Percentage of children ages 12 to 17 who used alcohol, smoked cigarettes, or used marijuana, by selected time period and race/ethnicity: 2003 -- Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives,

Indicator 6.2: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Use

Race/ethnicity	Alcohol		Cigarettes		Marijuana
Table 6.2. Percentage of children ages 12 to 17 who used alcohol, smoked cigarettes, or used marijuana, by selected time period and race/ethnicity: 2003
Race/ethnicity	Lifetime¹	Past month	Lifetime¹	Past month	Lifetime¹	Past month
Total²	43.1	17.7	32.1	12.6	20.1	8.0
White, non-Hispanic	45.3	20.3	34.7	15.2	21.3	9.0
Black, non-Hispanic	36.0	10.5	25.0	6.8	17.7	6.4
Hispanic	45.0	16.4	31.0	9.4	19.4	6.8
American Indian/Alaska Native	48.1	19.5	52.3	25.5	38.4	15.9
¹ Lifetime refers to having used specified substances at any point during a respondent's lifetime.
² Includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown.
NOTE: This survey reported estimates for Asian subgroups separately, so no overall estimate is included.
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, 2002 and 2003.