Table 1.

Selected characteristics of non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Asian-Americans, non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and non-Hispanic mixed-race individuals aged 12–34: 2005–2012 (Unweighted N=229,705).

Weighted proportion, % 95% CI	White N=203,759		Asian American N=12,335		Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander N=1,729		Mixed-Race N=11,882
Age in years	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI
12–17	26.07	25.77–26.38	22.52	21.22–23.88	22.68	19.79–25.86	35.70	34.02–37.42
18–25	35.96	35.52–36.41	32.99	31.55–34.46	38.37	34.57–42.32	34.52	32.79–36.28
26–34	37.96	37.48–38.45	44.49	42.81–46.18	38.95	34.77–43.31	29.78	27.27–32.43
Sex
Male	50.27	49.89–50.65	49.13	47.80–50.46	50.40	45.33–55.47	47.74	45.67–49.82
Female	49.73	49.35–50.11	50.87	49.54–52.20	49.60	44.53–54.67	52.26	50.18–54.33
Household income
<$50,000	48.84	48.30–49.38	48.61	46.28–50.94	59.16	54.18–63.96	58.78	56.85–60.69
$50,000–$74,999	19.05	18.76–19.35	17.62	16.37–18.94	19.02	15.73–22.82	17.22	15.59–18.98
$75,000+	32.11	31.66–32.56	33.77	31.66–35.96	21.82	18.06–26.11	24.00	22.20–25.89
Government assistance
Yes	14.90	14.58–15.21	9.93	8.93–11.03	22.14	18.61–26.11	26.65	24.70–28.69
County type
Large metro	45.07	44.35–45.78	76.05	74.42–77.60	57.70	52.92–62.34	47.98	46.17–49.79
Small metro	47.58	46.78–48.37	23.30	21.75–24.92	41.28	36.77–45.95	48.29	46.51–50.08
Nonmetro	7.36	6.98–7.75	0.65	0.48–0.89	1.01	0.47–2.18	3.73	3.18–4.37
Being arrested/booked
Past-year	4.49	4.34–4.64	1.31	1.09–1.57	4.69	3.34–6.56	5.96	5.05–7.03
Major depressive episode
Past-year	8.85	8.65–9.05	5.22	4.62–5.88	7.43	5.89–9.33	11.50	10.12–13.03
Tobacco use
Past-year	46.82	46.38–47.27	23.37	22.05–24.74	36.77	32.99–40.73	42.77	41.17–44.39
Alcohol use
Past-year	70.85	70.51–71.18	53.61	51.84–55.38	62.42	57.43–67.16	64.72	62.91–66.49
Marijuana use
Past-year	22.15	21.81–22.49	9.14	8.34–10.00	18.20	15.43–21.34	25.94	24.07–27.90
Nonmedical use of pain relievers, sedatives, or tranquilizers
Past-year	11.72	11.48–11.97	3.99	3.47–4.59	6.62	5.06–8.61	10.92	9.77–12.18
Stimulant use
Past-year	3.15	3.05–3.25	0.90	0.68–1.18	2.72	1.19–6.09	2.82	2.26– 3.51
Lifetime	11.68	11.41–11.97	3.83	3.26–4.49	7.33	4.58–11.52	10.20	9.02–11.50
Stimulant use disorder
Past-year	0.40	0.36–0.45	0.12	0.07–0.21	0.19	0.07–0.54	0.30	0.22–0.42

Note: CI: confidence interval. Boldface: The estimate differed from the estimate among Whites. Due to the sample size, results for Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders are considered preliminary.