Table 2.

Past Month Prevalence of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs in Aging Mexican American Heroin Using Men and Age- and Gender-Adjusted Prevalence for U.S. Mexican Americans and U.S. Hispanics

	Study sample (N = 227)		NESARC W1 (N = 575)			NHSDUH (N = 184)
Substance	%	SE	%a	SE	Z value	%b	SE	Z value
Tobacco	71.8	0.030	21.9	0.033	1118.88***	18.5	0.029	1277.403***
Alcohol	59.9	0.033	65.4	0.029	−125.194***	42.9	0.037	342.892***
Methadone	40.5	0.033	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.000	1227.273***
Heroin (injection)	43.2	0.040	0.0	0.000	1027.273***	0.0	0.033	1027.273***
Marijuana	21.1	0.027	0.3	0.002	768.266***	0.5	0.005	750.208***
Crack	14.5	0.023	0.0	0.000	630.435***	0.0	0.000	630.435***
Cocaine	14.1	0.023	0.0	0.000	613.043***	0.0	0.000	613.043***
Tranquilizers	10.1	0.020	0.0	0.000	505.000***	0.5	0.005	465.668***
Heroin (noninjection)	6.2	0.016	0.0	0.000	387.500***	0.0	0.000	387.500***
Other opiates	2.6	0.011	0.0	0.000	236.364***	1.1	0.008	110.282***
Amphetamines	1.3	0.008	0.0	0.000	162.500***	0.0	0.000	162.500***
Inhalants	0.4	0.004	0.0	0.000	100.000***	0.0	0.000	100.000***

Note. NESARC = National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, NHSDUH = National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health.

^a.National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, Wave 1 (2001–2002), Mexican Americans.

^b.National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2008, Hispanics.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.