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1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Population Estimates
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AGE/ /GENDER |
Ever Used |
Used Past Year |
Used Past Month | |||||||||||
|
Observed Estimate |
95% C.I. |
Observed Estimate |
95% C.I. |
Observed Estimate |
95% C.I. | |||||||||
|
RATE ESTIMATES (Percent) | ||||||||||||||
12-17 |
37.3 |
(35.5 |
- |
39.2) |
31.8 |
(30.0 |
- |
33.7) |
19.1 |
(17.5 |
- |
20.7) | ||
Male |
36.6 |
(34.2 |
- |
39.1) |
31.0 |
(28.6 |
- |
33.4) |
19.4 |
(17.5 |
- |
21.5) | ||
Female |
38.1 |
(35.7 |
- |
40.7) |
32.7 |
(30.3 |
- |
35.1) |
18.7 |
(16.7 |
- |
21.0) | ||
18-25 |
83.2 |
(81.4 |
- |
84.8) |
74.2 |
(71.8 |
- |
76.4) |
60.0 |
(57.3 |
- |
62.7) | ||
Male |
87.2 |
(85.2 |
- |
88.9) |
79.3 |
(76.5 |
- |
81.9) |
68.2 |
(64.9 |
- |
71.2) | ||
Female |
79.2 |
(76.4 |
- |
81.7) |
68.9 |
(65.6 |
- |
72.1) |
51.7 |
(48.0 |
- |
55.5) | ||
26-34 |
88.2 |
(86.7 |
- |
89.5) |
74.5 |
(72.5 |
- |
76.4) |
60.9 |
(58.7 |
- |
63.0) | ||
Male |
90.9 |
(89.0 |
- |
92.4) |
77.7 |
(74.9 |
- |
80.2) |
67.7 |
(64.3 |
- |
70.9) | ||
Female |
85.5 |
(83.4 |
- |
87.4) |
71.5 |
(68.5 |
- |
74.2) |
54.2 |
(51.4 |
- |
56.9) | ||
$35 |
86.6 |
(85.1 |
- |
87.9) |
64.6 |
(62.6 |
- |
66.6) |
53.1 |
(51.0 |
- |
55.1) | ||
Male |
92.2 |
(90.6 |
- |
93.5) |
70.2 |
(67.7 |
- |
72.6) |
61.4 |
(58.7 |
- |
64.0) | ||
Female |
81.6 |
(79.5 |
- |
83.5) |
59.7 |
(57.0 |
- |
62.3) |
45.8 |
(43.2 |
- |
48.4) | ||
TOTAL |
81.3 |
(80.1 |
- |
82.4) |
64.0 |
(62.4 |
- |
65.6) |
51.7 |
(50.0 |
- |
53.3) | ||
Male |
85.2 |
(83.9 |
- |
86.3) |
68.3 |
(66.5 |
- |
70.1) |
58.7 |
(56.7 |
- |
60.7) | ||
Female |
77.6 |
(76.0 |
- |
79.2) |
60.0 |
(57.9 |
- |
62.0) |
45.1 |
(43.2 |
- |
47.1) | ||
POPULATION ESTIMATES (In Thousands)
12-17 |
8,491 |
(8,075 |
- |
8,916) |
7,233 |
(6,819 |
- |
7,661) |
4,338 |
(3,990 |
- |
4,709) | ||
Male |
4,246 |
(3,965 |
- |
4,536) |
3,596 |
(3,324 |
- |
3,880) |
2,255 |
(2,029 |
- |
2,500) | ||
Female |
4,245 |
(3,969 |
- |
4,528) |
3,637 |
(3,372 |
- |
3,912) |
2,083 |
(1,854 |
- |
2,333) | ||
18-25 |
23,268 |
(22,778 |
- |
23,720) |
20,739 |
(20,082 |
- |
21,359) |
16,786 |
(16,019 |
- |
17,535) | ||
Male |
12,313 |
(12,036 |
- |
12,557) |
11,203 |
(10,803 |
- |
11,566) |
9,628 |
(9,170 |
- |
10,063) | ||
Female |
10,955 |
(10,572 |
- |
11,304) |
9,536 |
(9,075 |
- |
9,972) |
7,158 |
(6,638 |
- |
7,674) | ||
26-34 |
30,506 |
(29,998 |
- |
30,964) |
25,794 |
(25,102 |
- |
26,452) |
21,069 |
(20,313 |
- |
21,810) | ||
Male |
15,600 |
(15,278 |
- |
15,872) |
13,334 |
(12,861 |
- |
13,769) |
11,624 |
(11,045 |
- |
12,174) | ||
Female |
14,906 |
(14,536 |
- |
15,235) |
12,460 |
(11,950 |
- |
12,940) |
9,444 |
(8,959 |
- |
9,925) | ||
$35 |
115,247 |
(113,355 |
- |
116,984) |
86,041 |
(83,368 |
- |
88,646) |
70,657 |
(67,913 |
- |
73,387) | ||
Male |
57,425 |
(56,466 |
- |
58,238) |
43,758 |
(42,189 |
- |
45,254) |
38,236 |
(36,548 |
- |
39,881) | ||
Female |
57,822 |
(56,353 |
- |
59,173) |
42,283 |
(40,385 |
- |
44,140) |
32,421 |
(30,572 |
- |
34,287) | ||
TOTAL |
177,512 |
(174,928 |
- |
179,975) |
139,807 |
(136,301 |
- |
143,246) |
112,850 |
(109,261 |
- |
116,431) | ||
Male |
89,584 |
(88,263 |
- |
90,819) |
71,891 |
(69,985 |
- |
73,740) |
61,744 |
(59,617 |
- |
63,840) | ||
Female |
87,928 |
(86,029 |
- |
89,730) |
67,916 |
(65,580 |
- |
70,212) |
51,107 |
(48,899 |
- |
53,332) | ||
* Low precision; no estimate reported.
Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1998
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