1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Table 57. Percentages Reporting About Risk and Availability of Drugs for California, Arizona, and the Remainder of the United States, by Age Group: 1998  

	AGE GROUP (Population)
	12-17				18-25				26 and Older
Risk/Availability	California	Arizona	U.S. Excluding CA & AZ	Total U.S.	California	Arizona	U.S. Excluding CA & AZ	Total U.S.	California	Arizona	U.S. Excluding CA & AZ	Total U.S.
Perceptions of Great Risk
Cigarettes
Smoke one or more packs per day	60.8b	57.6a	53.1	54.1	69.4b	63.1	58.6	59.9	75.7b	69.4	70.5	71.1
Marijuana
Smoke once a month	29.2	27.7	31.0	30.8	24.9	24.0	26.5	26.3	38.4b	42.0a	47.0	45.9
Smoke once or twice a week	49.6b	50.8a	55.1	54.4	40.6	42.0	44.4	43.9	53.6b	56.9a	61.8	60.8
Cocaine
Use once a month	53.6	48.5b	54.6	54.3	63.4b	63.9b	69.8	69.0	77.5a	76.0b	81.1	80.6
Use once or twice a week	81.8	78.5	81.6	81.6	88.0	87.0	89.9	89.6	91.5a	91.2a	93.9	93.6
Alcohol
Four or five drinks nearly every day	67.2	64.5	66.3	66.4	69.7	67.3	67.7	67.9	80.4	75.9	78.3	78.5
Five or more drinks once or twice a week	49.2	44.0	46.8	47.0	45.7	41.5	41.3	41.8	58.2	55.8	57.2	57.3
Availability
Fairly or very easy to obtain
Marijuana	53.6	61.7b	56.6	56.3	71.9b	77.9	77.8	77.1	53.9	58.1	55.4	55.3
Cocaine	25.8a	34.6a	30.4	29.9	41.3	45.8	44.6	44.2	35.9	45.0a	38.7	38.5
Crack	25.6a	32.0	29.1	28.7	36.2	37.7	39.1	38.8	34.1	39.8	36.5	36.3
Heroin	18.7	23.8	21.5	21.2	26.9	28.4	28.5	28.3	26.7	32.5	29.6	29.3
Approached by someone selling drugs in past month	14.6	20.8b	13.4	13.7	19.3	20.1a	16.4	16.8	3.7	3.8	3.2	3.2

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

^a Difference between estimate and U.S. excluding CA & AZ is statistically significant at the .05 level.

^b Difference between estimate and U.S. excluding CA & AZ is statistically significant at the .01 level.

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

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