TABLE 3. Frequency of lifetime and current use among high school students reporting use of specific substances — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019.
| Behavior | Frequency |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 times |
3–9 times |
10–39 times |
≥40 times |
|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
|
Current use* | ||||
| Marijuana (n = 2,946) |
36.7 (33.7–39.8) |
21.8 (19.7–24.1) |
23.5 (21.4–25.8) |
18.0 (15.1–21.3) |
| Prescription opioid misuse (n = 661) |
53.2 (47.9–58.5) |
23.3 (18.9–28.3) |
13.7 (11.0–16.9) |
9.8 (6.3–14.8) |
|
Lifetime use
| ||||
| Marijuana (n = 4,219) |
24.6 (22.4–27.1) |
20.9 (19.3–22.6) |
20.8 (19.2–22.5) |
33.6 (30.5–36.9) |
| Prescription opioid misuse (n = 2,000) |
48.8 (45.7–51.9) |
24.7 (22.4–27.2) |
15.9 (14.0–18.1) |
10.6 (8.8–12.7) |
| Synthetic marijuana (n = 955) |
48.8 (44.9–52.6) |
20.8 (17.8–24.3) |
18.5 (14.9–22.8) |
11.9 (9.2–15.3) |
| Cocaine (n = 557) |
45.0 (38.7–51.5) |
20.3 (15.7–25.9) |
18.5 (14.4–23.6) |
16.1 (11.8–21.7) |
| Methamphetamine (n = 351) |
42.9 (34.7–51.5) |
15.5 (10.8–21.7) |
13.7 (9.0–20.3) |
27.9 (19.1–39.0) |
| Heroin (n = 316) | 31.7 (24.4–40.1) | 18.6 (12.8–26.2) | 16.9 (11.8–23.6) | 32.9 (21.7–46.3) |
| Behavior | Frequency |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 days |
3–9 days |
10–19 days |
≥20 days |
|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
|
Current use
| ||||
| Alcohol use (n = 3,669) |
54.8 (52.6–57.0) |
36.6 (34.4–38.8) |
5.1 (4.1–6.4) |
3.5 (2.6–4.7) |
| Binge drinking (n = 1,657) |
61.2 (56.5–65.7) |
31.1 (27.7–34.7) |
4.1 (2.7–6.2) |
3.6 (2.4–5.3) |
|
Behavior
|
Frequency |
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| 1 time |
≥2 times |
|
|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
|
Lifetime use
| ||
| Injection drug use (n = 200) |
47.8 (35.4–60.4) | 52.2 (39.6–64.6) |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
*Previous 30 days before the survey.