Table 11. Percentage of High School Students Who Used Selected Illicit Drugs by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Grade, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1990–2001
|
Drug
Use Behavior and Year
|
Sex
|
Race/Ethnicity
|
Grade
Level
|
All
Groups
|
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|
Male
|
Female
|
White,
non- Hispanic
|
Black,
non-Hispanic
|
Hispanic
|
9th
|
10th
|
11th
|
12th
|
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| Lifetime marijuana | ||||||||||
| 1990 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
20.6
|
27.9
|
34.7
|
42.2
|
31.4
|
| 1991 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
31.0
|
| 1993 |
36.8
|
28.6
|
32.7
|
33.6
|
35.4
|
24.4
|
28.8
|
36.0
|
40.8
|
32.8
|
| 1995 |
46.2
|
39.4
|
40.5
|
47.2
|
49.2
|
33.8
|
41.4
|
45.8
|
47.0
|
42.4
|
| 1997 |
50.7
|
42.9
|
45.4
|
52.2
|
49.5
|
38.8
|
45.9
|
50.3
|
52.4
|
47.1
|
| 1999 |
51.0
|
43.4
|
45.9
|
48.6
|
51.0
|
34.8
|
49.1
|
49.7
|
58.4
|
47.2
|
| 2001 |
46.5
|
38.4
|
42.8
|
40.2
|
44.7
|
32.7
|
41.7
|
47.2
|
51.5
|
42.4
|
| Current marijuana1 | ||||||||||
| 1990 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
9.5
|
13.5
|
13.9
|
18.5
|
13.9
|
| 1991 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
15.0
|
| 1993 |
20.6
|
14.6
|
17.3
|
18.6
|
19.4
|
13.2
|
16.5
|
18.4
|
22.0
|
17.7
|
| 1995 |
28.4
|
22.0
|
24.6
|
28.6
|
27.8
|
20.9
|
25.6
|
27.6
|
26.2
|
25.3
|
| 1997 |
30.2
|
21.4
|
25.0
|
28.2
|
28.6
|
23.6
|
25.0
|
29.3
|
26.6
|
26.2
|
| 1999 |
30.8
|
22.6
|
26.4
|
26.4
|
28.2
|
21.7
|
27.8
|
26.7
|
31.5
|
26.7
|
| 2001 |
27.9
|
20.0
|
24.4
|
21.8
|
24.6
|
19.4
|
24.8
|
25.8
|
26.9
|
23.9
|
| Lifetime cocaine use2 | ||||||||||
| 1990 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
3.6
|
5.8
|
7.6
|
9.3
|
6.6
|
| 1991 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
6.0
|
| 1993 |
5.5
|
4.2
|
4.6
|
1.6
|
11.3
|
4.2
|
3.7
|
5.1
|
6.1
|
4.9
|
| 1995 |
8.8
|
5.0
|
6.5
|
2.0
|
16.0
|
5.7
|
7.5
|
7.2
|
7.4
|
7.0
|
| 1997 |
9.1
|
7.2
|
8.0
|
1.9
|
14.4
|
6.7
|
7.5
|
9.1
|
9.2
|
8.2
|
| 1999 |
10.7
|
8.4
|
9.9
|
2.2
|
15.3
|
5.8
|
9.9
|
9.9
|
13.7
|
9.5
|
| 2001 |
10.3
|
8.4
|
9.9
|
2.1
|
14.7
|
7.2
|
8.6
|
10.4
|
12.1
|
9.4
|
| Current cocaine use1 | ||||||||||
| 1990 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1.0
|
2.4
|
2.5
|
2.3
|
2.1
|
| 1991 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2.0
|
| 1993 |
2.3
|
1.4
|
1.6
|
1.0
|
4.6
|
1.6
|
1.4
|
2.1
|
2.1
|
1.9
|
| 1995 |
4.3
|
1.8
|
2.6
|
1.3
|
7.5
|
3.1
|
2.5
|
3.6
|
3.1
|
3.1
|
| 1997 |
4.0
|
2.4
|
3.1
|
0.7
|
6.2
|
3.9
|
2.6
|
3.1
|
3.5
|
3.3
|
| 1999 |
5.2
|
2.9
|
4.1
|
1.1
|
6.7
|
3.4
|
3.7
|
4.5
|
4.8
|
4.0
|
| 2001 |
4.7
|
3.7
|
4.2
|
1.3
|
7.1
|
3.7
|
4.2
|
4.4
|
4.5
|
4.2
|
| Lifetime use of illegal steroids | ||||||||||
| 1990 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| 1991 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
3.0
|
| 1993 |
3.1
|
1.2
|
1.9
|
2.4
|
3.0
|
2.1
|
2.0
|
2.2
|
2.3
|
2.2
|
| 1995 |
4.9
|
2.4
|
3.8
|
1.6
|
4.7
|
4.1
|
3.6
|
3.9
|
2.9
|
3.7
|
| 1997 |
4.1
|
2.0
|
3.1
|
1.5
|
3.4
|
4.3
|
3.0
|
2.7
|
2.5
|
3.1
|
| 1999 |
5.2
|
2.2
|
4.1
|
2.2
|
4.1
|
4.7
|
3.6
|
3.0
|
3.3
|
3.7
|
| 2001 |
6.0
|
3.9
|
5.3
|
3.2
|
4.2
|
5.8
|
4.9
|
4.3
|
4.3
|
5.0
|
| Lifetime injected drug use | ||||||||||
| 1990 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| 1991 |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| 1993 |
1.9
|
0.8
|
1.3
|
0.9
|
1.5
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
1.3
|
1.2
|
1.4
|
| 1995 |
3.0
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
1.1
|
2.2
|
2.8
|
2.2
|
1.7
|
1.6
|
2.0
|
| 1997 |
2.6
|
1.5
|
1.8
|
1.0
|
2.2
|
3.0
|
2.5
|
1.6
|
1.5
|
2.1
|
| 1999 |
2.8
|
0.7
|
1.6
|
0.9
|
1.8
|
1.6
|
1.2
|
2.0
|
2.3
|
1.8
|
| 2001 |
3.1
|
1.6
|
2.4
|
1.6
|
2.5
|
2.5
|
2.6
|
1.9
|
2.1
|
2.3
|
| —
Data not available. 1Used one or more times during the past 30 days. 2Ever tried any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase. Sources: “Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among High School Students—United States,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 40 (45) (1990): 776–84; 41 (37) (1991): 698–703; “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. |
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