Table 2.
Gender Differences in Rates of Ecstasy Use Over 10 Years, by Age Group
| Year | Age 12–15 |
Age 16–17 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls % (SE) | Boys % (SE) | AOR (95% CI)a | Girls % (SE) | Boys % (SE) | AOR (95%CI)a | |
| 1999 | 0.76 (0.13) | 0.59 (0.12) | 1.32 (0.78, 2.22) | 5.06 (0.46) | 3.38 (0.38) | 1.49 (1.11, 2.00) |
| 2000 | 1.11 (0.14) | 1.13 (0.15) | 0.99 (0.69, 1.43) | 5.92 (0.47) | 5.30 (0.50) | 1.15 (0.90, 1.47) |
| 2001 | 1.79 (0.20) | 1.52 (0.24) | 1.19 (0.82, 1.72) | 7.27 (0.59) | 4.97 (0.44) | 1.51 (1.17, 1.95) |
| 2002 | 1.67 (0.19) | 1.21 (0.20) | 1.37(0.91, 2.05) | 8.11 (0.69) | 6.82 (0.57) | 1.22 (0.96, 1.55) |
| 2003 | 1.42 (0.19) | 0.81 (0.15) | 1.76 (1.10, 2.81) | 5.42 (0.50) | 4.24 (0.46) | 1.30 (0.97, 1.74) |
| 2004 | 1.18 (0.17) | 0.77 (0.16) | 1.59 (0.94, 2.67) | 5.22 (0.50) | 4.25 (0.56) | 1.22 (0.87, 1.73) |
| 2005 | 0.74 (0.11) | 0.37 (0.09) | 2.00 (1.08, 3.71) | 3.92 (0.47) | 3.14 (0.39) | 1.24 (0.88, 1.75) |
| 2006 | 1.05 (0.17) | 0.46 (0.11) | 2.26 (1.14, 4.45) | 4.75 (0.58) | 3.62 (0.33) | 1.33 (0.99, 1.80) |
| 2007 | 1.15 (0.21) | 0.90 (0.20) | 1.29 (0.69, 2.38) | 3.53 (0.43) | 3.09 (0.42) | 1.15 (0.82, 1.61) |
| 2008 | 1.40 (0.23) | 0.61 (0.15) | 2.51 (1.43, 4.39)b | 4.65 (0.50) | 4.13 (0.47) | 1.10 (0.79, 1.53)b |
a
AOR=Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval; Adolescent age, race/ethnicity, household income and population density were controlled for in the analyses.
b
The difference between the two age groups is statistically significant, p=0.013.