Table 3.
Racial/ethnic differences in cannabis use and disorder among past-year cannabis users aged 18 or older: 2005–2013 NSDUH
Race/ethnicity | White | Black | Native-American | Native-Hawaiian/ Pacific-Islander |
Asian-American | Mixed-race | Hispanic | |||||||
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Sample size, unweighted |
n=43,238 | n=8,946 | n=1,394 | n=338 | n=1,258 | n=2,626 | n=8,079 | |||||||
Weighted | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI |
Number of days using cannabis, past year |
109.27 | 107.27–111.28 | 130.51 | 125.58–135.44 | 118.34 | 105.47–131.21 | 101.70 | 78.13–125.27 | 73.93 | 63.95–83.90 | 133.50 | 122.71–144.29 | 105.52 | 99.91–111.14 |
Weighted | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI |
Monthly cannabis use, ≥12 days/year |
66.35 | 65.7–66.99 | 79.78 | 78.1–81.36 | 78.91 | 74.36–82.84 | 74.03 | 67.79–79.44 | 52.76 | 47.82–57.64 | 72.88 | 69.09–76.36 | 68.92 | 66.90–70.87 |
Weekly cannabis use, ≥52 days/year |
47.87 | 47.05–48.69 | 60.84 | 59.02–62.63 | 58.34 | 53.16–63.35 | 50.59 | 39.25–61.87 | 36.16 | 31.18–41.46 | 55.02 | 50.76–59.21 | 49.34 | 47.24–51.45 |
Cannabis abuse | 4.07 | 3.78–4.38 | 5.91 | 5.17–6.75 | 7.49 | 5.26–10.56 | 3.19 | 1.45–6.85 | 4.39 | 3.17–6.06 | 3.98 | 2.91–5.42 | 6.03 | 5.24–6.92 |
Cannabis dependence |
7.72 | 7.32–8.14 | 12.32 | 11.27–13.45 | 13.79 | 10.48–17.93 | 7.42 | 5.14–10.59 | 9.49 | 7.04–12.69 | 9.45 | 7.46–11.90 | 10.68 | 9.53–11.95 |
Cannabis abuse or dependence |
11.79 | 11.30–12.31 | 18.23 | 16.87–19.67 | 21.28 | 17.11–26.14 | 10.60 | 7.10–15.54 | 13.88 | 10.93–17.48 | 13.42 | 11.00–16.29 | 16.70 | 15.29–18.22 |
CI: Confidence Interval.