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2004 State Estimates of Substance Use and Mental Health
(from the 2003-2004 National Surveys on Drug Use & Health)

bulletNational data      bulletState level data       bulletMetropolitan and other subState area data

Percentages & Significance of Change: 

Index to Changes in All Variables by State and Regions 

Table C12 Alcohol Use and Binge Alcohol Use in Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by State: 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 NSDUHs

 
State Alcohol Use in Past Month Binge Alcohol Use in Past Month
2002-2003 2003-2004 Significance 2002-2003 2003-2004 Significance
Total 28.89  28.85 ns 19.22  19.38 ns
Northeast 31.50  31.73 ns 20.74  21.41 ns
Midwest 31.65  31.6 ns 21.99  22.34 ns
South 27.17b 26.48 ns 17.54  17.13 ns
West 26.82  27.61 ns 17.91  18.39 ns
             
Alabama 24.88  25.9 ns 16.45  17.16 ns
Alaska 26.43  26.29 ns 19.42  19.04 ns
Arizona 28.64  27.46 ns 19.76  19.64 ns
Arkansas 25.16  25.92 ns 18.84  17.97 ns
California 24.67a 26.3 SIG 16.09  16.91 ns
Colorado 33.02  33.67 ns 21.31  20.85 ns
Connecticut 32.63b 34.72 ns 21.42  22.8 ns
Delaware 31.13  31 ns 20.37  20.21 ns
District of Columbia 31.16  30.18 ns 16.58  16.51 ns
Florida 27.50  27.32 ns 16.87  17.48 ns
Georgia 24.15  24.2 ns 15.31  15.38 ns
Hawaii 28.58  26.75 ns 20.77  19.53 ns
Idaho 26.66  27.85 ns 18.81  19.94 ns
Illinois 30.52  30.35 ns 21.63  21.65 ns
Indiana 27.53  26.74 ns 18.75  18.6 ns
Iowa 34.35  35.6 ns 24.68a 27.67 SIG
Kansas 31.31  32.19 ns 21.90b 24.11 ns
Kentucky 28.99  30.02 ns 19.61  19.71 ns
Louisiana 31.05  29.97 ns 18.97  18.69 ns
Maine 30.23  28.78 ns 22.54b 20.49 ns
Maryland 28.10  27.07 ns 17.52  16.24 ns
Massachusetts 32.50  34.51 ns 22.40  24.31 ns
Michigan 31.83a 30.17 SIG 21.36  20.48 ns
Minnesota 33.36  32.57 ns 24.17  23.38 ns
Mississippi 24.01  23.12 ns 15.72  15.67 ns
Missouri 32.41  33.2 ns 21.16  23.02 ns
Montana 38.39  38.1 ns 28.80  28.98 ns
Nebraska 34.98  33.98 ns 23.77  23.75 ns
Nevada 26.87b 24.47 ns 16.81  16.5 ns
New Hampshire 35.98  37.3 ns 25.02  26.18 ns
New Jersey 29.38  28.08 ns 17.59  17.47 ns
New Mexico 32.37  31.26 ns 22.15  21.73 ns
New York 31.59  31.99 ns 20.34  21.16 ns
North Carolina 26.71  25.07 ns 17.99a 15.88 SIG
North Dakota 41.54  42.68 ns 31.04  32.29 ns
Ohio 30.13  29.75 ns 20.95  20.89 ns
Oklahoma 28.47  30.15 ns 19.07a 21.52 SIG
Oregon 28.22b 30.86 ns 18.61b 20.71 ns
Pennsylvania 30.86  30.77 ns 21.05  21.61 ns
Rhode Island 38.31  36.2 ns 26.58  25.78 ns
South Carolina 27.25a 24.13 SIG 18.05a 15.86 SIG
South Dakota 37.21  39.12 ns 28.52  29.49 ns
Tennessee 23.80  22.32 ns 15.95a 13.12 SIG
Texas 27.35  26.1 ns 17.14  16.69 ns
Utah 19.41  18.63 ns 15.43  14.5 ns
Vermont 35.56  33.35 ns 25.77  24.05 ns
Virginia 30.33  29.14 ns 20.47  20.26 ns
Washington 31.54  31.31 ns 21.02  21.49 ns
West Virginia 28.84  27.09 ns 21.48  20.09 ns
Wisconsin 34.72a 38.25 SIG 24.45b 26.48 ns
Wyoming 33.64  32.83 ns 24.93  24.15 ns
NOTE: SIG=Significant difference between 2003-2004 and 2002-2003 percentages; ns=not significant   at the 0.05 level
NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple hours of each other) on at least one day in the past 30 days.
NOTE: Estimates are based on a survey-weighted hierarchical Bayes estimation approach.
a Difference between the 2003-2004 estimate and the 2002-2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
b Difference between the 2003-2004 estimate and the 2002-2003 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.10 level.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

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