DRUG USE
Table 8. Percentage of High School Students Who Reported Engaging in Drug-Related Behaviors on School Property by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Grade, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999
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Drug Use Behavior and Year |
Sex |
Race/Ethnicity |
Grade Level |
All Groups |
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Male |
Female |
White, non-His- |
Black, non-His- |
His- |
9th |
10th |
11th |
12th |
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Used marijuana on school property1 |
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1993 |
7.8 |
3.3 |
5.0 |
7.3 |
7.5 |
4.4 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
5.1 |
5.6 |
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1995 |
11.9 |
5.5 |
7.0 |
12.3 |
12.9 |
8.7 |
9.8 |
8.6 |
8.0 |
8.8 |
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1997 |
9.0 |
4.6 |
5.8 |
9.1 |
10.4 |
8.1 |
6.4 |
7.9 |
5.7 |
7.0 |
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1999 |
10.1 |
4.4 |
6.5 |
7.2 |
10.7 |
6.6 |
7.6 |
7.0 |
7.3 |
7.2 |
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Offered, sold, or was given an illegal drug on school property2 |
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1993 |
28.5 |
19.1 |
24.1 |
17.5 |
34.1 |
21.8 |
23.7 |
27.5 |
23.0 |
24.0 |
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1995 |
38.8 |
24.8 |
31.7 |
28.5 |
40.7 |
31.0 |
35.0 |
32.8 |
29.1 |
32.1 |
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1997 |
37.4 |
24.7 |
31.0 |
25.4 |
41.1 |
31.4 |
33.4 |
33.2 |
29.0 |
31.7 |
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1999 |
34.7 |
25.7 |
28.8 |
25.3 |
36.9 |
27.6 |
32.1 |
31.1 |
30.5 |
30.2 |
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Tried marijuana before age 13 |
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1993 |
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1995 |
10.2 |
4.8 |
5.6 |
11.1 |
12.6 |
9.2 |
9.1 |
6.7 |
5.4 |
7.6 |
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1997 |
12.2 |
6.7 |
7.5 |
11.0 |
13.2 |
14.9 |
10.4 |
8.3 |
5.8 |
9.7 |
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1999 |
14.5 |
8.0 |
9.4 |
14.8 |
13.8 |
12.7 |
12.6 |
9.5 |
9.5 |
11.3 |
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Tried cocaine before age 133 |
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1993 |
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1995 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
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1997 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
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1999 |
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Data not available.
1One or more times during the 30 days preceding the survey.
2During the 12 months preceding the survey.
3 Including powder, crack, and freebase forms of cocaine.
Source: "Youth Risk Behavior SurveillanceUnited States (1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999)," Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, Department of Health and
Human Services.
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