1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Table 33.   Percentages Reporting Lifetime and Past Month Use of Marijuana, 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	17.9	8.8	43.0	13.3	47.9	5.7	29.4	2.5	32.9	5.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
North East
New England	17.7	6.8	53.2	14.5	59.0	4.9	33.4	0.9	38.6	3.8
Mid Atlantic	16.8	9.7	39.3	11.6	48.8	4.1	27.5	2.5	31.0	4.4
North Central
East North Central	19.8	11.4	46.8	16.1	51.1	8.0	30.1	2.3	35.0	6.2
West North Central	13.8	7.7	44.4	12.6	50.3	6.0	30.4	3.5	33.2	5.3
South
South Atlantic	15.1	7.1	41.3	13.4	45.1	5.5	25.7	2.2	29.7	4.7
East South Central	18.6	9.4	38.7	9.6	45.9	5.1	27.0	2.8	30.7	4.9
West South Central	17.3	7.5	40.2	10.5	39.4	4.3	26.0	2.0	29.0	4.0
West
Mountain	20.7	12.3	*	10.4	51.7	5.4	35.7	2.1	37.7	5.1
Pacific	21.1	8.0	44.9	17.0	47.7	6.5	34.7	3.8	36.7	6.3
EXPANDED POPULATION DENSITY1
Large Metro	17.7	9.0	42.2	13.0	47.5	6.6	31.9	2.5	34.5	5.2
Small Metro
Population $250K	20.6	9.4	43.4	15.5	49.1	5.2	31.0	2.2	34.5	5.3
Population <250K	18.7	10.1	49.9	16.3	50.4	5.0	29.9	3.7	34.5	6.3
Nonmetro
Urban	15.2	8.4	43.4	10.9	48.2	5.6	22.1	2.1	28.2	4.6
Rural	15.2	6.5	36.5	8.0	44.9	3.6	23.8	2.6	27.1	3.7
STATE2
California	18.9	7.0	41.7	15.5	42.3	6.2	34.2	3.1	35.0	5.7
Arizona	27.0	12.3	50.6	16.4	55.7	6.6	34.0	2.0	38.8	5.8
U.S. Excluding CA&AZ	18.1	9.1	43.1	12.9	48.6	5.6	29.0	2.5	32.7	5.0

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

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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