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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2014 May 23;109(8):1371–1380. doi: 10.1111/add.12567

Table 1.

Characteristics of sample, NSDUH 12–17 year olds, 2007–2011 (N= 91,152)

Variable N Weighted % (95% CI)
Tobacco use
 Non-user 80,118 88.8 (88.5–89.0)
 Cigars, smokeless tobacco a, and/or pipe only 2,345 2.4 (2.3–2.6)
 Cigarettes only 5,452 5.6 (5.4–5.8)
 Cigarettes + cigars, smokeless tobacco a, and/or pipe 3,237 3.2 (3.1–3.4)

Alcohol use disorder symptoms b
 0–1 symptoms 83,967 94.5 (94.3–94.7)
 ≥ 2 symptoms 5,161 5.5 (5.3–5.7)

Marijuana use disorder symptoms b
 0–1 symptoms 86,032 95.4 (95.3–95.6)
 ≥ 2 symptoms 4,365 4.6 (4.4–4.8)

Other illicit drug use disorder symptoms b
 0–1 symptoms for one or more classes of drugs 84,553 97.7 (97.6–97.9)
 ≥ 2 symptoms for one or more classes of drugs 2,016 2.3 (2.1–2.4)

Sex
 Male 46,573 51.1 (50.7–51.5)
 Female 44,579 48.9 (48.5–49.3)

Race
 Caucasian 53,808 58.1 (57.4–58.8)
 African American 12,529 14.9 (14.5–15.3)
 Hispanic 16,110 19.8 (19.2–20.4)
 Other 8,705 7.3 (7.0–7.6)

Age
 12–13 years 28,558 31.7 (31.3–32.1)
 14–15 years 30,603 33.9 (33.5–34.3)
 16–17 years 31,991 34.4 (34.0–34.8)

Income
 <$20,000 15,595 16.6 (16.2–17.1)
 $20,000 – $49,999 29,199 31.1 (30.5–31.7)
 $50,000 – $74,999 17,175 17.8 (17.4–18.1)
 $≥75,000 29,183 34.5 (33.8–35.2)

County metro status
 Large metro 39,732 53.5 (52.7–54.2)
 Small metro 31,361 30.4 (29.6–31.3)
 Non-metro 20,059 16.1 (15.6–16.6)

Year
 2007 17,727 20.4 (19.9–20.8)
 2008 17,842 20.1 (19.6–20.6)
 2009 17,705 19.8 (19.4–20.3)
 2010 18,614 19.6 (19.1–20.1)
 2011 19,264 20.1 (19.7–20.6)
a

Smokeless tobacco products include chewing tobacco or snuff.

b

Missing data not included in frequency calculations. 2,024 (2.2%) missing data for alcohol use disorder symptoms, 755 (0.8%) missing data for marijuana use disorder, 4,583 (5.0%) missing data for other drug use disorder.