Table 12. Percentage of High School Students Who Used Alcohol or Cigarettes by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Grade, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1990–2001

Drug Use Behavior and Year	Sex		Race/Ethnicity			Grade Level				All Groups
	Male	Female	White, non- Hispanic	Black, non- Hispanic	Hispanic	9th	10th	11th	12th
Episodic heavy drinking1
1990	43.5	30.4	—	—	—	27.7	35.7	39.6	44.0	36.9
1991	36.0	26.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	31.0
1993	33.7	26.0	32.6	19.1	33.4	22.0	26.2	31.3	39.1	30.0
1995	36.2	28.6	35.6	18.8	37.7	24.5	30.3	34.9	39.0	32.6
1997	37.3	28.6	37.7	16.1	34.9	25.7	29.9	37.5	39.3	33.4
1999	34.9	28.1	35.8	16.0	32.1	21.1	32.2	34.0	41.6	31.5
2001	33.5	26.4	34.0	11.1	30.1	24.5	28.2	32.2	36.7	29.9
Current cigarette2
1990	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	28.0	27.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28.0
1993	29.8	31.2	33.7	15.4	28.7	27.8	28.0	31.1	34.5	30.5
1995	35.4	34.3	38.3	19.2	34.0	31.2	33.1	35.8	38.2	34.8
1997	37.7	34.7	39.7	22.7	34.0	33.4	35.3	36.6	36.9	364
1999	34.7	34.9	38.6	19.7	32.7	27.6	34.7	36.0	42.8	34.8
2001	29.2	27.7	31.9	14.7	26.6	23.9	26.9	29.8	35.2	28.5
— Data not available. 1Drank five or more drinks of alcohol on at least one occasion on one or more days during the last 30 days. 2Used one or more times during the past 30 days. 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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