Table 1a cont., page 3

Trends in Lifetime Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs for Eighth, Tenth, and Twelfth Graders

Lifetime
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 '97-'98
change (a)
Ice (i)
8th Grade ------------------
10th Grade ------------------
12th Grade 3.32.93.13.43.94.44.45.3+0.9
Barbiturates (h)
8th Grade ------------------
10th Grade ------------------
12th Grade 6.2 5.5 6.3 7.0 7.4 7.6 8.1 8.7 +0.6
Tranquilizers (h)
8th Grade 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.6 4.5 5.3 4.8 4.6 -0.2
10th Grade 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.4 6.0 7.1 7.3 7.8 +0.5
12th Grade 7.2 6.0 6.4 6.6 7.1 7.2 7.8 8.5 +0.7
Alcohol (j)
Any use
8th Grade 70.1 69.3 67.1 ------------
55.7 55.8 54.5 55.3 53.8 52.5 -1.3
10th Grade 83.8 82.3 80.8 ------------
71.6 71.1 70.5 71.8 72.0 69.8 -2.2s
12th Grade 88.0 87.5 87.0 ------------
80.0 80.4 80.7 79.2 81.7 81.4 -0.3
Lifetime
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 '97-'98
change (a)
Been Drunk (i)
8th Grade 26.7 26.8 26.4 25.9 25.3 26.8 25.2 24.8 -0.4
10th Grade 50.0 47.7 47.9 47.2 46.9 48.5 49.4 46.7 -2.7s
12th Grade 65.4 63.4 62.5 62.9 63.2 61.8 64.2 62.4 -1.8
Cigarettes
Any use
8th Grade 44.0 45.2 45.3 46.1 46.4 49.2 47.3 45.7 -1.6
10th Grade 55.1 53.5 56.3 56.9 57.6 61.2 60.2 57.7 -2.5s
12th Grade 63.1 61.8 61.9 62.0 64.2 63.5 65.4 65.3 -0.1
Smokeless Tobacco (e)
8th Grade 22.2 20.7 18.7 19.9 20.0 20.4 16.8 15.0 -1.8
10th Grade 28.2 26.6 28.1 29.2 27.6 27.4 26.3 22.7 -3.6ss
12th Grade -- 32.4 31.0 30.7 30.9 29.8 25.3 26.2 +0.9
Steroids (i)
8th Grade 1.9 1.7 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.8 2.3 +0.5s
10th Grade 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.0 0.0
12th Grade 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.3 1.9 2.4 2.7 +0.3

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