.16) | 33.9 | (1.22) | 27.5 | (1.06) | 20.8 | (0.99) | 6.5 | (0.58) | 70.2 | (1.12) | 41.9 | (1.20) |
| Asian | 11.8 | (1.52) | 9.3 | (1.45) | 0.6 | (0.28) | 48.9 | (2.65) | 26.9 | (2.26) | 22.1 | (2.07) | 15.9 | (1.73) | 4.1 | (0.93) | 67.6 | (2.60) | 33.4 | (2.44) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 31.0 | (4.69) | 27.3 | (4.28) | 3.1 | (1.49) | 52.3 | (4.93) | 58.1 | (5.16) | 44.2 | (4.67) | 36.0 | (4.34) | 15.0 | (3.87) | 69.9 | (4.83) | 65.8 | (4.88) |
| Two or more races | 29.2 | (3.38) | 22.9 | (3.04) | 5.5 | (1.98) | 66.6 | (3.29) | 43.8 | (3.31) | 45.4 | (3.64) | 39.3 | (3.60) | 8.7 | (2.22) | 83.9 | (2.45) | 52.0 | (3.40) |
| Education | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 23.0 | (0.86) | 19.0 | (0.78) | 2.8 | (0.30) | 48.5 | (1.02) | 49.2 | (1.04) | 36.8 | (0.96) | 29.6 | (0.92) | 7.7 | (0.46) | 68.0 | (0.99) | 55.1 | (1.03) |
| High school graduate | 20.1 | (0.59) | 17.1 | (0.58) | 1.8 | (0.19) | 56.7 | (0.73) | 42.3 | (0.75) | 34.4 | (0.70) | 28.1 | (0.64) | 6.2 | (0.35) | 75.5 | (0.65) | 49.0 | (0.74) |
| Some college | 20.6 | (0.68) | 17.5 | (0.63) | 2.3 | (0.24) | 68.7 | (0.80) | 36.3 | (0.77) | 35.5 | (0.89) | 29.9 | (0.87) | 6.8 | (0.41) | 83.7 | (0.63) | 44.8 | (0.81) |
| College graduate | 15.3 | (0.94) | 12.5 | (0.85) | 1.9 | (0.32) | 78.2 | (1.20) | 28.7 | (1.18) | 28.9 | (1.15) | 24.2 | (1.05) | 5.2 | (0.64) | 88.9 | (0.85) | 38.1 | (1.29) |
| Employment status | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Full-time | 19.2 | (0.51) | 15.9 | (0.47) | 2.2 | (0.19) | 66.3 | (0.67) | 43.9 | (0.68) | 33.1 | (0.64) | 26.8 | (0.61) | 6.7 | (0.32) | 81.7 | (0.60) | 50.9 | (0.67) |
| Part-time | 21.6 | (0.72) | 18.6 | (0.69) | 2.1 | (0.25) | 62.2 | (0.93) | 35.8 | (0.82) | 36.8 | (0.86) | 31.2 | (0.86) | 6.3 | (0.42) | 79.1 | (0.78) | 44.8 | (0.84) |
| Unemployed | 27.6 | (1.50) | 23.8 | (1.39) | 3.1 | (0.52) | 58.6 | (1.52) | 48.2 | (1.70) | 44.1 | (1.59) | 37.5 | (1.55) | 9.3 | (0.86) | 77.2 | (1.31) | 54.7 | (1.73) |
| Other2 | 17.9 | (0.81) | 14.7 | (0.76) | 1.8 | (0.27) | 50.0 | (1.12) | 34.0 | (0.97) | 31.1 | (0.94) | 25.0 | (0.90) | 5.5 | (0.42) | 68.8 | (1.00) | 40.8 | (1.00) |
| 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 19.6 | (0.38) | 16.5 | (0.37) | 1.5 | (0.12) | 61.2 | (0.49) | 35.7 | (0.45) | 33.5 | (0.46) | 27.6 | (0.45) | 5.5 | (0.21) | 78.0 | (0.44) | 45.0 | (0.48) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 23.1 | (0.55) | 20.1 | (0.53) | 1.8 | (0.17) | 64.3 | (0.66) | 39.5 | (0.63) | 36.9 | (0.64) | 31.5 | (0.62) | 6.5 | (0.30) | 78.8 | (0.55) | 49.0 | (0.66) |
| Female | 16.1 | (0.50) | 12.8 | (0.46) | 1.3 | (0.15) | 58.0 | (0.65) | 31.8 | (0.61) | 29.9 | (0.60) | 23.7 | (0.57) | 4.5 | (0.27) | 77.3 | (0.59) | 40.9 | (0.65) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 21.4 | (0.49) | 17.8 | (0.46) | 1.8 | (0.16) | 67.7 | (0.57) | 40.6 | (0.57) | 36.2 | (0.58) | 29.8 | (0.57) | 6.8 | (0.29) | 83.1 | (0.48) | 50.3 | (0.59) |
| Black | 20.7 | (1.04) | 18.2 | (0.98) | 0.3 | (0.11) | 49.3 | (1.26) | 26.3 | (1.10) | 31.4 | (1.15) | 26.9 | (1.10) | 1.3 | (0.27) | 67.7 | (1.17) | 32.3 | (1.22) |
| Hispanic | 14.8 | (0.86) | 12.4 | (0.79) | 1.7 | (0.29) | 51.5 | (1.24) | 30.0 | (1.07) | 28.2 | (1.15) | 23.1 | (1.05) | 5.4 | (0.53) | 70.8 | (1.16) | 40.5 | (1.25) |
| Asian | 8.9 | (1.25) | 6.3 | (1.03) | 0.2 | (0.15) | 48.5 | (2.44) | 18.0 | (1.76) | 19.8 | (1.83) | 14.1 | (1.47) | 1.5 | (0.46) | 69.5 | (2.33) | 25.9 | (2.01) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 1.6 | (1.08) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 23.0 | (3.93) | 20.4 | (3.70) | 1.5 | (0.58) | 49.9 | (5.28) | 47.7 | (5.07) | 46.3 | (5.09) | 34.2 | (4.78) | 8.3 | (2.54) | 71.9 | (4.79) | 59.8 | (4.88) |
| Two or more races | 24.9 | (2.77) | 22.8 | (2.72) | 3.1 | (1.45) | 64.8 | (2.89) | 38.5 | (3.07) | 38.0 | (3.28) | 32.5 | (3.13) | 6.1 | (1.65) | 80.3 | (2.55) | 47.0 | (3.15) |
| Education | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 22.2 | (0.86) | 18.5 | (0.84) | 1.8 | (0.28) | 46.8 | (1.11) | 45.4 | (1.07) | 35.4 | (1.04) | 28.9 | (0.98) | 5.6 | (0.47) | 65.7 | (1.08) | 53.6 | (1.05) |
| High school graduate | 19.6 | (0.65) | 16.5 | (0.59) | 1.5 | (0.18) | 55.0 | (0.77) | 39.2 | (0.79) | 32.4 | (0.72) | 26.4 | (0.68) | 5.5 | (0.35) | 74.2 | (0.69) | 48.1 | (0.79) |
| Some college | 19.5 | (0.61) | 16.6 | (0.60) | 1.5 | (0.21) | 67.3 | (0.78) | 31.9 | (0.71) | 35.4 | (0.80) | 29.5 | (0.81) | 5.8 | (0.37) | 83.4 | (0.66) | 41.6 | (0.81) |
| College graduate | 16.6 | (1.01) | 13.4 | (0.95) | 1.5 | (0.30) | 80.7 | (1.01) | 23.3 | (1.11) | 29.1 | (1.21) | 24.2 | (1.20) | 4.9 | (0.49) | 90.7 | (0.70) | 34.0 | (1.26) |
| Employment status | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Full-time | 18.7 | (0.56) | 15.3 | (0.52) | 1.5 | (0.17) | 68.1 | (0.66) | 38.5 | (0.67) | 31.9 | (0.64) | 25.5 | (0.61) | 5.5 | (0.29) | 83.3 | (0.54) | 47.6 | (0.67) |
| Part-time | 20.6 | (0.72) | 18.0 | (0.72) | 1.4 | (0.20) | 59.8 | (0.90) | 31.2 | (0.77) | 35.8 | (0.89) | 30.8 | (0.86) | 5.2 | (0.38) | 77.9 | (0.77) | 41.3 | (0.87) |
| Unemployed | 26.4 | (1.35) | 23.4 | (1.30) | 2.3 | (0.41) | 57.8 | (1.42) | 47.3 | (1.49) | 40.8 | (1.52) | 35.7 | (1.48) | 7.3 | (0.69) | 75.7 | (1.28) | 55.2 | (1.49) |
| Other2 | 17.3 | (0.78) | 14.0 | (0.69) | 1.5 | (0.30) | 48.3 | (1.15) | 29.7 | (0.95) | 30.5 | (0.99) | 24.3 | (0.90) | 5.1 | (0.53) | 66.9 | (1.11) | 39.0 | (1.05) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Includes other illegal drug use not shown separately. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Includes retired persons, disabled persons, homemakers, students, or other persons not in labor force. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Marijuana includes hashish usage. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2008. Retrieved June 5, 2010, from http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/reports.htm. (This table was prepared June 2010.) |
