Table 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of U.S. Black Adolescents in the NSDUH, 2015–2019 (N = 9017)
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 4534 (50.4) |
| Female | 4483 (49.6) |
| Age | |
| 12–13 | 2793 (31.4) |
| 14–15 | 3039 (34.2) |
| 16–17 | 3185 (34.4) |
| Household income, $ | |
| <20 000 | 3017 (32.0) |
| 20 000–49 999 | 3342 (37.2) |
| 50 000–74 999 | 1095 (12.2) |
| ≥75 000 | 1563 (18.6) |
| Setting | |
| Large metropolitan | 5426 (65.2) |
| Small metropolitan | 2499 (24.3) |
| Rural | 1092 (10.5) |
| Overall health | |
| Good | 8579 (94.9) |
| Poor | 435 (5.1) |
| 12-month major depressive episode | |
| No | 7824 (90.0) |
| Yes | 871 (10.0) |
| 12-month alcohol use | |
| No | 7641 (85.4) |
| Yes | 1376 (14.6) |
| 12-month other drug use | |
| No | 8367 (92.9) |
| Yes | 650 (7.1) |
Unweighted number of participants and weighted percentages are reported. NSDUH = National Survey on Drug Use and Health.