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Table 35. Percentages Reporting Lifetime and Past Month Use of Alcohol, by Age Group and Geographic Characteristics: Annual Averages Based on 1997 and 1998 Samples
AGE GROUP (Time Period) |
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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 |
38.5 |
19.8 |
83.4 |
59.2 |
88.5 |
60.5 |
86.8 |
52.9 |
81.6 |
51.5 |
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION |
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North East |
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New England |
39.1 |
21.2 |
89.3 |
65.6 |
93.1 |
64.0 |
94.1 |
59.8 |
87.9 |
57.3 |
Mid Atlantic |
37.2 |
20.6 |
81.5 |
61.0 |
88.0 |
60.3 |
90.0 |
56.3 |
83.8 |
54.1 |
North Central |
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East North Central |
43.3 |
22.5 |
90.2 |
68.9 |
92.6 |
65.3 |
88.2 |
54.6 |
84.5 |
55.1 |
West North Central |
41.5 |
20.9 |
94.1 |
73.2 |
95.4 |
71.3 |
92.6 |
61.6 |
87.6 |
59.9 |
South |
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South Atlantic |
34.4 |
18.0 |
79.2 |
55.2 |
88.5 |
60.9 |
83.5 |
49.4 |
78.8 |
48.8 |
East South Central |
38.3 |
19.2 |
84.1 |
49.4 |
87.8 |
49.6 |
81.3 |
40.2 |
78.0 |
40.7 |
West South Central |
38.8 |
18.7 |
84.8 |
57.9 |
85.1 |
58.6 |
82.0 |
46.1 |
78.2 |
46.7 |
West |
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Mountain |
37.2 |
20.0 |
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86.6 |
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87.4 |
51.8 |
78.8 |
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Pacific |
38.2 |
18.4 |
80.1 |
57.0 |
84.0 |
56.1 |
86.5 |
56.5 |
80.1 |
52.4 |
EXPANDED POPULATION DENSITY1 |
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Large Metro |
37.2 |
19.5 |
81.4 |
58.3 |
87.5 |
61.8 |
88.0 |
56.8 |
82.0 |
54.1 |
Small Metro |
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Population $250K |
41.0 |
20.8 |
82.2 |
57.8 |
89.0 |
61.7 |
88.2 |
54.0 |
82.5 |
52.2 |
Population <250K |
39.1 |
19.2 |
88.5 |
67.2 |
90.8 |
62.4 |
88.1 |
54.0 |
83.4 |
53.4 |
Nonmetro |
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Urban |
37.9 |
20.4 |
85.9 |
61.7 |
88.1 |
58.7 |
83.8 |
48.1 |
80.2 |
48.9 |
Rural |
38.2 |
19.0 |
84.4 |
53.6 |
89.8 |
52.5 |
81.6 |
41.9 |
78.0 |
42.0 |
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California |
36.0 |
16.9 |
78.0 |
54.4 |
81.6 |
54.5 |
83.9 |
53.7 |
77.5 |
50.0 |
Arizona |
46.8 |
24.0 |
85.0 |
62.0 |
91.3 |
67.1 |
91.3 |
55.2 |
85.5 |
54.5 |
U.S. Excluding CA&AZ |
38.8 |
20.4 |
84.1 |
59.2 |
89.7 |
61.5 |
86.7 |
52.4 |
81.9 |
51.4 |
*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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