1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Table 61. Percentages Reporting About Risk and Availability of Drugs for Arizona, by Age Group: 1997 and 1998  

	AGE GROUP (Years)
	12-17		18-25		26 and Older		Total
Drug	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998	1997	1998
Perceptions of Great Risk
Cigarettes
Smoke one or more packs per day	54.2a	59.1	61.4	61.8	71.1	67.7	68.0	66.0
Marijuana
Smoke once a month	24.9	28.3	21.8	25.1	45.2	40.8	39.9	37.3
Smoke once or twice a week	46.6b	52.7	38.5	42.8	60.0	56.0	55.7	53.9
Cocaine
Use once a month	47.5	48.8	61.9	64.4	80.3a	75.0	74.2a	70.6
Use once or twice a week	80.0	78.8	87.4	86.6	93.7a	90.3	91.3a	88.5
Alcohol
Four or five drinks nearly every day	59.8a	64.2	67.6	67.9	78.2	73.9	74.7	72.0
Five or more drinks once or twice a week	42.4	44.2	40.8	43.1	58.4	52.7	54.3	50.5
Availability
Fairly or very easy to obtain
Marijuana	64.4	60.9	78.9	77.4	56.7	59.8	60.5	62.3
Cocaine	37.2	34.0	45.9	46.9	41.8	46.2	41.8	44.8
Crack	34.8	31.6	38.6	39.4	38.7	42.7	38.3	41.0
Heroin	26.3	24.6	29.3	30.2	32.7	35.1	31.5	33.3
Approached by someone selling drugs in past month	21.1	20.8	21.2	21.6	4.4	4.0	8.5	8.2

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

NOTE: The estimates in this table are based on data from quarters 2-4 of the 1997 and 1998 NHSDA surveys, and may differ from estimates presented in other tables which are based on data from all

quarters.

^aDifference between estimate and 1998 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

^bDifference between estimate and 1998 estimate is statistically significant at the .01 level.

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

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