PREVALENCE OF SUBSTANCE USE AMONG RACIAL AND ETHNIC SUBGROUPS I ethn1.htm

Prevalence of Substance Use Among Racial & Ethnic Subgroups in the U.S.

Table 2.1 Measures of Substance Use, Dependence on Alcohol, and Need for Illicit Drug Abuse Treatment. Respondents Aged 12 and Older, by Gender, 1991-1993.

Outcome

Measure

Males (n =39,469 )

Females (n=48,446)

Total (n =87,915 )

Population.

(millions)¹

Population

(millions)¹

Population

(millions)¹

Cigarette use- past year

33.1

33.6%

30.3

28.4%

63.4

30.9%

Alcohol use- past year

70.2

71.3

66.1

61.9

136.3

66.4

Any illicit drug use- past year²

13.9

14.1

10.5

9.8

24.4

11.9

Marijuana use- past year

11.3

11.4

7.1

6.7

18.4

9.0

Cocaine- past year

3.4

3.5

1.8

1.7

5.2

2.5

Need for illicit drug abuse treatment

3.4

3.5

2.2

2.1

5.6

2.7

Alcohol- dependence

4.9

2.3

2.1

7.1

3.5

Heavy cigarette use

15.5

15.8

12.7

11.9

28.3

13.8

Heavy alcohol use

8.5

8.6

2.1

2.0

10.6

5.1

¹The size of the target population for the combined 1991-93 data sets equals the average of the populations represented by the 1991, 1992, and 1993 NHSDAs. The target population comprises 205,257,000 persons, with 98,447,000 males and 106,810,000 females.

²Illicit drugs include marijuana, nonmedical use of psychotherapeutics (sedatives, tranquilizers, analgesics, and stimulants), cocaine (including crack), inhalants, hallucinogens, and heroin.

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1991-93.

This page was last updated on May 19, 2008.

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