1996
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Preliminary Results
70617 (35B) PRELIMINARY DATA - AS OF JUNE 1997
Table 20.Percentages Reporting Past Month Use of Any Illicit Drug,
by Age Group and Demographic Characteristics: 1995 and 1996
AGE GROUP (Years)
12-17
18-25
26-34
35 and Older
Total
Demographic
Characteristic
1995
1996
1995
1996
1995
1996
1995
1996
1995
1996
TOTAL
10.9a
9.0
14.2
15.6
8.3
8.4
2.8
2.9
6.1
6.1
RACE/
ETHNICITY
White
11.2
9.2
15.5
17.0
8.9
8.8
2.7
2.9
6.0
6.1
Black
10.7
8.6
13.5
15.7
9.1
10.6
5.0
3.8
7.9
7.5
Hispanic
9.4
9.2
8.2
10.9
6.3
5.7
1.9
1.5
5.1
5.2
Other
11.2
6.7
14.5
9.8
1.5
4.4
*
*
4.0
4.8
SEX
Male
12.1b
9.2
17.0a
20.2
11.2
11.0
3.8
4.2
7.8
8.1
Female
9.6
8.9
11.5
11.0
5.5
5.9
1.9
1.7
4.5
4.2
POPULATION
DENSITY1
Large Metro
10.3
10.0
15.5
16.2
8.9
9.2
2.3a
3.5
6.1
6.8
Small Metro
11.4
9.1
15.1
18.1
9.1
8.9
3.2
3.1
6.6
6.7
Nonmetro
11.2b
7.3
10.5
10.3
5.8
5.7
2.9a
1.3
5.3a
3.7
REGION
Northeast
9.1
8.7
16.9
14.3
6.3
6.9
1.7
2.1
4.9
4.8
North Central
12.8a
8.7
12.3
16.1
8.5
10.9
3.0
3.5
6.3
6.9
South
9.5
8.4
12.4
15.2
8.2
7.0
2.7
2.6
5.5
5.5
West
12.0
10.7
16.5
16.5
10.0
9.2
3.8
3.5
7.8
7.3
ADULT
EDUCATION2
<High School
N/A
N/A
18.0
20.8
12.7
12.4
2.9
3.5
6.7
7.5
High School Grad
N/A
N/A
15.3
15.2
8.5
9.9
2.9
2.5
5.7
5.7
Some College
N/A
N/A
13.6
14.3
8.8
7.6
2.9
2.1
6.4
5.6
College Graduate
N/A
N/A
7.6
11.4
5.2
5.3
2.4
3.5
3.5
4.6
CURRENT
EMPLOYMENT2
Full-time
N/A
N/A
13.2
15.5
7.8
7.9
2.9
3.6
5.5
6.2
Part-time
N/A
N/A
15.8
14.3
9.3
8.6
5.3
5.6
9.0
8.6
Unemployed
N/A
N/A
22.1
25.9
19.8
18.1
6.6
2.9
14.3
12.5
Other3
N/A
N/A
11.8
13.3
5.7
7.3
1.7
1.3
3.1
3.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
N/A: Not applicable.
NOTE:Any Illicit Drug indicates use at least once of marijuana or hashish,
cocaine (including crack), inhalants, hallucinogens (including PCP and
LSD), heroin, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically.
Any Illicit Drug Other than Marijuana indicates use at least once of any
of these listed drugs, regardless of marijuana use; marijuana users who
also have used any of the other listed drugs are included.
1Population density is based on 1990 MSA classifications
and their 1990 Census of Population counts.
2Data on adult education and current employment not shown
for persons aged 12-17. Estimates for both adult education and current
employment are for persons aged > 18.
3Retired, disabled, homemaker, student, or "other."
aDifference between 1995 and 1996 is statistically significant
at the .05 level.
bDifference between 1995 and 1996 is statistically significant
at the .01 level.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey
on Drug Abuse, 1995 and 1996.
