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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc. 2009 Jul 28;33(3):449–461. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.06.005

Table 5.

Percentages of Age 18 Outcomes Exhibiting Characteristic

Health service Mental health service Legal problems School dropout Substance abuse diagnosis
Substance use developmental trajectory groups
Late Users 70.3% 19.8% 1.8% 3.5% 0.9%
Normative Users 81.5% 19.4% 9.9% 3.6% 11.3%
Late Heavy 80.3% 28.2% 17.1% 9.3% 42.9%
Early Heavy 87.1% 20.6% 11.8% 31.4% 33.3%
Substance abuse developmental trajectory groups
Non-abusers 75.9% 20.5% 6.3% 3.7% 5.2%
Moderate escalating 86.4% 21.0% 16.3% 4.8% 39.5%
Adolescent-limited heavy 88.9% 40.0% 25.0% 33.3% 57.9%
Moderate Decreasing 81.4% 15.9% 9.1% 16.7% 22.2%
Total 78.9% 21.0% 9.2% 6.5% 15.3%