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1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
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1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse |
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Table 56. Percentages Reporting About Risk and Availability of Drugs in the Population Aged 12 and Older for California, Arizona, and the Remainder of the United States: 1998
POPULATION | ||||
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Risk/Availability |
California |
Arizona |
U.S. Excluding CA & AZ |
Total U.S. |
Perceptions of Great Risk |
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Cigarettes |
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Smoke one or more packs per day |
73.3b |
67.3 |
67.2 |
67.9 |
Marijuana |
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Smoke once a month |
35.7b |
38.1a |
42.7 |
41.8 |
Smoke once or twice a week |
51.5b |
54.2a |
58.8 |
57.9 |
Cocaine |
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Use once a month |
73.0b |
71.4b |
76.9 |
76.4 |
Use once or twice a week |
90.0a |
89.2b |
92.1 |
91.8 |
Alcohol |
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Four or five drinks nearly every day |
77.6 |
73.5 |
75.7 |
75.9 |
Five or more drinks once or twice a week |
55.5 |
52.6 |
54.0 |
54.2 |
Availability |
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Fairly or very easy to obtain |
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Marijuana |
56.3 |
61.1 |
58.4 |
58.2 |
Cocaine |
35.5a |
43.9a |
38.6 |
38.3 |
Crack |
33.4 |
38.6 |
36.0 |
35.8 |
Heroin |
25.8a |
31.0 |
28.6 |
28.3 |
Approached by someone selling drugs in past month |
6.9a |
7.8b |
5.9 |
6.1 |
*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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