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. 2021 Nov 30;4(11):e2136571. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36571

Table 1. Unweighted Number of Respondents by Past-Month Cannabis Use Frequency Categories Among Respondents of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Cannabis Module in Years 2016-2019.

Characteristics Respondents, No. (%)
Cannabis use in past month Frequency of past-month use among cannabis usersa
Nonuse Current use Infrequent Frequent Daily
Total 361 847 25 310 9904 6951 8455
Age, y
18-34 48 842 9167 3447 2641 3079
35-64 174 051 12 872 5052 3379 4441
>65 138 954 3271 1405 931 935
Sex
Men 156 023 15 348 5727 4303 5318
Women 205 696 9951 4176 2643 3132
Race and ethnicity
African American 26 170 2175 847 489 839
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander 8959 623 334 148 141
Hispanic 34 112 2585 1032 701 852
Native American 4916 693 207 172 314
White 274 435 17 775 6987 5049 5739
Other 7379 1022 349 274 399
Marital status
Not married 164 301 16 852 6356 4636 5860
Married 195 508 8333 3508 2273 2552
Education
≤High school degree 125 669 9448 3229 2363 3856
Some college 101 287 8389 3203 2397 2789
College degree 133 840 7440 3461 2178 1801
Employment
Employed 175 107 14 769 5899 4004 4866
Unemployed 37 706 4932 1622 1296 2014
Student 7809 1372 670 425 277
Retiree 118 416 3387 1396 979 1012
Homemaker 20 598 726 272 205 249
Annual household income, $
<25 000 79 775 7478 2625 1966 2887
25 000 to <75 000 124 534 6469 3338 24,53 3131
≥75 000 102 364 6271 2909 1829 1533
Legality of cannabis in state of residence
Nonlegal 137 605 6761 2742 1795 2224
Legalized cannabis
Medical 185 194 12 721 4943 3436 4342
Recreational 39 048 5828 2219 1720 1889
Smoker
Current 45 074 9416 2989 2515 3912
Former 101 291 7412 2808 2074 2530
Never 213 411 8364 4056 2328 1980
e-Cigarette use
Current 6770 2327 718 671 938
Former 28 575 6919 2552 1945 2422
Never 222 086 7557 3433 1971 2153
No e-cigarette questionb 83 460 7373 2757 2078 2538
Alcohol
Any alcohol in past 30 d 172 702 18 163 7637 5161 5365
Any alcohol binges in past 30 d 39 008 9294 3827 2791 2676
a

Infrequent use was defined as 1 to 5 days of cannabis use in the past month; frequent, as 6 to 29 days; and daily, as 30 days of use in the past month.

b

The 2019 survey did not include a question about e-cigarette use.