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1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse:  Population Estimates

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Sedative - Total Population

Table 10A. Sedative Use by Gender Within Age Group for Total Population in 1998

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

1.0

(0.7

-

1.4)

  

0.6

(0.3

-

1.0)

  

0.2

(0.1

-

0.4)

    Male

0.8

(0.5

-

1.4)

  

0.4

(0.2

-

0.8)

  

0.1

(0.0

-

0.4)

    Female

1.1

(0.6

-

2.0)

  

0.7

(0.3

-

1.5)

  

0.3

(0.1

-

0.7)

 

18-25

1.3

(0.8

-

1.9)

  

0.5

(0.2

-

1.0)

  

0.2

(0.1

-

0.6)

    Male

1.4

(0.8

-

2.4)

  

0.7

(0.3

-

1.7)

  

0.3

(0.1

-

1.3)

    Female

1.1

(0.8

-

1.7)

  

0.3

(0.1

-

0.8)

  

0.1

(0.0

-

0.3)

 

26-34

2.0

(1.5

-

2.7)

  

0.1

(0.0

-

0.3)

  

*

*

    Male

2.2

(1.4

-

3.4)

  

0.1

(0.0

-

0.4)

  

0.1

(0.0

-

0.4)

    Female

1.8

(1.2

-

2.7)

  

0.1

(0.0

-

0.3)

  

*

*

   

$35

2.5

(2.1

-

3.1)

  

0.2

(0.1

-

0.3)

  

0.1

(0.0

-

0.2)

    Male

3.5

(2.7

-

4.5)

  

0.3

(0.1

-

0.5)

  

0.1

(0.0

-

0.4)

    Female

1.7

(1.3

-

2.3)

  

0.1

(0.0

-

0.3)

  

*

*

   

TOTAL

2.1

(1.8

-

2.5)

  

0.2

(0.2

-

0.3)

  

0.1

(0.1

-

0.2)

    Male

2.7

(2.2

-

3.3)

  

0.3

(0.2

-

0.5)

  

0.1

(0.1

-

0.3)

    Female

1.6

(1.3

-

2.0)

  

0.2

(0.1

-

0.3)

  

0.1

(0.0

-

0.2)

   

POPULATION ESTIMATES (In Thousands)

12-17

223

(154

-

323)

  

129

(75

-

219)

  

45

(22

-

93)

    Male

98

(57

-

167)

  

49

(25

-

96)

  

16

(6

-

43)

    Female

125

(72

-

219)

  

79

(37

-

169)

  

30

(12

-

76)

                             

18-25

350

(228

-

535)

  

136

(66

-

280)

  

58

(19

-

174)

    Male

192

(106

-

344)

  

95

(38

-

238)

  

45

(12

-

177)

    Female

158

(105

-

239)

  

40

(15

-

110)

  

13

(3

-

47)

     

26-34

685

(503

-

931)

  

36

(15

-

89)

  

*

*

    Male

371

(237

-

579)

  

17

(4

-

71)

  

10

(1

-

65)

    Female

314

(208

-

472)

  

20

(6

-

61)

  

*

*

     

$35

3,381

(2,769

-

4,124)

  

221

(117

-

415)

  

94

(32

-

282)

    Male

2,167

(1,655

-

2,829)

  

157

(73

-

334)

  

66

(18

-

248)

    Female

1,214

(919

-

1,603)

  

64

(23

-

178)

  

*

*

 

TOTAL

4,640

(3,970

-

5,419)

  

522

(364

-

747)

  

210

(113

-

388)

    Male

2,828

(2,272

-

3,514)

  

318

(197

-

514)

  

137

(62

-

304)

    Female

1,812

(1,475

-

2,225)

  

204

(126

-

330)

  

72

(30

-

176)

* Low precision; no estimate reported.

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1998

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