TABLE 2. Prevalence of lifetime and current use of specific substance and use behaviors among high school students, by demographic characteristics — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019.
| Behavior | Sex |
Race/Ethnicity |
Grade |
Sexual identity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n = 6,641) % (95% CI) |
Female (n = 6,885) % (95% CI) |
White, non-Hispanic (n = 6,668) % (95% CI) |
Black, non-Hispanic (n = 2,040) % (95% CI) |
Hispanic (n = 3,038) % (95% CI) |
9/10 (n = 7,354) % (95% CI) |
11/12 (n = 6,172) % (95% CI) |
Heterosexual (n = 10,853) % (95% CI) |
LGB (n = 1,531) % (95% CI) |
Not sure (n = 591) % (95% CI) |
|
|
Current use*
| ||||||||||
| Marijuana |
22.5 (20.6–24.5) |
20.8 (18.7–23.1) |
22.1 (19.9–24.6) |
21.7 (19.1–24.5) |
22.4 (20.4–24.6) |
17.1 (15.5–18.8) |
26.6† (23.6–29.7) |
20.9 (19.0–23.0) |
31.1§ (27.4–35.1) |
19.5¶ (14.8–25.3) |
| Alcohol |
26.4 (24.4–28.6) |
31.9** (29.6–34.3) |
34.2 (31.7–36.8) |
16.8†† (13.5–20.7) |
28.4††,§§ (26.1–30.8) |
22.8 (20.6–25.2) |
36.0† (33.8–38.3) |
28.8 (26.8–30.8) |
33.9§ (29.8–38.2) |
25.3¶ (20.0–31.4) |
| Binge drinking |
12.7 (11.0–14.6) |
14.6** (13.2–16.2) |
17.3 (15.1–19.7) |
6.2†† (4.2–9.2) |
12.4††,§§ (11.0–14.0) |
8.9 (7.4–10.7) |
18.8† (17.0–20.8) |
13.4 (12.0–15.0) |
15.6 (12.8–18.8) |
13.1 (9.0–18.8) |
| Prescription opioid misuse |
6.1 (5.3–7.1) |
8.3** (7.0–9.9) |
5.5 (4.4–6.9) |
8.7†† (6.5–11.6) |
9.8†† (8.2–11.6) |
7.0 (5.8–8.4) |
7.3 (6.1–8.8) |
6.4 (5.4–7.5) |
12.0§ (9.6–14.9) |
11.5§ (8.2–15.9) |
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Lifetime use
| ||||||||||
| Marijuana |
37.0 (34.2–40.0) |
36.5 (34.1–38.9) |
36.8 (33.9–39.8) |
37.5 (34.0–41.1) |
39.2 (36.5–41.9) |
29.2 (26.7–31.8) |
44.8† (41.5–48.2) |
36.0 (33.3–38.7) |
49.6§ (45.1–54.1) |
27.5§,¶ (22.4–33.3) |
| Cocaine |
4.9 (4.2–5.8) |
2.7** (2.0–3.7) |
2.9 (2.2–3.7) |
4.0 (2.7–5.9) |
5.6†† (4.5–6.9) |
2.8 (2.0–3.7) |
5.0† (4.1–6.1) |
3.3 (2.7–4.0) |
7.0§ (4.8–10.1) |
7.6§ (4.3–12.9) |
| Methamphetamine |
2.7 (2.1–3.4) |
1.5** (1.0–2.2) |
1.2 (0.9–1.6) |
3.8†† (2.4–6.0) |
2.7†† (1.8–4.0) |
1.5 (1.0–2.3) |
2.6† (1.9–3.3) |
1.5 (1.2–1.9) |
5.0§ (3.1–7.9) |
6.1§ (3.4–10.8) |
| Heroin |
2.3 (1.8–3.1) |
1.0** (0.6–1.8) |
0.9 (0.6–1.2) |
3.4†† (2.2–5.3) |
2.4†† (1.5–3.9) |
1.6 (1.0–2.5) |
1.8 (1.3–2.5) |
1.2 (0.9–1.6) |
3.8§ (2.1–7.0) |
6.2§ (3.4–11.0) |
| Injection drug use |
2.1 (1.5–2.9) |
1.1** (0.6–1.9) |
0.8 (0.6–1.2) |
2.9†† (1.5–5.5) |
2.5†† (1.8–3.5) |
1.6 (1.1–2.3) |
1.5 (1.0–2.4) |
1.1 (0.8–1.6) |
3.5§ (2.1–5.7) |
5.1§ (2.5–10.2) |
| Synthetic marijuana |
7.2 (6.2–8.4) |
7.4 (6.2–8.7) |
6.7 (5.6–8.0) |
5.7 (4.4–7.4) |
9.8††,§§ (8.6–11.3) |
6.2 (5.3–7.3) |
8.3† (7.2–9.7) |
6.7 (5.8–7.7) |
11.6§ (9.0–14.7) |
10.4 (6.9–15.5) |
| Prescription opioid misuse | 12.4 (11.0–14.1) |
16.1** (14.1–18.4) |
12.7 (10.9–14.7) |
15.3 (12.9–18.1) |
16.0 (13.5–18.8) |
13.6 (11.9–15.5) |
14.9 (13.2–16.7) |
12.7 (11.2–14.4) |
23.9§ (19.9–28.3) |
19.1§ (14.6–24.5) |
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; LGB = lesbian, gay, or bisexual.
* Previous 30 days before the survey.
† Significantly different from 9/10 grade students, based on t-test analysis (p<0.05).
§ Significantly different from heterosexual students, based on t-test analysis (p<0.05).
¶Significantly different from lesbian, gay, or bisexual students, based on t-test analysis (p<0.05).
** Significantly different from male students, based on t-test analysis (p<0.05).
†† Significantly different from white students, based on t-test analysis (p<0.05).
§§ Significantly different from black students, based on t-test analysis (p<0.05).