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| Table 406. | 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: 2004 and 2009 |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 19.4 | (0.40) | 16.1 | (0.37) | 2.1 | (0.13) | 60.5 | (0.51) | 39.5 | (0.49) | 33.9 | (0.48) | 27.8 | (0.47) | 6.6 | (0.25) | 78.0 | (0.44) | 47.5 | (0.52) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 23.3 | (0.60) | 20.2 | (0.56) | 2.7 | (0.21) | 64.9 | (0.68) | 43.5 | (0.65) | 37.9 | (0.67) | 31.9 | (0.68) | 8.5 | (0.37) | 79.8 | (0.58) | 51.6 | (0.69) |
| Female | 15.4 | (0.46) | 12.0 | (0.41) | 1.6 | (0.15) | 56.0 | (0.65) | 35.5 | (0.63) | 29.9 | (0.59) | 23.7 | (0.56) | 4.7 | (0.26) | 76.3 | (0.59) | 43.3 | (0.67) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 21.6 | (0.50) | 18.2 | (0.47) | 2.7 | (0.18) | 67.7 | (0.59) | 45.1 | (0.62) | 37.9 | (0.59) | 31.5 | (0.58) | 8.3 | (0.33) | 83.9 | (0.46) | 53.2 | (0.65) |
| Black | 18.7 | (0.90) | 16.7 | (0.88) | 0.7 | (0.19) | 48.5 | (1.27) | 28.8 | (1.13) | 31.2 | (1.09) | 27.3 | (1.05) | 1.6 | (0.30) | 68.9 | (1.12) | 34.7 | (1.17) |
| Hispanic | 14.1 | (0.87) | 10.1 | (0.74) | 1.7 | (0.30) | 48.2 | (1.28) | 31.7 | (1.28) | 25.4 | (1.14) | 18.3 | (1.05) | 5.8 | (0.63) | 66.8 | (1.31) | 39.9 | (1.31) |
| Asian | 8.1 | (1.10) | 6.1 | (0.94) | 0.2 | (0.18) | 46.6 | (2.56) | 25.2 | (2.23) | 16.7 | (1.74) | 13.2 | (1.56) | 1.2 | (0.47) | 68.4 | (2.31) | 34.5 | (2.39) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 2.4 | (1.39) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 24.2 | (5.04) | 23.5 | (5.14) | ‡ | (†) | 55.8 | (5.38) | 49.7 | (5.22) | 46.6 | (5.26) | 39.5 | (5.05) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 55.6 | (5.31) |
| Two or more races | 30.7 | (3.36) | 26.8 | (3.23) | 4.0 | (2.11) | 68.6 | (3.27) | 44.3 | (3.50) | 48.0 | (3.56) | 38.8 | (3.53) | 9.6 | (2.47) | 86.2 | (2.16) | 55.9 | (3.57) |
| Education | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 21.6 | (0.82) | 17.9 | (0.73) | 2.6 | (0.30) | 48.4 | (1.06) | 49.4 | (1.08) | 35.3 | (1.02) | 28.4 | (0.97) | 7.0 | (0.48) | 67.8 | (1.01) | 55.0 | (1.06) |
| High school graduate | 19.4 | (0.58) | 16.0 | (0.52) | 1.9 | (0.20) | 55.9 | (0.76) | 40.9 | (0.72) | 33.6 | (0.68) | 27.5 | (0.66) | 6.6 | (0.38) | 75.2 | (0.70) | 48.6 | (0.76) |
| Some college | 20.0 | (0.77) | 17.0 | (0.70) | 2.3 | (0.23) | 66.2 | (0.83) | 36.2 | (0.83) | 35.6 | (0.85) | 29.7 | (0.83) | 7.2 | (0.45) | 83.0 | (0.67) | 45.5 | (0.88) |
| College graduate | 14.4 | (0.95) | 11.6 | (0.91) | 1.6 | (0.35) | 78.0 | (1.06) | 28.4 | (1.17) | 28.1 | (1.13) | 23.2 | (1.09) | 4.6 | (0.56) | 89.9 | (0.74) | 37.4 | (1.22) |
| Employment status | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Full-time | 18.1 | (0.50) | 15.0 | (0.46) | 2.0 | (0.18) | 66.3 | (0.70) | 43.0 | (0.67) | 32.2 | (0.63) | 26.3 | (0.60) | 6.3 | (0.32) | 82.1 | (0.60) | 50.3 | (0.70) |
| Part-time | 19.6 | (0.69) | 16.2 | (0.70) | 1.9 | (0.23) | 59.7 | (0.92) | 34.5 | (0.83) | 35.8 | (0.87) | 29.3 | (0.86) | 6.3 | (0.43) | 78.7 | (0.75) | 43.6 | (0.90) |
| Unemployed | 29.3 | (1.45) | 25.5 | (1.38) | 3.8 | (0.55) | 59.9 | (1.45) | 49.8 | (1.49) | 45.0 | (1.53) | 38.5 | (1.50) | 10.8 | (0.96) | 76.8 | (1.29) | 56.2 | (1.47) |
| Other2 | 18.1 | (0.89) | 15.0 | (0.81) | 2.0 | (0.31) | 48.1 | (1.12) | 33.7 | (1.06) | 30.9 | (1.03) | 25.4 | (1.01) | 6.0 | (0.55) | 68.2 | (1.02) | 42.4 | (1.10) |
| 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 21.2 | (0.40) | 18.1 | (0.37) | 1.4 | (0.11) | 61.8 | (0.52) | 35.8 | (0.48) | 36.0 | (0.47) | 30.6 | (0.46) | 5.3 | (0.20) | 78.8 | (0.42) | 45.2 | (0.51) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 25.9 | (0.60) | 22.7 | (0.57) | 1.7 | (0.17) | 65.9 | (0.69) | 40.4 | (0.71) | 41.1 | (0.65) | 35.5 | (0.64) | 6.5 | (0.33) | 80.8 | (0.54) | 50.2 | (0.71) |
| Female | 16.4 | (0.47) | 13.5 | (0.43) | 1.0 | (0.12) | 57.7 | (0.66) | 31.2 | (0.57) | 30.9 | (0.63) | 25.5 | (0.60) | 4.0 | (0.25) | 76.8 | (0.58) | 40.2 | (0.62) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 23.4 | (0.54) | 20.2 | (0.51) | 1.8 | (0.16) | 68.1 | (0.60) | 40.5 | (0.60) | 39.4 | (0.64) | 33.9 | (0.61) | 6.8 | (0.30) | 83.9 | (0.48) | 50.4 | (0.63) |
| Black | 20.5 | (0.97) | 18.6 | (0.95) | 0.5 | (0.14) | 51.2 | (1.29) | 27.0 | (1.10) | 33.6 | (1.10) | 29.9 | (1.07) | 1.2 | (0.22) | 69.6 | (1.09) | 33.0 | (1.23) |
| Hispanic | 16.3 | (0.84) | 12.5 | (0.71) | 1.1 | (0.24) | 52.5 | (1.14) | 29.9 | (1.09) | 30.1 | (1.09) | 23.4 | (1.02) | 4.3 | (0.42) | 71.7 | (1.03) | 41.4 | (1.16) |
| Asian | 9.4 | (1.43) | 7.8 | (1.37) | 0.2 | (0.24) | 49.9 | (2.25) | 21.6 | (1.80) | 18.2 | (1.79) | 14.2 | (1.68) | 1.5 | (0.53) | 69.3 | (2.09) | 28.2 | (2.13) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 30.5 | (3.78) | 22.2 | (2.78) | 0.3 | (0.30) | 48.9 | (5.02) | 46.9 | (5.04) | 45.2 | (4.41) | 32.5 | (3.42) | 6.5 | (2.00) | 66.5 | (4.93) | 56.6 | (4.61) |
| Two or more races. | 30.9 | (3.15) | 29.2 | (3.11) | 1.6 | (0.66) | 67.9 | (3.01) | 40.9 | (3.13) | 45.1 | (3.22) | 40.0 | (3.40) | 5.3 | (1.17) | 81.4 | (2.66) | 47.1 | (3.21) |
| Education | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 23.7 | (0.84) | 20.1 | (0.80) | 1.5 | (0.24) | 46.4 | (1.07) | 46.4 | (1.08) | 36.9 | (0.97) | 31.0 | (0.95) | 5.9 | (0.46) | 67.0 | (1.00) | 54.1 | (1.09) |
| High school graduate | 20.8 | (0.62) | 17.5 | (0.57) | 1.0 | (0.14) | 56.4 | (0.77) | 40.1 | (0.77) | 36.0 | (0.73) | 29.9 | (0.69) | 4.7 | (0.30) | 75.0 | (0.65) | 48.5 | (0.76) |
| Some college | 21.8 | (0.78) | 18.9 | (0.76) | 1.7 | (0.21) | 68.4 | (0.81) | 30.3 | (0.77) | 36.9 | (0.88) | 31.8 | (0.89) | 5.7 | (0.39) | 84.3 | (0.63) | 41.3 | (0.86) |
| College graduate | 17.8 | (1.07) | 15.3 | (0.99) | 1.3 | (0.27) | 80.0 | (1.03) | 24.5 | (1.08) | 32.8 | (1.36) | 28.6 | (1.29) | 4.8 | (0.56) | 90.3 | (0.76) | 34.7 | (1.20) |
| Employment status | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Full-time | 19.5 | (0.59) | 16.3 | (0.53) | 1.4 | (0.17) | 69.1 | (0.69) | 38.7 | (0.71) | 33.5 | (0.68) | 27.5 | (0.66) | 5.4 | (0.33) | 84.6 | (0.54) | 47.6 | (0.75) |
| Part-time | 22.3 | (0.74) | 19.3 | (0.71) | 1.4 | (0.21) | 61.6 | (0.95) | 31.5 | (0.82) | 37.7 | (0.83) | 33.0 | (0.82) | 5.3 | (0.37) | 79.8 | (0.78) | 41.9 | (0.89) |
| Unemployed | 25.7 | (1.04) | 22.3 | (1.00) | 1.6 | (0.26) | 56.9 | (1.22) | 46.5 | (1.21) | 42.9 | (1.20) | 36.9 | (1.17) | 6.8 | (0.55) | 75.4 | (1.00) | 55.4 | (1.21) |
| Other2 | 19.9 | (0.79) | 17.2 | (0.77) | 1.2 | (0.23) | 52.9 | (1.13) | 29.9 | (0.92) | 33.8 | (0.97) | 28.6 | (0.95) | 4.0 | (0.42) | 69.8 | (0.97) | 39.1 | (0.99) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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, 2004 and 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2011, from http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/reports.htm. (This table was prepared June 2011.) |
