1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Table 32.   Percentages Reporting Lifetime and Past Month Use of Any Illicit Drug, by Age Group and Geographic Characteristics:  Annual Averages Based on 1997 and 1998  Samples  

	AGE GROUP (Time Period)
	12-17		18-25		26-34		35 and Older		Total
Geographic Characteristic	Lifetime	Past Month	Lifetime	Past Month	Lifetime	Past Month	Lifetime	Past Month	Lifetime	Past Month
TOTAL	22.5	10.7	46.7	15.4	50.7	7.2	31.6	3.4	35.7	6.3
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
North East
New England	22.6	9.1	57.8	17.3	60.7	6.2	36.0	1.6	41.5	5.0
Mid Atlantic	19.1	11.2	41.7	13.2	50.4	5.7	29.7	3.1	33.2	5.3
North Central
East North Central	24.0	13.2	51.5	18.8	53.8	9.0	31.5	3.3	37.3	7.5
West North Central	19.9	9.3	47.2	14.3	52.3	7.2	33.2	3.7	36.3	6.0
South
South Atlantic	19.4	8.3	45.0	15.0	47.9	6.8	27.4	3.0	32.1	5.7
East South Central	26.1	11.9	41.5	12.1	49.0	7.1	31.5	5.0	35.1	7.1
West South Central	21.0	9.1	43.4	11.7	42.5	5.4	27.5	2.4	31.2	4.8
West
Mountain	26.8	14.1	*	14.3	56.5	7.7	37.5	3.3	41.0	7.0
Pacific	26.3	11.0	48.9	19.0	51.1	8.6	37.5	5.1	40.0	8.0
EXPANDED POPULATION DENSITY1
Large Metro	21.9	10.9	46.2	14.9	50.4	8.2	34.1	3.5	37.2	6.5
Small Metro
Population $250K	26.0	11.7	47.0	17.8	51.9	6.2	33.4	3.6	37.4	6.9
Population <250K	23.0	11.5	53.0	18.3	52.9	7.1	32.9	4.4	37.6	7.5
Nonmetro
Urban	21.0	10.5	47.6	13.2	50.8	6.8	23.9	2.4	30.9	5.4
Rural	19.5	8.0	39.3	10.3	47.0	5.4	25.5	2.8	29.2	4.5
STATE2
California	23.8	9.5	46.2	17.5	46.1	8.4	37.2	4.9	38.6	7.7
Arizona	33.3	15.6	55.6	19.9	58.7	8.8	37.2	3.6	42.5	7.9
U.S. Excluding CA&AZ	22.8	10.9	46.7	14.8	51.3	7.0	31.0	3.3	35.3	6.1

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

NOTE: Any Illicit Drug indicates use at least once of marijuana/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/hashish use; marijuana/hashish users who also have used any of the other listed drugs are included.

¹ Population density is based on 1990 MSA classifications and their 1990 Census of Population counts.

² State estimates in this table are based on data from quarters 2-4 of the 1997 NHSDA and all four quarters of the 1998 NHSDA data.

Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1997 and 1998.

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