Table 2.
Perceived great risk of regular cannabis use, NSDUHa 2002–2012
| Characteristic | n | 2002 wtb% (SEc) |
2003 wtb% (SEc) |
2004 wtb% (SEc) |
2005 wtb% (SEc) |
2006 wtb% (SEc) |
2007 wtb% (SEc) |
2008 wtb% (SEc) |
2009 wtb% (SEc) |
2010 wtb% (SEc) |
2011 wtb% (SEc) |
2012 wtb% (SEc) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 607,324 | 51.3 (0.4) | 52.7 (0.5) | 52.5 (0.4) | 51.3 (0.4) | 51.5 (0.4) | 51.0 (0.5) | 49.0 (0.4) | 45.6 (0.5) | 43.3 (0.4) | 42.3 (0.4) | 40.3 (0.4) |
| 12–17 | 197,154 | 51.4 (0.5) | 53.9 (0.5) | 54.8 (0.4) | 54.9 (0.5) | 54.4 (0.5) | 54.7 (0.5) | 53.1 (0.5) | 49.2 (0.6) | 47.1 (0.5) | 45.0 (0.5) | 44.1 (0.5) |
| 18–25 | 203,115 | 35.6 (0.6) | 36.8 (0.5) | 38.3 (0.6) | 37.2 (0.6) | 35.7 (0.5) | 35.5 (0.5) | 33.2 (0.5) | 28.7 (0.4) | 27.3 (0.5) | 25.5 (0.5) | 23.8 (0.4) |
| 26–49 | 147,943 | 48.0 (0.5) | 49.1 (0.6) | 48.7 (0.7) | 47.7 (0.6) | 48.7 (0.6) | 48.0 (0.6) | 46.2 (0.6) | 43.9 (0.6) | 41.0 (0.5) | 40.0 (0.6) | 37.1 (0.5) |
| 50+ | 59,112 | 61.8 (0.9) | 63.3 (1.0) | 62.1 (0.8) | 60.2 (0.7) | 59.8 (0.9) | 59.4 (1.0) | 56.9 (0.9) | 52.9 (0.8) | 50.7 (0.9) | 50.0 (0.9) | 48.0 (0.9) |
| White | 388,080 | 49.0 (0.5) | 50.4 (0.6) | 49.8 (0.4) | 49.0 (0.6) | 48.5 (0.6) | 48.6 (0.6) | 47.0 (0.6) | 42.5 (0.6) | 41.2 (0.5) | 39.4 (0.4) | 37.2 (0.5) |
| 12–17 | 120,025 | 53.0 (0.5) | 56.6 (0.6) | 57.5 (0.6) | 57.8 (0.5) | 56.8 (0.6) | 57.5 (0.5) | 55.9 (0.7) | 51.7 (0.6) | 50.1 (0.7) | 47.7 (0.6) | 47.7 (0.5) |
| 18–25 | 125,000 | 31.6 (0.6) | 32.7 (0.6) | 34.3 (0.6) | 33.1 (0.6) | 30.8 (0.6) | 31.6 (0.7) | 30.3 (0.6) | 25.0 (0.5) | 24.2 (0.5) | 21.8 (0.7) | 20.5 (0.6) |
| 26–49 | 97,228 | 42.5 (0.6) | 43.2 (0.8) | 43.1 (0.7) | 42.5 (0.7) | 42.6 (0.6) | 42.7 (0.7) | 40.6 (0.8) | 37.3 (0.7) | 35.2 (0.7) | 35.2 (0.7) | 30.4 (0.5) |
| 50+ | 45,827 | 60.7 (1.1) | 61.9 (1.1) | 59.8 (0.9) | 58.5 (1.0) | 57.7 (1.0) | 57.5 (1.0) | 55.8 (1.1) | 50.5 (1.0) | 49.5 (1.1) | 47.6 (0.9) | 45.0 (1.0) |
| Black | 76,624 | 51.0 (1.0) | 52.0 (1.1) | 52.0 (1.1) | 49.7 (1.1) | 51.7 (1.1) | 51.3 (1.1) | 46.1 (1.0) | 45.2 (1.2) | 41.2 (1.1) | 40.5 (1.2) | 39.5 (1.1) |
| 12–17 | 27,006 | 44.8 (1.3) | 45.7 (1.1) | 47.6 (1.4) | 43.9 (1.2) | 46.7 (1.5) | 46.8 (1.3) | 45.4 (1.2) | 42.2 (1.4) | 37.4 (1.4) | 35.4 (1.1) | 36.5 (1.4) |
| 18–25 | 26,808 | 35.0 (1.2) | 36.5 (1.2) | 35.3 (1.2) | 36.1 (1.3) | 39.5 (1.3) | 35.2 (1.1) | 32.7 (1.3) | 28.5 (1.2) | 28.7 (1.3) | 25.0 (1.1) | 22.1 (1.0) |
| 26–49 | 17,208 | 52.2 (1.7) | 53.1 (1.7) | 52.5 (1.7) | 52.7 (1.8) | 49.6 (1.5) | 51.1 (1.6) | 46.0 (1.6) | 45.9 (1.8) | 42.2 (1.5) | 42.6 (1.7) | 39.0 (1.8) |
| 50+ | 5,620 | 61.3 (2.8) | 62.1 (2.9) | 63.0 (3.0) | 55.7 (3.9) | 63.6 (3.0) | 62.6 (2.9) | 53.9 (2.8) | 54.5 (3.4) | 48.1 (3.2) | 47.2 (2.5) | 49.5 (2.2) |
| Hispanic | 93,063 | 62.0 (1.1) | 63.7 (1.1) | 64.1 (1.1) | 62.3 (1.1) | 62.3 (0.9) | 60.5 (1.0) | 58.0 (0.9) | 56.7 (0.8) | 52.1 (1.1) | 52.8 (1.1) | 50.2 (0.9) |
| 12–17 | 32,752 | 50.8 (1.2) | 50.2 (1.1) | 51.4 (1.6) | 53.4 (1.5) | 53.3 (1.2) | 50.0 (1.2) | 49.4 (1.4) | 45.4 (1.5) | 43.4 (1.1) | 43.1 (1.3) | 38.4 (1.3) |
| 18–25 | 34,047 | 49.6 (1.3) | 48.4 (1.3) | 51.1 (1.4) | 49.3 (1.3) | 49.0 (1.4) | 45.5 (1.1) | 41.7 (1.3) | 38.4 (1.4) | 34.7 (1.1) | 32.8 (1.2) | 30.8 (1.3) |
| 26–49 | 21,866 | 66.0 (1.5) | 68.6 (1.3) | 66.3 (1.4) | 62.7 (1.7) | 66.6 (1.3) | 63.4 (1.4) | 62.4 (1.4) | 61.6 (1.8) | 57.6 (1.6) | 55.3 (1.7) | 52.2 (1.4) |
| 50+ | 4,398 | 72.2 (3.7) | 72.2 (3.4) | 76.4 (3.7) | 79.5 (2.8) | 70.1 (2.5) | 73.5 (3.1) | 66.3 (2.7) | 67.6 (2.2) | 59.8 (3.1) | 69.9 (2.5) | 68.6 (2.2) |
| Other | 49,539 | 56.6 (1.6) | 58.9 (1.4) | 60.1 (1.9) | 57.2 (1.6) | 60.0 (2.0) | 55.9 (2.0) | 57.1 (1.8) | 54.6 (1.8) | 50.0 (1.8) | 49.5 (1.7) | 47.5 (1.6) |
| 12–17 | 17,371 | 51.9 (2.3) | 56.0 (2.1) | 55.4 (2.1) | 56.4 (2.5) | 52.9 (2.2) | 60.3 (2.1) | 56.0 (2.1) | 53.7 (2.1) | 53.3 (1.8) | 47.3 (2.0) | 48.0 (1.8) |
| 18–25 | 17,260 | 37.2 (2.2) | 44.2 (2.3) | 47.9 (2.4) | 46.2 (2.2) | 37.3 (1.9) | 46.0 (2.0) | 39.0 (1.8) | 36.4 (2.1) | 31.2 (1.6) | 32.9 (2.3) | 31.5 (1.8) |
| 26–49 | 11,641 | 60.1 (2.3) | 58.2 (2.7) | 59.6 (3.1) | 56.0 (2.0) | 63.3 (3.0) | 54.8 (2.6) | 58.4 (2.5) | 56.3 (2.0) | 49.7 (2.3) | 53.1 (2.2) | 49.1 (3.0) |
| 50+ | 3,267 | 64.7 (4.9) | 70.8 (3.4) | 70.2 (4.6) | 65.9 (3.9) | 69.6 (4.0) | 61.1 (5.4) | 64.0 (5.0) | 61.2 (5.0) | 58.0 (4.6) | 54.4 (3.4) | 53.3 (4.0) |
Note: Bolded text indicates statistically significant differences across 11 years at the Bonferroni-corrected p<0.002 level.
a
NSDUH = National Survey on Drug Use and Health
b
wt% = weighted percentage
c
SE = standard error