2004 Tables: Illicit Drug Use Tables

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**Table 1.67A Nonmedical Use of Pain Relievers in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	28,409	28,890	9,753	9,391	3,892	3,653
GENDER
Male	15,433	15,894	5,191	5,066	2,030	1,850
Female	12,976	12,995	4,562	4,325	1,861	1,803
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,395	25,962	8,406	8,390	3,318	3,239
White	22,052	22,441	7,267	7,363	2,810	2,785
Black or African American	2,185	2,217	757	660	329	314
American Indian or Alaska Native	226	203	62	49	40	18
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	*	17	*	7	*
Asian	483	558	228	124	106	52
Two or More Races	411	407	74^a	147	26	55
Hispanic or Latino	3,014	2,927	1,347	1,000	574	414
EDUCATION
< High School	5,103	4,945	2,101	1,956	925	839
High School Graduate	9,212	8,816	3,191	2,984	1,347	1,168
Some College	8,196	8,639	2,871	2,807	1,095	1,065
College Graduate	5,898	6,489	1,591	1,644	525	582
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Full-Time	17,766	18,030	5,503	5,388	1,878	2,061
Part-Time	4,382	4,074	1,820^a	1,530	767^a	566
Unemployed	1,779	1,802	768	754	361	326
Other¹	4,481	4,984	1,663	1,719	886	701
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Retired persons, disabled persons, homemakers, students, or other persons not in the labor force are included in the Other Employment category. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.67B Nonmedical Use of Pain Relievers in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	13.4	13.4	4.6	4.4	1.8	1.7
GENDER
Male	15.1	15.3	5.1	4.9	2.0	1.8
Female	11.7	11.6	4.1	3.9	1.7	1.6
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	13.6	13.8	4.5	4.5	1.8	1.7
White	14.6	14.8	4.8	4.9	1.9	1.8
Black or African American	9.2	9.2	3.2	2.7	1.4	1.3
American Indian or Alaska Native	21.0	18.0	5.8	4.3	3.7	1.6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9.3	*	4.1	*	1.6	*
Asian	5.5	6.2	2.6	1.4	1.2	0.6
Two or More Races	18.9	19.2	3.4^a	7.0	1.2	2.6
Hispanic or Latino	11.7	10.9	5.2^a	3.7	2.2	1.5
EDUCATION
< High School	13.5	13.5	5.5	5.4	2.4	2.3
High School Graduate	13.7	12.9	4.8	4.4	2.0	1.7
Some College	15.6	15.8	5.5	5.1	2.1	1.9
College Graduate	10.7	11.6	2.9	2.9	1.0	1.0
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Full-Time	15.2	15.1	4.7	4.5	1.6	1.7
Part-Time	15.3	14.8	6.4	5.6	2.7^a	2.1
Unemployed	22.0	24.4	9.5	10.2	4.5	4.4
Other¹	7.6	8.1	2.8	2.8	1.5	1.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Retired persons, disabled persons, homemakers, students, or other persons not in the labor force are included in the Other Employment category. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.68A Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	71,128	70,657	20,305	19,658	8,849	8,247
AGE
12-17	5,319	5,355	3,351	3,269	1,417	1,328
18-25	12,770	12,630	6,266	6,201	2,665	2,619
26 or Older	53,040	52,672	10,689	10,189	4,767	4,301
GENDER
Male	38,730	39,091	11,050	10,800	4,830	4,595
Female	32,398	31,566	9,255	8,858	4,019	3,652
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	63,464	62,978	17,395	17,125	7,538	7,108
White	53,922	54,043	14,637	14,436	6,200	5,897
Black or African American	6,347	5,845	1,827	1,651	901	778
American Indian or Alaska Native	584	545	157	207	79	71
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	147	*	55	*	30	44
Asian	1,528	1,307	507	390	224	142
Two or More Races	937	994	212^a	324	103	176
Hispanic or Latino	7,664	7,678	2,910	2,534	1,310	1,140
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.68B Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	29.9	29.4	8.5	8.2	3.7	3.4
AGE
12-17	21.3	21.2	13.4	13.0	5.7	5.3
18-25	40.2	39.2	19.7	19.3	8.4	8.1
26 or Older	29.3	28.8	5.9	5.6	2.6	2.3
GENDER
Male	33.7	33.6	9.6	9.3	4.2	3.9
Female	26.4	25.4	7.5	7.1	3.3	2.9
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	30.5	30.1	8.4	8.2	3.6	3.4
White	32.4	32.4	8.8	8.6	3.7	3.5
Black or African American	23.1	20.9	6.7	5.9	3.3	2.8
American Indian or Alaska Native	46.5	42.0	12.5	16.0	6.3	5.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29.9	*	11.3	*	6.2	6.9
Asian	15.6	13.2	5.2	3.9	2.3	1.4
Two or More Races	36.4	38.8	8.2^a	12.7	4.0	6.9
Hispanic or Latino	25.6	24.7	9.7^a	8.2	4.4	3.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.69A Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Demographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	5,319	5,355	3,351	3,269	1,417	1,328
GENDER
Male	2,711	2,721	1,637	1,537	682	626
Female	2,607	2,634	1,714	1,732	735	702
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,411	4,426	2,807	2,725	1,174	1,080
White	3,474	3,451	2,273	2,223	925	861
Black or African American	632	612	355	305	161	131
American Indian or Alaska Native	52	64	33	42	16	24
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	150	157	79	87	37	35
Two or More Races	80^a	130	54	65	27	26
Hispanic or Latino	907	928	543	544	242	248
GENDER/RACE/HISPANIC ORIGIN
Male, White, Not Hispanic	1,787	1,744	1,107	1,060	460	396
Female, White, Not Hispanic	1,687	1,708	1,166	1,163	465	465
Male, Black, Not Hispanic	320	301	168	138	65	68
Female, Black, Not Hispanic	312	311	187	168	95	63
Male, Hispanic	449	451	265	227	107	113
Female, Hispanic	459	477	278	317	135	134
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.69B Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	21.3	21.2	13.4	13.0	5.7	5.3
GENDER
Male	21.2	21.1	12.8	11.9	5.3	4.9
Female	21.3	21.4	14.0	14.0	6.0	5.7
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	21.1	21.1	13.4	13.0	5.6	5.1
White	22.3	22.3	14.6	14.3	5.9	5.6
Black or African American	16.9	16.1	9.5	8.0	4.3	3.5
American Indian or Alaska Native	29.5^a	38.9	18.7	25.7	8.9	14.5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	15.4	15.7	8.1	8.7	3.8	3.5
Two or More Races	19.9^a	29.5	13.4	14.8	6.8	6.0
Hispanic or Latino	22.3	21.9	13.4	12.8	6.0	5.9
GENDER/RACE/HISPANIC ORIGIN
Male, White, Not Hispanic	22.4	22.0	13.9	13.4	5.8	5.0
Female, White, Not Hispanic	22.2	22.5	15.4	15.3	6.1	6.1
Male, Black, Not Hispanic	17.0	15.4	8.9	7.1	3.5	3.5
Female, Black, Not Hispanic	16.8	16.8	10.1	9.0	5.1	3.4
Male, Hispanic	21.6	20.9	12.8	10.5	5.2	5.2
Female, Hispanic	23.1	23.0	14.0	15.3	6.8	6.5
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.70A Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Demographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	12,770	12,630	6,266	6,201	2,665	2,619
GENDER
Male	6,880	6,918	3,515	3,591	1,563	1,500
Female	5,890	5,712	2,751	2,610	1,102	1,119
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,761	10,713	5,304	5,328	2,246	2,241
White	9,153	9,138	4,586	4,611	1,968	1,959
Black or African American	866	929	362	432	136	185
American Indian or Alaska Native	110	*	52	*	27	12
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	415^a	296	192^a	111	66	37
Two or More Races	165	199	86	104	38	42
Hispanic or Latino	2,008	1,916	961	872	419	378
EDUCATION
< High School	2,917	2,714	1,515	1,413	726	634
High School Graduate	4,344	4,278	2,132	2,118	842	908
Some College	4,010	4,054	1,989	2,086	826	843
College Graduate	1,499	1,584	629	583	271	235
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Full-Time	6,143	6,262	2,784	2,768	1,168	1,153
Part-Time	3,121	3,048	1,728	1,626	715	648
Unemployed	1,211	1,165	645	686	302	317
Other¹	2,296	2,154	1,108	1,121	480	501
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Retired persons, disabled persons, homemakers, students, or other persons not in the labor force are included in the Other Employment category. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.70B Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	40.2	39.2	19.7	19.3	8.4	8.1
GENDER
Male	43.2	42.8	22.1	22.2	9.8	9.3
Female	37.3	35.6	17.4	16.3	7.0	7.0
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	41.3	40.5	20.3	20.1	8.6	8.5
White	46.6	45.8	23.3	23.1	10.0	9.8
Black or African American	20.3	21.3	8.5	9.9	3.2	4.2
American Indian or Alaska Native	60.2	*	28.2	*	14.7	7.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	28.8^b	19.4	13.3^b	7.3	4.6^a	2.4
Two or More Races	45.4^a	56.5	23.8	29.5	10.4	12.0
Hispanic or Latino	35.5	33.5	17.0	15.3	7.4	6.6
EDUCATION
< High School	42.4	40.7	22.0	21.2	10.6	9.5
High School Graduate	39.6	38.7	19.4	19.2	7.7	8.2
Some College	40.5	39.3	20.1	20.2	8.3	8.2
College Graduate	37.7	38.2	15.8	14.1	6.8	5.7
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Full-Time	42.2	41.4	19.1	18.3	8.0	7.6
Part-Time	38.1	37.6	21.1	20.1	8.7	8.0
Unemployed	44.9	45.3	23.9	26.6	11.2	12.3
Other¹	36.5	33.7	17.6	17.5	7.6	7.8
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Retired persons, disabled persons, homemakers, students, or other persons not in the labor force are included in the Other Employment category. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.71A Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	53,040	52,672	10,689	10,189	4,767	4,301
GENDER
Male	29,139	29,452	5,899	5,673	2,585	2,469
Female	23,900	23,220	4,790	4,516	2,182	1,831
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,291	47,839	9,283	9,071	4,118	3,787
White	41,294	41,454	7,778	7,602	3,307	3,078
Black or African American	4,848	4,304	1,110	913	604	462
American Indian or Alaska Native	*	*	72	112	37	34
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	963	854	237	193	122	69
Two or More Races	693	665	72^a	155	38	108
Hispanic or Latino	4,748	4,834	1,406	1,118	649	514
EDUCATION
< High School	6,954	6,546	1,906	1,852	917	852
High School Graduate	15,487	15,058	3,239	3,194	1,560	1,459
Some College	14,760	15,152	3,081	2,635	1,331	1,020
College Graduate	15,839	15,916	2,463	2,508	958	969
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Full-Time	36,761	36,475	6,885	6,527	2,633	2,652
Part-Time	6,238	5,672	1,329	1,200	720^a	426
Unemployed	2,312	2,164	701	658	358	422
Other¹	7,730	8,362	1,773	1,804	1,055	800
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Retired persons, disabled persons, homemakers, students, or other persons not in the labor force are included in the Other Employment category. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.71B Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	29.3	28.8	5.9	5.6	2.6	2.3
GENDER
Male	33.8	33.7	6.8	6.5	3.0	2.8
Female	25.2	24.3	5.1	4.7	2.3	1.9
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	30.0	29.5	5.8	5.6	2.6	2.3
White	31.5	31.5	5.9	5.8	2.5	2.3
Black or African American	24.9	21.7	5.7	4.6	3.1	2.3
American Indian or Alaska Native	*	*	8.1	11.7	4.1	3.6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	13.1	11.5	3.2	2.6	1.7	0.9
Two or More Races	38.2	37.6	4.0^a	8.8	2.1^a	6.1
Hispanic or Latino	23.6	22.9	7.0	5.3	3.2	2.4
EDUCATION
< High School	22.4	21.9	6.1	6.2	3.0	2.9
High School Graduate	27.6	26.4	5.8	5.6	2.8	2.6
Some College	34.6	34.1	7.2^a	5.9	3.1^a	2.3
College Graduate	31.0	30.7	4.8	4.8	1.9	1.9
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Full-Time	35.9	35.1	6.7	6.3	2.6	2.6
Part-Time	30.5	29.2	6.5	6.2	3.5^a	2.2
Unemployed	42.9	45.1	13.0	13.7	6.6	8.8
Other¹	14.7	15.2	3.4	3.3	2.0	1.5
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Retired persons, disabled persons, homemakers, students, or other persons not in the labor force are included in the Other Employment category. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.72A Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	65,809	65,302	16,954	16,389	7,432	6,920
GENDER
Male	36,019	36,370	9,414	9,263	4,148	3,969
Female	29,790	28,932	7,541	7,126	3,284	2,950
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	59,053	58,552	14,588	14,399	6,364	6,028
White	50,448	50,592	12,364	12,213	5,275	5,036
Black or African American	5,715	5,233	1,472	1,345	740	647
American Indian or Alaska Native	531	480	124	165	64	47
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	123	*	41	*	*	*
Asian	1,378	1,150	428	304	187	106
Two or More Races	857	864	158^a	259	76	150
Hispanic or Latino	6,757	6,750	2,367	1,990	1,068	892
EDUCATION
< High School	9,871	9,260	3,422	3,264	1,643	1,486
High School Graduate	19,831	19,336	5,371	5,313	2,402	2,367
Some College	18,770	19,206	5,070	4,721	2,157	1,862
College Graduate	17,338	17,500	3,091	3,092	1,230	1,204
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Full-Time	42,904	42,738	9,669	9,295	3,802	3,806
Part-Time	9,358	8,720	3,058	2,826	1,435^b	1,074
Unemployed	3,522	3,329	1,347	1,343	660	739
Other¹	10,025	10,516	2,881	2,924	1,535	1,301
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Retired persons, disabled persons, homemakers, students, or other persons not in the labor force are included in the Other Employment category. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.72B Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	30.9	30.3	8.0	7.6	3.5	3.2
GENDER
Male	35.2	35.1	9.2	8.9	4.1	3.8
Female	27.0	25.9	6.8	6.4	3.0	2.6
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	31.6	31.1	7.8	7.6	3.4	3.2
White	33.5	33.4	8.2	8.1	3.5	3.3
Black or African American	24.1	21.6	6.2	5.6	3.1	2.7
American Indian or Alaska Native	49.2	42.4	11.5	14.6	5.9	4.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29.8	*	10.0	*	*	*
Asian	15.7	12.9	4.9	3.4	2.1	1.2
Two or More Races	39.4	40.8	7.3^a	12.2	3.5	7.1
Hispanic or Latino	26.2	25.2	9.2^a	7.4	4.1	3.3
EDUCATION
< High School	26.0	25.4	9.0	8.9	4.3	4.1
High School Graduate	29.5	28.4	8.0	7.8	3.6	3.5
Some College	35.7	35.1	9.7^a	8.6	4.1^a	3.4
College Graduate	31.4	31.3	5.6	5.5	2.2	2.2
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Full-Time	36.7	35.9	8.3	7.8	3.3	3.2
Part-Time	32.7	31.7	10.7	10.3	5.0^a	3.9
Unemployed	43.6	45.1	16.7	18.2	8.2	10.0
Other¹	17.0	17.1	4.9	4.8	2.6	2.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Retired persons, disabled persons, homemakers, students, or other persons not in the labor force are included in the Other Employment category. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.73A Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	109,230	110,131	35,062	34,900	19,496	19,270
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	98,036	99,108	30,681	30,704	17,264	16,961
White	81,059	81,932	24,732	24,915	13,920	13,650
Black or African American	11,986	12,181	4,360	4,157	2,493	2,408
American Indian or Alaska Native	824	771	262	289	150	156
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	305	293	115	123	59	81
Chinese	408	413	107	108	52	50
Filipino	578	593	134	136	73	60
Japanese	367	*	38	62	19	41
Asian Indian	330	377	118	109	57	49
Korean	297	249	138	115	62	63
Vietnamese	208	211	77	68	40	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	11,194	11,023	4,381	4,196	2,231	2,309
Mexican	7,553	7,198	2,940	2,789	1,495	1,471
Puerto Rican	1,471	1,413	586	510	343	350
Central or South American	1,244	1,272	472	435	207	245
Cuban	359	459	148	170	80	89
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.73B Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	46.2	46.1	14.8	14.6	8.2	8.1
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	47.4	47.5	14.8	14.7	8.3	8.1
White	48.9	49.2	14.9	15.0	8.4	8.2
Black or African American	44.2	43.9	16.1^a	15.0	9.2	8.7
American Indian or Alaska Native	60.2	60.3	19.1	22.6	11.0	12.2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46.8	52.0	17.6	21.8	9.1	14.3
Chinese	19.3	18.0	5.1	4.7	2.5	2.2
Filipino	27.5	27.0	6.4	6.2	3.5	2.7
Japanese	43.5	*	4.5	7.2	2.3	4.8
Asian Indian	16.5	16.7	5.9	4.8	2.9	2.2
Korean	37.5	33.8	17.4	15.6	7.8	8.5
Vietnamese	25.4	29.3	9.4	9.5	4.9	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	38.0^a	36.2	14.9^a	13.8	7.6	7.6
Mexican	38.8^b	36.1	15.1	14.0	7.7	7.4
Puerto Rican	46.3	45.7	18.5	16.5	10.8	11.3
Central or South American	30.7	29.0	11.7	9.9	5.1	5.6
Cuban	28.3	34.4	11.7	12.7	6.3	6.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.74A Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	7,637	7,598	5,475	5,378	2,845	2,743
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	6,387	6,325	4,628	4,517	2,412^a	2,302
White	4,864	4,769	3,645^a	3,504	1,895^b	1,782
Black or African American	1,095	1,105	695	709	359	356
American Indian or Alaska Native	86	79	62	63	37	39
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	16^a	11	10	7
Chinese	30	36	19	24	7	11
Filipino	48	44	27	24	15	11
Japanese	7	*	4	*	2	*
Asian Indian	30	41	25	31	13	11
Korean	18	16	11	12	3	*
Vietnamese	25	*	12	*	4	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	1,250	1,273	846	860	433	440
Mexican	894	890	599	609	311	305
Puerto Rican	142	145	101	102	65	68
Central or South American	128	118	91	78	31	29
Cuban	40	41	26	23	*	12
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.74B Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	30.7	30.3	22.0^a	21.4	11.4^a	10.9
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	30.6	30.2	22.2^a	21.6	11.6^b	11.0
White	31.3	30.7	23.4^b	22.6	12.2^b	11.5
Black or African American	29.8	29.3	18.9	18.8	9.8	9.4
American Indian or Alaska Native	47.2	46.2	34.1	36.8	20.2	22.6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	20.7	15.8	12.7	9.9
Chinese	14.1	17.4	8.6	11.4	3.2	5.2
Filipino	28.9	27.3	16.4	14.5	8.9	6.7
Japanese	14.4	*	8.9	*	3.7	*
Asian Indian	14.4	17.7	11.9	13.4	6.4	4.6
Korean	19.7	19.7	11.6	14.2	2.7	*
Vietnamese	21.7	*	10.8	*	3.8	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	31.3	30.7	21.2	20.7	10.8	10.6
Mexican	31.4	30.7	21.1	21.0	10.9	10.5
Puerto Rican	29.9	30.2	21.4	21.2	13.7	14.1
Central or South American	29.5	26.7	21.0	17.6	7.2	6.5
Cuban	33.7	29.9	21.4	16.3	*	9.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.75A Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	18,878	19,119	10,988	10,944	6,349	6,337
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	16,008	16,282	9,468	9,440	5,520	5,492
White	12,660	12,880	7,570	7,529	4,420	4,365
Black or African American	2,261	2,357	1,283	1,333	760	797
American Indian or Alaska Native	156	138	94	80	60	49
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	96	81	55	45	22	27
Chinese	89^a	117	39	56	18	29
Filipino	137	123	69	56	40	36
Japanese	*	*	22	*	8	*
Asian Indian	91	97	45	40	19	20
Korean	83	75	45	43	26	19
Vietnamese	46	47	*	24	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	2,870	2,836	1,519	1,504	829	844
Mexican	1,994	1,964	996	994	535	535
Puerto Rican	348	331	205	193	121	129
Central or South American	321	298	178	160	97	88
Cuban	82	78	58	55	28	29
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.75B Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	60.2	59.8	35.0^a	34.2	20.2	19.8
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	62.0	62.0	36.7^a	35.9	21.4	20.9
White	65.0	65.1	38.9^a	38.0	22.7	22.1
Black or African American	54.2	54.6	30.7	30.9	18.2	18.5
American Indian or Alaska Native	78.6	77.8	47.0	45.4	30.2	27.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	58.6	58.3	33.3	32.1	13.1	19.5
Chinese	30.9	33.3	13.5	15.9	6.3	8.2
Filipino	49.9	47.1	25.0	21.3	14.4	13.7
Japanese	*	*	28.9	*	11.3	*
Asian Indian	31.6	30.6	15.5	12.4	6.7	6.3
Korean	45.0	44.1	24.5	25.6	14.1	11.0
Vietnamese	29.3	28.7	*	14.6	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	51.5	49.9	27.3	26.4	14.9	14.8
Mexican	50.4	48.9	25.2	24.7	13.5	13.3
Puerto Rican	63.5	63.9	37.4	37.3	22.1	25.0
Central or South American	44.2	40.1	24.5	21.5	13.3	11.9
Cuban	57.1	56.6	40.4	39.7	19.6	20.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.76A Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	82,715	83,414	18,600	18,578	10,302	10,191
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	75,641	76,501	16,585	16,746	9,332	9,166
White	63,535	64,283	13,517	13,882	7,605	7,503
Black or African American	8,630	8,720	2,383^a	2,115	1,374	1,255
American Indian or Alaska Native	581	554	106	145	54	68
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	44	*	28	*
Chinese	288	261	49	29	27	10
Filipino	393	426	38	57	19	13
Japanese	325	*	12	35	9	*
Asian Indian	209	238	49	38	25	18
Korean	*	*	*	*	*	*
Vietnamese	*	*	*	*	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	7,075	6,913	2,015	1,831	970	1,025
Mexican	4,665	4,344	1,344	1,185	649	630
Puerto Rican	982	937	280	214	157	152
Central or South American	795	856	202	197	79	128
Cuban	237	340	65	92	37	48
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.76B Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	45.9	45.8	10.3	10.2	5.7	5.6
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	47.2	47.4	10.3	10.4	5.8	5.7
White	48.6	49.0	10.3	10.6	5.8	5.7
Black or African American	44.8	44.4	12.4^b	10.8	7.1	6.4
American Indian or Alaska Native	59.0	59.6	10.7	15.6	5.4	7.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	10.7	*	6.8	*
Chinese	17.9	15.0	3.1	1.7	1.7	0.6
Filipino	23.7	24.0	2.3	3.2	1.1	0.8
Japanese	45.0	*	1.7	4.6	1.3	*
Asian Indian	13.8	13.9	3.2	2.2	1.6	1.1
Korean	*	*	*	*	*	*
Vietnamese	*	*	*	*	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	35.5	33.5	10.1^a	8.9	4.9	5.0
Mexican	36.8^b	33.3	10.6^a	9.1	5.1	4.8
Puerto Rican	45.6	44.8	13.0	10.3	7.3	7.3
Central or South American	27.5	26.7	7.0	6.2	2.7	4.0
Cuban	23.6^a	32.1	6.5	8.7	3.6	4.5
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.77A Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	101,593	102,533	29,588	29,522	16,651	16,528
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	91,649	92,783	26,053	26,186	14,853	14,659
White	76,195	77,163	21,087	21,411	12,025	11,868
Black or African American	10,891	11,077	3,666	3,448	2,135	2,052
American Indian or Alaska Native	738	692	200	226	114	117
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	277	269	98	112	49	74
Chinese	377	377	88	84	45	39
Filipino	531	549	107	112	58	49
Japanese	360	*	34	57	18	38
Asian Indian	300	335	94	78	44	38
Korean	279	*	*	*	*	*
Vietnamese	184	191	65	59	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	9,945	9,749	3,535	3,336	1,799	1,869
Mexican	6,659	6,308	2,340	2,179	1,184	1,165
Puerto Rican	1,329	1,268	485	407	278	282
Central or South American	1,116	1,154	380	357	176	216
Cuban	319	418	122	147	65	76
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.77B Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	48.0	47.9	14.0	13.8	7.9	7.7
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	49.3	49.4	14.0	14.0	8.0	7.8
White	50.7	51.1	14.0	14.2	8.0	7.9
Black or African American	46.4	46.2	15.6^a	14.4	9.1	8.6
American Indian or Alaska Native	62.3	62.5	16.8	20.4	9.6	10.6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	48.2	54.6	17.2	22.6	8.6	15.0
Chinese	19.9	18.1	4.7	4.0	2.4	1.9
Filipino	27.4	27.0	5.5	5.5	3.0	2.4
Japanese	45.2	*	4.2	6.9	2.2	4.6
Asian Indian	16.7	16.6	5.2	3.9	2.4	1.9
Korean	39.9	*	*	*	*	*
Vietnamese	26.0	30.9	9.2	9.6	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	39.0^a	37.1	13.9^a	12.7	7.1	7.1
Mexican	40.0^b	37.0	14.1^a	12.8	7.1	6.8
Puerto Rican	49.2	48.6	18.0	15.6	10.3	10.8
Central or South American	30.9	29.2	10.5	9.0	4.9	5.5
Cuban	27.8	35.0	10.7	12.3	5.6	6.4
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.78A Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	95,778	96,692	25,493	25,341	14,611	14,607
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	87,075	88,147	22,873	22,736	13,246	13,098
White	72,636	73,436	18,469	18,400	10,770	10,573
Black or African American	10,457	10,753	3,349	3,239	1,916	1,908
American Indian or Alaska Native	674	627	199	210	114	124
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	262	264	70	83	36	58
Chinese	289	279	51	72	18	32
Filipino	443	459	90	82	49	44
Japanese	313	*	22	37	11	32
Asian Indian	223	226	57	48	28	21
Korean	213	154	64	63	32	27
Vietnamese	96	112	23	23	8	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	8,703	8,545	2,620	2,605	1,365	1,509
Mexican	5,786	5,567	1,651	1,645	841	897
Puerto Rican	1,251	1,162	414	366	227	251
Central or South American	882	876	287	277	158	177
Cuban	309	365	118	125	62	67
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.78B Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	40.5	40.4	10.8	10.6	6.2	6.1
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	42.1	42.2	11.1	10.9	6.4	6.3
White	43.8	44.1	11.1	11.0	6.5	6.3
Black or African American	38.5	38.8	12.3	11.7	7.1	6.9
American Indian or Alaska Native	49.3	49.1	14.5	16.5	8.3	9.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40.3	46.9	10.7	14.7	5.5	10.3
Chinese	13.7	12.1	2.4	3.1	0.8	1.4
Filipino	21.1	20.9	4.3	3.7	2.3	2.0
Japanese	37.1	*	2.7	4.3	1.3	3.7
Asian Indian	11.1	10.0	2.8	2.1	1.4	0.9
Korean	26.9	20.9	8.0	8.6	4.1	3.7
Vietnamese	11.7	15.6	2.8	3.1	1.0	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	29.5^a	28.1	8.9	8.6	4.6	5.0
Mexican	29.7^a	27.9	8.5	8.2	4.3	4.5
Puerto Rican	39.4	37.6	13.1	11.8	7.1	8.1
Central or South American	21.8	19.9	7.1	6.3	3.9	4.0
Cuban	24.4	27.4	9.3	9.4	4.9	5.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

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**Table 1.79A Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	4,996^a	4,838	3,825	3,700	1,997	1,940
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	4,219^a	4,064	3,266	3,154	1,725	1,659
White	3,318^b	3,159	2,645^b	2,495	1,392^a	1,316
Black or African American	651	648	439	460	235	232
American Indian or Alaska Native	70	58	52	48	29	27
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	*	8	6	6	*
Chinese	11	19	7	14	*	8
Filipino	26	20	16	15	6	8
Japanese	2	*	2	*	1	*
Asian Indian	12	12	10	10	6	4
Korean	7	*	6	*	2	*
Vietnamese	9	8	4	5	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	777	775	559	546	272	281
Mexican	551	550	386	392	188	198
Puerto Rican	97	87	78	67	43	41
Central or South American	69	56	55	40	21	18
Cuban	30	24	21	15	*	8
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.79B Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	20.1^b	19.3	15.4^b	14.7	8.0	7.7
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	20.2^b	19.4	15.6^a	15.1	8.3	7.9
White	21.3^b	20.3	17.0^b	16.1	9.0^a	8.5
Black or African American	17.7	17.2	11.9	12.2	6.4	6.1
American Indian or Alaska Native	38.4	33.8	28.6	28.2	15.9	16.0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17.4	*	10.1	9.2	8.1	*
Chinese	5.0	9.1	3.2	7.0	*	3.9
Filipino	15.8	12.5	9.9	9.0	3.9	4.7
Japanese	5.1	*	4.5	*	2.6	*
Asian Indian	5.6	5.0	4.7	4.2	2.8	1.5
Korean	7.4	*	5.9	*	1.7	*
Vietnamese	7.8	8.0	3.6	4.7	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	19.4	18.7	14.0	13.2	6.8	6.8
Mexican	19.4	19.0	13.6	13.6	6.6	6.8
Puerto Rican	20.6	18.1	16.5	13.9	9.2	8.5
Central or South American	15.9	12.7	12.6^a	9.0	4.9	4.0
Cuban	25.2^a	17.0	17.3	10.7	*	5.8
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

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**Table 1.80A Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	16,891	17,043	9,141	9,004	5,388	5,298
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	14,502	14,710	8,005	7,892	4,766	4,680
White	11,518	11,702	6,383	6,267	3,808	3,696
Black or African American	2,032	2,117	1,119	1,165	678	715
American Indian or Alaska Native	140	122	75	67	46	45
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	93	73	45	38	18	22
Chinese	66	88	28	42	12^a	24
Filipino	123	107	56	41	34	29
Japanese	*	*	16	*	7	*
Asian Indian	62	60	33	27	16	13
Korean	73	67	38	38	23	16
Vietnamese	37	39	*	18	7	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	2,390	2,333	1,136	1,112	621	618
Mexican	1,627	1,575	703	696	383	368
Puerto Rican	321	305	182	168	99	107
Central or South American	253	233	133	113	72	67
Cuban	72	72	49	49	25	23
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.80B Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	53.8	53.3	29.1^b	28.2	17.2^a	16.6
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	56.2	56.0	31.0^b	30.0	18.5^a	17.8
White	59.1	59.1	32.8^b	31.7	19.6^b	18.7
Black or African American	48.7	49.0	26.8	27.0	16.2	16.6
American Indian or Alaska Native	70.2	69.0	37.6	37.7	23.1	25.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	56.8	52.5	27.3	27.0	10.9	15.7
Chinese	22.9	25.1	9.8	12.1	4.2	6.7
Filipino	44.6	41.2	20.4	15.6	12.2	11.1
Japanese	*	*	21.6	*	10.0	*
Asian Indian	21.5	18.9	11.6	8.4	5.6	4.0
Korean	39.5	39.4	20.4	22.6	12.5	9.2
Vietnamese	23.7	23.3	*	10.7	4.7	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	42.9	41.0	20.4	19.5	11.1	10.9
Mexican	41.1	39.2	17.8	17.3	9.7	9.2
Puerto Rican	58.6	59.1	33.2	32.5	18.1	20.7
Central or South American	34.9	31.3	18.3	15.2	9.9	9.0
Cuban	50.6	51.8	34.4	35.3	17.2	16.3
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.81A Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	73,891	74,811	12,527	12,637	7,226	7,369
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	68,354	69,373	11,602	11,690	6,754	6,759
White	57,801	58,575	9,442	9,637	5,571	5,561
Black or African American	7,773	7,989	1,791	1,613	1,003	961
American Indian or Alaska Native	464	447	72	95	39	51
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	17	*	11	*
Chinese	211	172	15	15	*	*
Filipino	294	332	17	27	9	7
Japanese	282	*	4	*	2	*
Asian Indian	149	154	14	11	6	5
Korean	*	*	*	*	*	*
Vietnamese	*	*	*	*	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	5,537	5,438	925	948	472^a	610
Mexican	3,608	3,441	562	557	270	332
Puerto Rican	833	770	155	131	84	103
Central or South American	560	587	99	124	64	93
Cuban	207	270	48	61	25	36
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.81B Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	41.0	41.1	7.0	6.9	4.0	4.0
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	42.7	43.0	7.2	7.2	4.2	4.2
White	44.2	44.6	7.2	7.3	4.3	4.2
Black or African American	40.3	40.7	9.3^a	8.2	5.2	4.9
American Indian or Alaska Native	47.1	48.1	7.3	10.3	4.0	5.5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	4.2	*	2.8	*
Chinese	13.2	9.9	1.0	0.8	*	*
Filipino	17.7	18.7	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.4
Japanese	39.1	*	0.6	*	0.3	*
Asian Indian	9.9	9.0	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.3
Korean	*	*	*	*	*	*
Vietnamese	*	*	*	*	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	27.8	26.4	4.6	4.6	2.4	3.0
Mexican	28.4	26.4	4.4	4.3	2.1	2.5
Puerto Rican	38.7	36.8	7.2	6.3	3.9	4.9
Central or South American	19.4	18.3	3.4	3.9	2.2	2.9
Cuban	20.6	25.6	4.8	5.8	2.5	3.4
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.82A Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	90,782	91,854	21,668	21,641	12,614	12,667
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	82,856	84,083	19,607	19,582	11,520	11,439
White	69,318	70,278	15,824	15,904	9,378	9,257
Black or African American	9,805	10,106	2,910	2,779	1,681	1,676
American Indian or Alaska Native	604	569	147	162	85	97
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	249	251	62	77	29	54
Chinese	278	260	44	57	18	24
Filipino	417	439	73	67	42	36
Japanese	311	*	20	34	10	29
Asian Indian	211	214	47	38	22	18
Korean	206	143	58	56	30	22
Vietnamese	87	104	19	18	8	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	7,927	7,771	2,061	2,059	1,093	1,228
Mexican	5,235	5,017	1,265	1,253	653	700
Puerto Rican	1,154	1,075	336	299	183	210
Central or South American	813	820	232	237	136	159
Cuban	279	342	97	110	49	59
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 1.82B Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2000-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004	2000-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	42.9	42.9	10.2	10.1	6.0	5.9
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	44.5	44.8	10.5	10.4	6.2	6.1
White	46.1	46.5	10.5	10.5	6.2	6.1
Black or African American	41.8	42.2	12.4	11.6	7.2	7.0
American Indian or Alaska Native	51.0	51.5	12.4	14.7	7.2	8.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43.4	50.9	10.8	15.5	5.1	10.9
Chinese	14.6	12.4	2.3	2.7	0.9	1.1
Filipino	21.5	21.6	3.8	3.3	2.2	1.8
Japanese	39.0	*	2.6	4.1	1.2	3.6
Asian Indian	11.8	10.6	2.6	1.9	1.2	0.9
Korean	29.5	21.8	8.3	8.5	4.4	3.3
Vietnamese	12.3	16.9	2.6	2.9	1.2	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	31.1^a	29.5	8.1	7.8	4.3	4.7
Mexican	31.5^a	29.4	7.6	7.3	3.9	4.1
Puerto Rican	42.7	41.2	12.5	11.5	6.8	8.1
Central or South American	22.5	20.8	6.4	6.0	3.8	4.0
Cuban	24.3	28.6	8.5	9.2	4.3	4.9
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

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**Table 1.83A Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	110,205	110,057	34,993	34,807	19,470	19,071
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	20,529	20,947	6,534	6,644	3,939	3,834
New England	6,092	6,140	2,130	1,883	1,252	1,085
Middle Atlantic	14,437	14,807	4,404	4,760	2,687	2,749
Midwest	25,175	25,043	7,879	7,551	4,237	4,087
East North Central	17,753	17,876	5,477	5,517	2,988	3,032
West North Central	7,422	7,168	2,402^a	2,034	1,248	1,054
South	37,244	38,391	11,543	11,652	6,304	6,302
South Atlantic	19,972	21,137	6,360	6,227	3,474	3,359
East South Central	6,133	6,124	1,677	1,971	953	1,118
West South Central	11,139	11,130	3,507	3,454	1,877	1,824
West	27,257	25,675	9,036	8,960	4,991	4,848
Mountain	8,054	7,850	2,660	2,557	1,470	1,340
Pacific	19,203	17,825	6,376	6,403	3,521	3,508
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	60,373	59,649	19,016	19,138	10,509	10,412
Small Metro	33,299	33,601	10,988	10,739	6,142	6,086
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	22,070	22,281	7,241	7,209	3,982	4,095
< 250K Pop.	11,229	11,321	3,747	3,530	2,160	1,991
Nonmetro	16,534	16,806	4,988	4,930	2,819	2,573
Urbanized	7,883	7,426	2,448	2,321	1,408	1,272
Less Urbanized	7,184	7,942	2,228	2,271	1,284	1,137
Completely Rural	1,466	1,438	311	337	127	165
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.83B Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	46.4	45.8	14.7	14.5	8.2	7.9
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	45.3	46.0	14.4	14.6	8.7	8.4
New England	51.3	51.4	17.9	15.8	10.5	9.1
Middle Atlantic	43.2	44.1	13.2	14.2	8.0	8.2
Midwest	46.8	46.2	14.7	13.9	7.9	7.5
East North Central	47.1	47.1	14.5	14.5	7.9	8.0
West North Central	46.1	44.0	14.9^a	12.5	7.8	6.5
South	43.9	44.6	13.6	13.5	7.4	7.3
South Atlantic	44.9	46.8	14.3	13.8	7.8	7.4
East South Central	43.1	42.6	11.8	13.7	6.7	7.8
West South Central	42.6	41.9	13.4	13.0	7.2	6.9
West	50.6^b	47.0	16.8	16.4	9.3	8.9
Mountain	51.6	49.1	17.0	16.0	9.4	8.4
Pacific	50.2^b	46.1	16.7	16.6	9.2	9.1
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	47.9	46.5	15.1	14.9	8.3	8.1
Small Metro	46.6	46.9	15.4	15.0	8.6	8.5
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	47.0	47.2	15.4	15.3	8.5	8.7
< 250K Pop.	45.9	46.3	15.3	14.4	8.8	8.1
Nonmetro	41.1	41.4	12.4	12.2	7.0	6.3
Urbanized	44.1	44.5	13.7	13.9	7.9	7.6
Less Urbanized	39.4	39.1	12.2	11.2	7.0^a	5.6
Completely Rural	35.8	40.3	7.6	9.5	3.1	4.6
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.84A Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	7,631	7,566	5,455	5,300	2,811	2,674
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	1,305	1,344	956	991	528	542
New England	385	386	293	298	156	160
Middle Atlantic	920	959	663	694	372	382
Midwest	1,693	1,696	1,215	1,214	609	584
East North Central	1,210	1,206	866	867	435	413
West North Central	483	491	348	347	174	171
South	2,709	2,598	1,906	1,782	932	823
South Atlantic	1,340	1,361	964	933	462	422
East South Central	438	434	298	305	143	138
West South Central	932	802	644^a	544	327^a	262
West	1,923	1,927	1,378	1,313	743	726
Mountain	577	563	428	387	229	206
Pacific	1,347	1,364	950	926	513	520
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	3,901	3,880	2,786	2,697	1,412	1,405
Small Metro	2,407	2,357	1,722	1,674	917	813
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	1,602	1,585	1,111	1,105	609	538
< 250K Pop.	805	772	611	569	308	275
Nonmetro	1,323	1,329	948	930	482	456
Urbanized	603	537	443	386	242	208
Less Urbanized	600	679	426	469	205	215
Completely Rural	119	113	78	75	36	33
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.84B Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	30.5	30.0	21.8	21.0	11.2	10.6
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	29.1	29.6	21.3	21.9	11.8	11.9
New England	32.8	32.8	25.0	25.3	13.3	13.6
Middle Atlantic	27.7	28.5	20.0	20.6	11.2	11.4
Midwest	29.7	29.9	21.3	21.4	10.7	10.3
East North Central	30.3	30.1	21.7	21.6	10.9	10.3
West North Central	28.4	29.3	20.5	20.7	10.2	10.2
South	30.4	28.9	21.4	19.8	10.4^a	9.1
South Atlantic	29.8	29.7	21.4	20.4	10.3	9.2
East South Central	30.1	30.0	20.5	21.0	9.8	9.5
West South Central	31.4^b	27.0	21.7^b	18.3	11.0^b	8.8
West	32.7	32.1	23.4	21.9	12.6	12.1
Mountain	33.4	32.3	24.8	22.2	13.3	11.8
Pacific	32.4	32.1	22.9	21.8	12.4	12.2
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	29.3	29.1	20.9	20.2	10.6	10.5
Small Metro	32.5	30.8	23.3	21.9	12.4^b	10.6
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	32.2	31.1	22.3	21.7	12.2^a	10.5
< 250K Pop.	33.3	30.4	25.2^a	22.4	12.7	10.8
Nonmetro	30.9	31.5	22.1	22.0	11.3	10.8
Urbanized	32.5	31.6	23.9	22.7	13.0	12.2
Less Urbanized	30.2	31.6	21.5	21.8	10.3	10.0
Completely Rural	27.1	29.9	17.6	19.9	8.2	8.8
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.85A Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	19,195	19,043	10,976	10,913	6,435	6,239
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	3,515	3,503	2,246	2,287	1,396	1,405
New England	1,013	977	675	655	430	431
Middle Atlantic	2,502	2,526	1,571	1,631	965	974
Midwest	4,600	4,564	2,535	2,491	1,409	1,386
East North Central	3,205	3,178	1,749	1,784	1,000	1,025
West North Central	1,395	1,386	786	707	409	361
South	6,486	6,632	3,540	3,643	2,094	2,047
South Atlantic	3,260	3,440	1,855	1,865	1,131	1,040
East South Central	1,036	1,115	544	596	293	341
West South Central	2,189	2,076	1,142	1,182	671	666
West	4,594	4,344	2,654	2,492	1,535	1,400
Mountain	1,385	1,413	758	773	437	416
Pacific	3,209	2,930	1,897	1,719	1,097	984
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	9,941	9,705	5,721	5,665	3,439	3,236
Small Metro	6,337	6,405	3,624	3,691	2,072	2,145
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	4,190	4,108	2,379	2,409	1,401	1,439
< 250K Pop.	2,147	2,298	1,245	1,282	671	706
Nonmetro	2,917	2,933	1,631	1,556	924	857
Urbanized	1,468	1,425	847	801	494	439
Less Urbanized	1,257	1,323	685	643	379	355
Completely Rural	192	185	99	112	51	64
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.85B Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	60.5	59.2	34.6	33.9	20.3	19.4
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	62.4	61.6	39.9	40.2	24.8	24.7
New England	68.9	65.7	45.9	44.0	29.3	29.0
Middle Atlantic	60.1	60.2	37.7	38.9	23.2	23.2
Midwest	62.5	61.3	34.5	33.5	19.2	18.6
East North Central	63.1	62.0	34.4	34.8	19.7	20.0
West North Central	61.3	59.9	34.6	30.6	18.0	15.6
South	57.3	57.5	31.3	31.6	18.5	17.7
South Atlantic	58.4	60.3	33.2	32.7	20.3	18.2
East South Central	53.6	57.2	28.1	30.6	15.1	17.5
West South Central	57.5^a	53.5	30.0	30.5	17.6	17.2
West	62.0^a	57.7	35.8	33.1	20.7	18.6
Mountain	61.9	61.8	33.9	33.8	19.6	18.2
Pacific	62.0^b	55.9	36.6	32.8	21.2	18.8
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	59.9	58.3	34.5	34.0	20.7	19.4
Small Metro	62.1	60.4	35.5	34.8	20.3	20.2
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	63.0^a	59.6	35.8	35.0	21.1	20.9
< 250K Pop.	60.4	61.8	35.0	34.5	18.9	19.0
Nonmetro	59.3	59.4	33.2	31.5	18.8	17.4
Urbanized	62.1	61.9	35.8	34.8	20.9	19.1
Less Urbanized	57.4	57.2	31.2	27.8	17.3	15.3
Completely Rural	52.8	57.1	27.3	34.5	14.0	19.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.86A Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	83,380	83,448	18,562	18,594	10,224	10,159
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	15,710	16,100	3,331	3,366	2,015	1,887
New England	4,694	4,778	1,161	931	666	493
Middle Atlantic	11,015	11,323	2,170	2,435	1,349	1,394
Midwest	18,881	18,783	4,130	3,846	2,219	2,117
East North Central	13,337	13,492	2,862	2,866	1,553	1,595
West North Central	5,543	5,291	1,268^a	980	666	523
South	28,049	29,161	6,097	6,227	3,278	3,432
South Atlantic	15,372	16,336	3,540	3,429	1,881	1,898
East South Central	4,659	4,574	834	1,070	517	638
West South Central	8,018	8,251	1,722	1,728	879	896
West	20,740	19,404	5,004	5,155	2,713	2,722
Mountain	6,093	5,874	1,474	1,397	803	718
Pacific	14,647	13,530	3,530	3,758	1,910	2,004
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	46,531	46,064	10,510	10,776	5,658	5,771
Small Metro	24,555	24,839	5,643	5,374	3,153	3,128
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	16,278	16,588	3,752	3,695	1,972	2,118
< 250K Pop.	8,277	8,251	1,891	1,679	1,181	1,010
Nonmetro	12,294	12,544	2,409	2,444	1,413	1,260
Urbanized	5,812	5,463	1,158	1,134	673	625
Less Urbanized	5,327	5,941	1,117	1,159	701	567
Completely Rural	1,155	1,140	134	150	40	67
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.86B Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	46.1	45.6	10.3	10.2	5.6	5.5
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	44.6	45.6	9.5	9.5	5.7	5.4
New England	50.8	51.5	12.6	10.0	7.2	5.3
Middle Atlantic	42.5	43.6	8.4	9.4	5.2	5.4
Midwest	46.4	45.7	10.1	9.4	5.4	5.2
East North Central	46.7	46.8	10.0	10.0	5.4	5.5
West North Central	45.7	43.1	10.5^a	8.0	5.5	4.3
South	43.5	44.5	9.4	9.5	5.1	5.2
South Atlantic	44.8	46.8	10.3	9.8	5.5	5.4
East South Central	43.0	41.6	7.7	9.7	4.8	5.8
West South Central	41.4	41.9	8.9	8.8	4.5	4.5
West	51.2^a	47.2	12.3	12.5	6.7	6.6
Mountain	52.3	49.1	12.7	11.7	6.9	6.0
Pacific	50.7^a	46.4	12.2	12.9	6.6	6.9
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	48.4	46.8	10.9	11.0	5.9	5.9
Small Metro	45.7	46.5	10.5	10.1	5.9	5.9
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	46.1	47.2	10.6	10.5	5.6	6.0
< 250K Pop.	44.8	45.3	10.2	9.2	6.4	5.5
Nonmetro	39.7	40.0	7.8	7.8	4.6	4.0
Urbanized	42.6	43.0	8.5	8.9	4.9	4.9
Less Urbanized	37.9	37.5	8.0	7.3	5.0	3.6
Completely Rural	35.1	39.8	4.1	5.2	1.2	2.4
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.87A Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	102,574	102,491	29,538	29,506	16,659	16,397
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	19,224	19,603	5,578	5,653	3,411	3,292
New England	5,707	5,755	1,837	1,586	1,096	925
Middle Atlantic	13,517	13,848	3,741	4,067	2,314	2,368
Midwest	23,481	23,347	6,665	6,337	3,628	3,503
East North Central	16,543	16,670	4,611	4,650	2,553	2,619
West North Central	6,939	6,677	2,054^a	1,687	1,075	884
South	34,535	35,793	9,637	9,870	5,372	5,479
South Atlantic	18,632	19,776	5,396	5,293	3,012	2,937
East South Central	5,695	5,690	1,378	1,666	810	979
West South Central	10,207	10,327	2,863	2,910	1,550	1,562
West	25,334	23,748	7,658	7,647	4,248	4,122
Mountain	7,477	7,287	2,231	2,170	1,240	1,134
Pacific	17,857	16,461	5,427	5,477	3,008	2,988
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	56,472	55,769	16,230	16,441	9,096	9,007
Small Metro	30,892	31,245	9,267	9,065	5,225	5,273
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	20,468	20,696	6,131	6,104	3,373	3,557
< 250K Pop.	10,424	10,549	3,136	2,961	1,853	1,716
Nonmetro	15,211	15,477	4,041	4,000	2,337	2,117
Urbanized	7,280	6,888	2,005	1,936	1,167	1,064
Less Urbanized	6,584	7,263	1,802	1,802	1,080	922
Completely Rural	1,347	1,325	233	262	91	131
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.87B Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	48.2	47.6	13.9	13.7	7.8	7.6
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	47.1	47.9	13.7	13.8	8.4	8.0
New England	53.3	53.4	17.1	14.7	10.2	8.6
Middle Atlantic	44.9	45.9	12.4	13.5	7.7	7.8
Midwest	48.8	48.1	13.9	13.1	7.5	7.2
East North Central	49.1	49.1	13.7	13.7	7.6	7.7
West North Central	48.2	45.7	14.3^b	11.6	7.5	6.1
South	45.5	46.4	12.7	12.8	7.1	7.1
South Atlantic	46.7	48.7	13.5	13.0	7.5	7.2
East South Central	44.6	44.0	10.8	12.9	6.3	7.6
West South Central	44.1	43.8	12.4	12.3	6.7	6.6
West	52.8^b	48.8	16.0	15.7	8.9	8.5
Mountain	53.8	51.2	16.1	15.2	8.9	8.0
Pacific	52.4^b	47.8	15.9	15.9	8.8	8.7
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	50.1	48.5	14.4	14.3	8.1	7.8
Small Metro	48.3	48.8	14.5	14.2	8.2	8.2
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	48.8	49.2	14.6	14.5	8.0	8.5
< 250K Pop.	47.3	48.1	14.2	13.5	8.4	7.8
Nonmetro	42.4	42.6	11.3	11.0	6.5	5.8
Urbanized	45.5	45.9	12.5	12.9	7.3	7.1
Less Urbanized	40.5	40.0	11.1	9.9	6.7^a	5.1
Completely Rural	36.8	41.5	6.4	8.2	2.5^a	4.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.88A Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	96,611	96,772	25,231	25,451	14,638	14,576
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	18,621	18,794	5,252	5,181	3,265	3,036
New England	5,622	5,700	1,735	1,534	1,110	891
Middle Atlantic	12,999	13,094	3,517	3,648	2,155	2,145
Midwest	22,557	22,337	5,817	5,625	3,300	3,182
East North Central	15,948	15,936	4,018	4,073	2,299	2,366
West North Central	6,609	6,401	1,799	1,552	1,001^a	817
South	31,908	33,156	7,917	8,309	4,459	4,639
South Atlantic	17,226	18,411	4,510	4,550	2,552	2,516
East South Central	5,230	5,337	1,122^a	1,435	643^a	863
West South Central	9,452	9,408	2,285	2,324	1,265	1,259
West	23,525	22,486	6,244	6,336	3,614	3,719
Mountain	6,917	6,809	1,836	1,753	1,070	920
Pacific	16,608	15,677	4,408	4,583	2,544	2,798
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	53,192	52,523	13,697	14,130	7,972	8,040
Small Metro	29,341	29,652	7,982	7,886	4,614	4,613
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	19,364	19,614	5,252	5,261	3,054	3,102
< 250K Pop.	9,978	10,038	2,730	2,625	1,559	1,512
Nonmetro	14,078	14,598	3,551	3,436	2,053	1,923
Urbanized	6,942	6,547	1,786	1,724	1,088	1,007
Less Urbanized	5,914^a	6,898	1,555	1,465	876	795
Completely Rural	1,222	1,153	210	246	89	121
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.88B Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	40.6	40.2	10.6	10.6	6.2	6.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	41.1	41.3	11.6	11.4	7.2	6.7
New England	47.3	47.7	14.6	12.8	9.3	7.5
Middle Atlantic	38.9	39.0	10.5	10.9	6.4	6.4
Midwest	42.0	41.2	10.8	10.4	6.1	5.9
East North Central	42.3	42.0	10.7	10.7	6.1	6.2
West North Central	41.0	39.3	11.2^a	9.5	6.2^a	5.0
South	37.6	38.5	9.3	9.6	5.3	5.4
South Atlantic	38.8	40.7	10.1	10.1	5.7	5.6
East South Central	36.8	37.1	7.9^a	10.0	4.5^a	6.0
West South Central	36.2	35.4	8.7	8.7	4.8	4.7
West	43.7^a	41.1	11.6	11.6	6.7	6.8
Mountain	44.3	42.6	11.8	11.0	6.9	5.8
Pacific	43.5	40.5	11.5	11.8	6.7	7.2
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	42.2	40.9	10.9	11.0	6.3	6.3
Small Metro	41.1	41.4	11.2	11.0	6.5	6.4
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	41.3	41.6	11.2	11.2	6.5	6.6
< 250K Pop.	40.8	41.0	11.2	10.7	6.4	6.2
Nonmetro	35.0	36.0	8.8	8.5	5.1	4.7
Urbanized	38.9	39.2	10.0	10.3	6.1	6.0
Less Urbanized	32.5	34.0	8.5	7.2	4.8	3.9
Completely Rural	29.8	32.3	5.1	6.9	2.2^a	3.4
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.89A Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	4,888	4,788	3,745	3,656	1,971	1,909
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	896	878	713	699	393	389
New England	286	271	227	219	129	119
Middle Atlantic	610	606	486	481	263	269
Midwest	1,090	1,111	856	862	457	417
East North Central	753	774	589	605	319	293
West North Central	337	336	267	257	138	124
South	1,687	1,543	1,263	1,169	611	544
South Atlantic	815	827	623	620	312	296
East South Central	240	255	180	199	87	88
West South Central	632^b	460	460^a	350	212^a	160
West	1,215	1,257	913	925	511	559
Mountain	400	387	301	279	154	161
Pacific	815	871	612	646	356	398
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	2,454	2,460	1,916	1,886	1,010	1,043
Small Metro	1,563	1,504	1,179	1,137	635	554
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	1,019	1,024	744	752	423	368
< 250K Pop.	544	480	435	385	212	187
Nonmetro	871	824	650	633	327	312
Urbanized	401	350	304	272	163	151
Less Urbanized	409	404	304	312	144	138
Completely Rural	60	70	42	50	20	23
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.89B Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	19.6	19.0	15.0	14.5	7.9	7.6
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	20.0	19.3	15.9	15.4	8.7	8.6
New England	24.4	23.1	19.3	18.6	11.0	10.2
Middle Atlantic	18.4	18.0	14.7	14.3	7.9	8.0
Midwest	19.1	19.5	15.0	15.2	8.0	7.3
East North Central	18.9	19.3	14.8	15.1	8.0	7.3
West North Central	19.8	20.1	15.7	15.3	8.1	7.4
South	18.9^a	17.1	14.1	13.0	6.8	6.0
South Atlantic	18.1	18.1	13.8	13.5	6.9	6.5
East South Central	16.5	17.6	12.4	13.7	6.0	6.1
West South Central	21.3^b	15.5	15.5^b	11.8	7.1^a	5.4
West	20.7	21.0	15.5	15.4	8.7	9.3
Mountain	23.1	22.2	17.4	16.0	8.9	9.2
Pacific	19.6	20.5	14.7	15.2	8.6	9.4
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	18.4	18.4	14.4	14.1	7.6	7.8
Small Metro	21.1	19.7	15.9	14.9	8.6^a	7.3
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	20.5	20.1	14.9	14.7	8.5	7.2
< 250K Pop.	22.5^a	18.9	18.0^a	15.2	8.8	7.3
Nonmetro	20.3	19.5	15.2	15.0	7.6	7.4
Urbanized	21.6	20.6	16.4	16.0	8.8	8.9
Less Urbanized	20.6	18.8	15.3	14.5	7.3	6.4
Completely Rural	13.6	18.5	9.6	13.2	4.6	6.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.90A Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	17,103	16,983	9,044	8,963	5,400	5,196
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	3,227	3,194	1,947	1,956	1,234	1,210
New England	957	906	615	590	396	386
Middle Atlantic	2,271	2,287	1,333	1,366	838	824
Midwest	4,154	4,149	2,112	2,087	1,186	1,187
East North Central	2,892	2,875	1,460	1,491	839	867
West North Central	1,262	1,273	653	596	347	320
South	5,669	5,801	2,818	2,914	1,681	1,661
South Atlantic	2,873	3,056	1,522	1,557	914	870
East South Central	915	983	408	463	237	273
West South Central	1,881	1,761	888	894	530	518
West	4,052	3,840	2,167	2,005	1,299	1,138
Mountain	1,190	1,236	608	591	360	333
Pacific	2,862	2,604	1,559	1,414	939	805
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	8,821	8,632	4,709	4,657	2,916	2,685
Small Metro	5,705	5,734	3,014	3,066	1,734	1,806
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	3,771	3,678	1,989	2,007	1,195	1,218
< 250K Pop.	1,934	2,056	1,026	1,060	538	588
Nonmetro	2,577	2,617	1,321	1,239	750	705
Urbanized	1,314	1,274	701	661	399	378
Less Urbanized	1,095	1,169	538	486	304	278
Completely Rural	168	175	82	93	47	49
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.90B Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	53.9	52.8	28.5	27.8	17.0	16.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	57.3	56.2	34.6	34.4	21.9	21.3
New England	65.1	60.9	41.8	39.6	27.0	25.9
Middle Atlantic	54.5	54.5	32.0	32.6	20.1	19.6
Midwest	56.5	55.8	28.7	28.0	16.1	15.9
East North Central	56.9	56.1	28.7	29.1	16.5	16.9
West North Central	55.5	55.0	28.7	25.8	15.3	13.8
South	50.1	50.3	24.9	25.3	14.8	14.4
South Atlantic	51.5	53.6	27.3	27.3	16.4	15.2
East South Central	47.3	50.4	21.1	23.7	12.2	14.0
West South Central	49.4^a	45.4	23.3	23.0	13.9	13.3
West	54.7^a	51.0	29.2	26.6	17.5	15.1
Mountain	53.2	54.0	27.2	25.8	16.1	14.6
Pacific	55.3^a	49.7	30.1	27.0	18.1	15.4
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	53.1	51.8	28.4	28.0	17.6	16.1
Small Metro	55.9	54.1	29.5	28.9	17.0	17.0
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	56.7^a	53.4	29.9	29.1	18.0	17.7
< 250K Pop.	54.4	55.3	28.8	28.5	15.1	15.8
Nonmetro	52.4	53.0	26.9	25.1	15.2	14.3
Urbanized	55.6	55.3	29.7	28.7	16.9	16.4
Less Urbanized	49.9	50.5	24.5^a	21.0	13.9	12.0
Completely Rural	46.2	54.0	22.5	28.5	12.8	15.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.91A Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	74,620	75,001	12,441	12,833	7,267	7,471
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	14,497	14,723	2,592	2,526	1,638	1,438
New England	4,379	4,522	894	725	585	386
Middle Atlantic	10,119	10,201	1,698	1,801	1,054	1,052
Midwest	17,313	17,077	2,849	2,676	1,657	1,579
East North Central	12,302	12,286	1,969	1,977	1,141	1,205
West North Central	5,011	4,792	880	699	516	373
South	24,552	25,812	3,836	4,226	2,168	2,433
South Atlantic	13,538	14,528	2,364	2,373	1,326	1,350
East South Central	4,075	4,098	535^a	773	320^a	502
West South Central	6,939	7,186	938	1,080	522	581
West	18,257	17,389	3,164	3,405	1,804	2,021
Mountain	5,326	5,186	928	883	555	426
Pacific	12,931	12,202	2,236	2,522	1,249	1,595
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	41,916	41,431	7,072	7,587	4,046	4,312
Small Metro	22,073	22,414	3,790	3,683	2,245	2,253
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	14,574	14,912	2,520	2,502	1,436	1,516
< 250K Pop.	7,500	7,503	1,270	1,180	809	737
Nonmetro	10,630	11,156	1,580	1,563	976	907
Urbanized	5,226	4,923	780	791	526	479
Less Urbanized	4,410^a	5,325	713	668	428	379
Completely Rural	994	908	86	104	22	49
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.91B Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	41.2	41.0	6.9	7.0	4.0	4.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	41.2	41.7	7.4	7.2	4.7	4.1
New England	47.4	48.7	9.7	7.8	6.3	4.2
Middle Atlantic	39.0	39.2	6.5	6.9	4.1	4.0
Midwest	42.5	41.6	7.0	6.5	4.1	3.8
East North Central	43.0	42.7	6.9	6.9	4.0	4.2
West North Central	41.3	39.0	7.3	5.7	4.3	3.0
South	38.1	39.3	5.9	6.4	3.4	3.7
South Atlantic	39.4	41.6	6.9	6.8	3.9	3.9
East South Central	37.6	37.3	4.9^a	7.0	3.0^a	4.6
West South Central	35.9	36.5	4.8	5.5	2.7	3.0
West	45.0	42.3	7.8	8.3	4.5	4.9
Mountain	45.7	43.4	8.0	7.4	4.8	3.6
Pacific	44.8	41.8	7.7	8.6	4.3	5.5
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	43.6	42.1	7.4	7.7	4.2	4.4
Small Metro	41.0	42.0	7.0	6.9	4.2	4.2
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	41.3	42.4	7.1	7.1	4.1	4.3
< 250K Pop.	40.6	41.2	6.9	6.5	4.4	4.0
Nonmetro	34.3	35.5	5.1	5.0	3.2	2.9
Urbanized	38.3	38.8	5.7	6.2	3.9	3.8
Less Urbanized	31.4	33.6	5.1	4.2	3.0	2.4
Completely Rural	30.2	31.7	2.6	3.6	0.7	1.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.92A Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	91,723	91,984	21,486	21,796	12,667	12,667
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	17,725	17,917	4,540	4,482	2,872	2,648
New England	5,335	5,429	1,509	1,315	981^a	772
Middle Atlantic	12,389	12,488	3,031	3,167	1,892	1,876
Midwest	21,467	21,226	4,961	4,763	2,843	2,765
East North Central	15,195	15,161	3,429	3,468	1,980	2,072
West North Central	6,273	6,065	1,532	1,296	863^a	693
South	30,222	31,613	6,654	7,139	3,848	4,094
South Atlantic	16,411	17,584	3,886	3,930	2,240	2,220
East South Central	4,990	5,081	943^a	1,236	556^a	775
West South Central	8,820	8,948	1,825	1,974	1,052	1,099
West	22,309	21,228	5,331	5,411	3,103	3,160
Mountain	6,517	6,422	1,536	1,474	915	759
Pacific	15,793	14,806	3,795	3,937	2,188	2,400
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	50,738	50,063	11,781	12,244	6,962	6,997
Small Metro	27,778	28,148	6,804	6,749	3,979	4,059
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	18,345	18,590	4,508	4,509	2,631	2,734
< 250K Pop.	9,433	9,558	2,296	2,240	1,347	1,325
Nonmetro	13,207	13,773	2,901	2,802	1,726	1,611
Urbanized	6,541	6,196	1,482	1,452	925	857
Less Urbanized	5,504^a	6,494	1,251	1,154	732	657
Completely Rural	1,162	1,083	168	196	68	98
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.92B Marijuana Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	43.1	42.7	10.1	10.1	6.0	5.9
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	43.4	43.7	11.1	10.9	7.0	6.5
New England	49.8	50.4	14.1	12.2	9.2	7.2
Middle Atlantic	41.2	41.4	10.1	10.5	6.3	6.2
Midwest	44.7	43.7	10.3	9.8	5.9	5.7
East North Central	45.1	44.7	10.2	10.2	5.9	6.1
West North Central	43.6	41.5	10.6^a	8.9	6.0^a	4.7
South	39.8	41.0	8.8	9.3	5.1	5.3
South Atlantic	41.1	43.3	9.7	9.7	5.6	5.5
East South Central	39.1	39.3	7.4^a	9.5	4.4^a	6.0
West South Central	38.1	37.9	7.9	8.4	4.5	4.7
West	46.5	43.6	11.1	11.1	6.5	6.5
Mountain	46.9	45.1	11.1	10.4	6.6^a	5.3
Pacific	46.4	43.0	11.1	11.4	6.4	7.0
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	45.0	43.5	10.4	10.6	6.2	6.1
Small Metro	43.4	44.0	10.6	10.5	6.2	6.3
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	43.7	44.2	10.7	10.7	6.3	6.5
< 250K Pop.	42.8	43.6	10.4	10.2	6.1	6.0
Nonmetro	36.8	37.9	8.1	7.7	4.8	4.4
Urbanized	40.9	41.3	9.3	9.7	5.8	5.7
Less Urbanized	33.9	35.8	7.7	6.4	4.5	3.6
Completely Rural	31.8	34.0	4.6	6.2	1.9	3.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.93A Cocaine Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	34,891	34,153	5,908	5,658	2,281	2,021
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	6,992	6,829	1,162	1,039	453	436
New England	2,063	2,069	319	277	110	133
Middle Atlantic	4,929	4,760	843	762	342	302
Midwest	7,243	6,654	1,239	1,275	409	481
East North Central	4,992	4,761	888	941	313	379
West North Central	2,252^a	1,893	351	333	96	103
South	10,265	11,286	2,024	1,987	890	758
South Atlantic	5,671	6,407	1,071	1,140	513	433
East South Central	1,285^a	1,585	305	296	100	153
West South Central	3,309	3,295	648	551	277	172
West	10,390	9,384	1,483	1,358	529^a	346
Mountain	3,014^a	2,513	551	426	211	115
Pacific	7,377	6,871	931	932	319	231
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	20,345	19,550	3,369	3,041	1,368	1,138
Small Metro	10,103	10,023	1,676	1,862	611	637
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	6,728	6,751	1,083	1,263	411	403
< 250K Pop.	3,375	3,272	593	599	200	233
Nonmetro	4,443	4,580	863	755	301	246
Urbanized	2,252	2,283	443	396	128	144
Less Urbanized	1,820	1,958	384	311	158	95
Completely Rural	370	339	36	48	16	8
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.93B Cocaine Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	14.7	14.2	2.5	2.4	1.0	0.8
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	15.4	15.0	2.6	2.3	1.0	1.0
New England	17.4	17.3	2.7	2.3	0.9	1.1
Middle Atlantic	14.7	14.2	2.5	2.3	1.0	0.9
Midwest	13.5^a	12.3	2.3	2.4	0.8	0.9
East North Central	13.3	12.6	2.4	2.5	0.8	1.0
West North Central	14.0^a	11.6	2.2	2.0	0.6	0.6
South	12.1	13.1	2.4	2.3	1.0	0.9
South Atlantic	12.8	14.2	2.4	2.5	1.2	1.0
East South Central	9.0^a	11.0	2.1	2.1	0.7	1.1
West South Central	12.7	12.4	2.5	2.1	1.1	0.6
West	19.3^a	17.2	2.8	2.5	1.0^a	0.6
Mountain	19.3^b	15.7	3.5	2.7	1.4	0.7
Pacific	19.3	17.8	2.4	2.4	0.8	0.6
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	16.1	15.2	2.7	2.4	1.1	0.9
Small Metro	14.2	14.0	2.3	2.6	0.9	0.9
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	14.3	14.3	2.3	2.7	0.9	0.9
< 250K Pop.	13.8	13.4	2.4	2.4	0.8	1.0
Nonmetro	11.1	11.3	2.1	1.9	0.7	0.6
Urbanized	12.6	13.7	2.5	2.4	0.7	0.9
Less Urbanized	10.0	9.7	2.1	1.5	0.9	0.5
Completely Rural	9.0	9.5	0.9	1.4	0.4	0.2
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.94A Cocaine Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	648	611	438	411	153	126
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	85	88	59	68	17	25
New England	27	30	19	22	7	8
Middle Atlantic	57	58	40	46	10	17
Midwest	150^a	107	107^a	76	28	21
East North Central	96	73	71	50	16	12
West North Central	54	34	36	25	11	10
South	224	222	157	160	68	46
South Atlantic	87	101	63	65	25	16
East South Central	26	32	18	22	7	7
West South Central	112	89	76	73	36	23
West	190	193	115	107	41	33
Mountain	90	60	56^a	29	20	12
Pacific	100	133	59	78	20	20
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	321	300	201	201	74	58
Small Metro	186	210	130	134	51	43
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	113	132	79	79	39	22
< 250K Pop.	73	78	51	55	12	22
Nonmetro	141	101	106	75	28	24
Urbanized	66	46	49	35	12	10
Less Urbanized	65	47	49	35	16	13
Completely Rural	11	8	9	5	0	1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.94B Cocaine Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	2.6	2.4	1.8	1.6	0.6	0.5
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	1.9	1.9	1.3	1.5	0.4	0.6
New England	2.3	2.6	1.6	1.9	0.6	0.7
Middle Atlantic	1.7	1.7	1.2	1.4	0.3	0.5
Midwest	2.6^a	1.9	1.9^a	1.3	0.5	0.4
East North Central	2.4	1.8	1.8	1.3	0.4	0.3
West North Central	3.2	2.1	2.1	1.5	0.7	0.6
South	2.5	2.5	1.8	1.8	0.8	0.5
South Atlantic	1.9	2.2	1.4	1.4	0.6	0.4
East South Central	1.8	2.2	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.5
West South Central	3.8	3.0	2.6	2.5	1.2	0.8
West	3.2	3.2	2.0	1.8	0.7	0.5
Mountain	5.2^a	3.5	3.2^a	1.6	1.2	0.7
Pacific	2.4	3.1	1.4	1.8	0.5	0.5
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	2.4	2.2	1.5	1.5	0.6	0.4
Small Metro	2.5	2.7	1.8	1.8	0.7	0.6
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	2.3	2.6	1.6	1.5	0.8	0.4
< 250K Pop.	3.0	3.1	2.1	2.2	0.5	0.8
Nonmetro	3.3	2.4	2.5	1.8	0.7	0.6
Urbanized	3.5	2.7	2.6	2.1	0.6	0.6
Less Urbanized	3.3	2.2	2.5	1.6	0.8	0.6
Completely Rural	2.4	2.0	2.0	1.3	0.0	0.3
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.95A Cocaine Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	4,755	4,893	2,098	2,134	696	692
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	781	885	436	460	156	174
New England	254	264	136	150	41^a	70
Middle Atlantic	526	621	300	309	115	104
Midwest	1,072	1,093	447	482	138	146
East North Central	705	732	310	326	107	91
West North Central	367	361	137	156	31	55
South	1,574	1,595	666	690	216	255
South Atlantic	738	759	323	350	123	144
East South Central	249	272	105	109	22	45
West South Central	586	564	239	231	71	67
West	1,329	1,319	548	502	186^a	116
Mountain	463	434	189	154	61	34
Pacific	866	885	359	348	125	83
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	2,505	2,319	1,103	1,036	370	294
Small Metro	1,541^a	1,764	670	780	227	283
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	1,013	1,162	461	515	170	167
< 250K Pop.	528	603	209	265	57^b	116
Nonmetro	709	810	324	318	100	114
Urbanized	354	385	184	166	73	64
Less Urbanized	313	372	123	137	20^b	51
Completely Rural	41	53	17	14	7	0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.95B Cocaine Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	15.0	15.2	6.6	6.6	2.2	2.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	13.9	15.6	7.7	8.1	2.8	3.1
New England	17.3	17.7	9.3	10.1	2.8^a	4.7
Middle Atlantic	12.6	14.8	7.2	7.4	2.8	2.5
Midwest	14.6	14.7	6.1	6.5	1.9	2.0
East North Central	13.9	14.3	6.1	6.4	2.1	1.8
West North Central	16.1	15.6	6.0	6.7	1.3	2.4
South	13.9	13.8	5.9	6.0	1.9	2.2
South Atlantic	13.2	13.3	5.8	6.1	2.2	2.5
East South Central	12.9	13.9	5.4	5.6	1.1	2.3
West South Central	15.4	14.5	6.3	6.0	1.9	1.7
West	17.9	17.5	7.4	6.7	2.5^a	1.5
Mountain	20.7	19.0	8.5	6.8	2.7	1.5
Pacific	16.7	16.9	6.9	6.6	2.4	1.6
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	15.1	13.9	6.6	6.2	2.2	1.8
Small Metro	15.1	16.6	6.6	7.4	2.2	2.7
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	15.2	16.9	6.9	7.5	2.6	2.4
< 250K Pop.	14.9	16.2	5.9	7.1	1.6^b	3.1
Nonmetro	14.4	16.4	6.6	6.4	2.0	2.3
Urbanized	15.0	16.7	7.8	7.2	3.1	2.8
Less Urbanized	14.3	16.1	5.6	5.9	0.9^b	2.2
Completely Rural	11.3	16.3	4.7	4.4	2.0^a	0.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.96A Cocaine Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	29,488	28,649	3,372	3,114	1,431	1,204
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	6,127	5,855	667	511	280	237
New England	1,781	1,775	164	105	62	55
Middle Atlantic	4,345	4,080	503	406	218	182
Midwest	6,022	5,454	686	718	243	314
East North Central	4,191	3,957	507	565	189	276
West North Central	1,831^a	1,497	178	153	54	37
South	8,467^a	9,468	1,200	1,136	606	457
South Atlantic	4,845	5,546	686	725	364	273
East South Central	1,010^a	1,281	182	165	71	101
West South Central	2,611	2,641	333	247	170	82
West	8,872	7,871	819	749	302	197
Mountain	2,461^a	2,019	306	243	130	69
Pacific	6,411	5,852	513	505	173	128
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	17,519	16,931	2,064	1,803	924	785
Small Metro	8,376	8,049	876	948	334	310
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	5,602	5,457	542	669	202	215
< 250K Pop.	2,774	2,592	333	279	132	95
Nonmetro	3,593	3,669	432	363	173	108
Urbanized	1,833	1,851	210	195	43	71
Less Urbanized	1,442	1,539	212	139	122	31
Completely Rural	319	279	10	29	8	6
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.96B Cocaine Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	16.3	15.6	1.9	1.7	0.8	0.7
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	17.4	16.6	1.9	1.4	0.8	0.7
New England	19.3	19.1	1.8	1.1	0.7	0.6
Middle Atlantic	16.7	15.7	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.7
Midwest	14.8^a	13.3	1.7	1.7	0.6	0.8
East North Central	14.7	13.7	1.8	2.0	0.7	1.0
West North Central	15.1^a	12.2	1.5	1.2	0.4	0.3
South	13.1	14.4	1.9	1.7	0.9	0.7
South Atlantic	14.1	15.9	2.0	2.1	1.1	0.8
East South Central	9.3^a	11.7	1.7	1.5	0.7	0.9
West South Central	13.5	13.4	1.7	1.3	0.9	0.4
West	21.9^a	19.1	2.0	1.8	0.7	0.5
Mountain	21.1^a	16.9	2.6	2.0	1.1	0.6
Pacific	22.2	20.1	1.8	1.7	0.6	0.4
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	18.2	17.2	2.1	1.8	1.0	0.8
Small Metro	15.6	15.1	1.6	1.8	0.6	0.6
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	15.9	15.5	1.5	1.9	0.6	0.6
< 250K Pop.	15.0	14.2	1.8	1.5	0.7	0.5
Nonmetro	11.6	11.7	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.3
Urbanized	13.4	14.6	1.5	1.5	0.3	0.6
Less Urbanized	10.3	9.7	1.5	0.9	0.9	0.2
Completely Rural	9.7	9.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.2
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.97A Cocaine Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	34,243	33,542	5,470	5,247	2,128	1,895
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	6,907	6,740	1,103	971	436	411
New England	2,036	2,039	300	255	103	125
Middle Atlantic	4,872	4,702	803	716	333	285
Midwest	7,094	6,547	1,132	1,199	381	460
East North Central	4,896	4,689	817	891	296	367
West North Central	2,198	1,859	315	308	85	93
South	10,041	11,064	1,867	1,826	822	712
South Atlantic	5,584	6,306	1,008	1,075	488	417
East South Central	1,260^a	1,553	287	274	93	146
West South Central	3,198	3,206	571	478	241	149
West	10,201	9,191	1,368	1,251	489^a	313
Mountain	2,924	2,453	495	398	190	102
Pacific	7,277	6,738	872	853	298	211
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	20,024	19,250	3,168	2,839	1,294	1,079
Small Metro	9,917	9,813	1,546	1,728	561	593
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	6,615	6,619	1,004	1,184	372	382
< 250K Pop.	3,302	3,195	542	544	189	212
Nonmetro	4,302	4,479	756	680	273	222
Urbanized	2,187	2,236	394	361	116	134
Less Urbanized	1,755	1,911	335	276	142	82
Completely Rural	360	332	27	43	15	7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.97B Cocaine Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	16.1	15.6	2.6	2.4	1.0	0.9
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	16.9	16.5	2.7	2.4	1.1	1.0
New England	19.0	18.9	2.8	2.4	1.0	1.2
Middle Atlantic	16.2	15.6	2.7	2.4	1.1	0.9
Midwest	14.8^a	13.5	2.4	2.5	0.8	0.9
East North Central	14.5	13.8	2.4	2.6	0.9	1.1
West North Central	15.3^a	12.7	2.2	2.1	0.6	0.6
South	13.2	14.3	2.5	2.4	1.1	0.9
South Atlantic	14.0	15.5	2.5	2.6	1.2	1.0
East South Central	9.9^a	12.0	2.2	2.1	0.7	1.1
West South Central	13.8	13.6	2.5	2.0	1.0	0.6
West	21.3^a	18.9	2.9	2.6	1.0^a	0.6
Mountain	21.1^a	17.2	3.6	2.8	1.4	0.7
Pacific	21.4	19.6	2.6	2.5	0.9	0.6
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	17.8	16.7	2.8	2.5	1.1	0.9
Small Metro	15.5	15.3	2.4	2.7	0.9	0.9
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	15.8	15.7	2.4	2.8	0.9	0.9
< 250K Pop.	15.0	14.6	2.5	2.5	0.9	1.0
Nonmetro	12.0	12.3	2.1	1.9	0.8	0.6
Urbanized	13.7	14.9	2.5	2.4	0.7	0.9
Less Urbanized	10.8	10.5	2.1	1.5	0.9	0.5
Completely Rural	9.8	10.4	0.7	1.4	0.4	0.2
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.98A Crack Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	7,949	7,840	1,406	1,304	604	467
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	1,373	1,316	220	195	69	88
New England	408	352	41	48	14	14
Middle Atlantic	964	964	178	147	55	74
Midwest	1,643	1,688	336	425	115	155
East North Central	1,071	1,196	219	329	97	129
West North Central	572	492	117	96	19	27
South	2,779	2,939	639	490	318	206
South Atlantic	1,583	1,723	322	318	184	144
East South Central	346^a	510	132	105	59	32
West South Central	850	707	184^b	67	75	30
West	2,153	1,896	211	194	102^b	17
Mountain	707	608	102	50	47	11
Pacific	1,446	1,288	110	144	55^a	6
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	4,445	4,153	769	657	352	245
Small Metro	2,328	2,438	408	425	158	147
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	1,495	1,649	232	268	90	86
< 250K Pop.	833	789	176	157	67	61
Nonmetro	1,175	1,249	229	222	94	75
Urbanized	552	655	85	99	21	36
Less Urbanized	536	535	127	109	65	35
Completely Rural	87	59	17	13	8	4
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.98B Crack Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	3.3	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.2
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	3.0	2.9	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.2
New England	3.4	2.9	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.1
Middle Atlantic	2.9	2.9	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.2
Midwest	3.1	3.1	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.3
East North Central	2.8	3.2	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.3
West North Central	3.6	3.0	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.2
South	3.3	3.4	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.2
South Atlantic	3.6	3.8	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.3
East South Central	2.4^a	3.5	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.2
West South Central	3.3	2.7	0.7^b	0.3	0.3	0.1
West	4.0	3.5	0.4	0.4	0.2^b	0.0
Mountain	4.5	3.8	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.1
Pacific	3.8	3.3	0.3	0.4	0.1^a	0.0
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	3.5	3.2	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.2
Small Metro	3.3	3.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.2
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	3.2	3.5	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.2
< 250K Pop.	3.4	3.2	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.2
Nonmetro	2.9	3.1	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.2
Urbanized	3.1	3.9	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.2
Less Urbanized	2.9	2.6	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.2
Completely Rural	2.1	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.99A Crack Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	157	125	95	63	32	16
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	16	22	10	13	1	4
New England	3	10	1	8	1	0
Middle Atlantic	14	13	9	6	1	3
Midwest	42^a	23	27	15	14^b	3
East North Central	23	19	14	13	5	2
West North Central	19^b	4	13^a	2	9^a	1
South	53	40	34	21	12	6
South Atlantic	22	14	18^a	4	6	2
East South Central	3	9	2	2	1	*
West South Central	28	17	14	14	5	4
West	45	40	25	14	5	4
Mountain	19	17	15	7	5	2
Pacific	26	23	10	6	*	2
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	83^a	48	51^a	23	21^a	4
Small Metro	36	54	21	26	7	7
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	19	36	11	17	4	4
< 250K Pop.	17	18	11	9	3	3
Nonmetro	37	23	23	14	5	5
Urbanized	12	9	7	4	2	*
Less Urbanized	18	13	12	9	2	5
Completely Rural	8	2	3	1	0	*
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.99B Crack Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	0.6	0.5	0.4^a	0.3	0.1	0.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1
New England	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.0
Middle Atlantic	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
Midwest	0.7^a	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.2^b	0.0
East North Central	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1
West North Central	1.1^b	0.2	0.8^a	0.1	0.5^a	0.0
South	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.1
South Atlantic	0.5	0.3	0.4^a	0.1	0.1	0.1
East South Central	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.1	*
West South Central	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.1
West	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.1
Mountain	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.1
Pacific	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.2	*	0.0
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	0.6^a	0.4	0.4^a	0.2	0.2^a	0.0
Small Metro	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1
< 250K Pop.	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1
Nonmetro	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1
Urbanized	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	*
Less Urbanized	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.2
Completely Rural	1.9	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.0	*
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.100A Crack Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	1,193	1,135	275	263	55	80
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	157	188	42	55	6^a	21
New England	44	60	14	29	2	13
Middle Atlantic	114	128	28	25	5	8
Midwest	282	275	78	73	13	26
East North Central	175	158	49	48	8	14
West North Central	106	117	29	25	5	11
South	348	360	81	85	10	26
South Atlantic	153	175	36	45	7	13
East South Central	70	88	16	21	2	5
West South Central	126	97	29	18	1	7
West	406	313	73	50	25	8
Mountain	124	134	28	21	9	5
Pacific	282^a	179	46	29	16	4
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	565	465	118	85	29	24
Small Metro	424	457	105	116	19	39
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	278	268	68	68	11	24
< 250K Pop.	146	189	37	49	8	15
Nonmetro	204	213	51	62	6	18
Urbanized	97	86	26	27	4	8
Less Urbanized	93	107	20	32	2	10
Completely Rural	14	20	5	*	*	0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50419

**Table 1.100B Crack Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	3.8	3.5	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.3
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	2.8	3.3	0.7	1.0	0.1^a	0.4
New England	3.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	0.1^a	0.9
Middle Atlantic	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.2
Midwest	3.8	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.2	0.3
East North Central	3.4	3.1	1.0	0.9	0.2	0.3
West North Central	4.7	5.0	1.3	1.1	0.2	0.5
South	3.1	3.1	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.2
South Atlantic	2.7	3.1	0.6	0.8	0.1	0.2
East South Central	3.6	4.5	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.3
West South Central	3.3	2.5	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.2
West	5.5^a	4.2	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.1
Mountain	5.5	5.9	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.2
Pacific	5.5^a	3.4	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.1
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	3.4	2.8	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.1
Small Metro	4.2	4.3	1.0	1.1	0.2	0.4
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	4.2	3.9	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.3
< 250K Pop.	4.1	5.1	1.0	1.3	0.2	0.4
Nonmetro	4.1	4.3	1.0	1.2	0.1	0.4
Urbanized	4.1	3.7	1.1	1.2	0.2	0.3
Less Urbanized	4.3	4.6	0.9	1.4	0.1	0.4
Completely Rural	3.9	6.1	1.5	*	*	0.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.101A Crack Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	6,599	6,580	1,036	978	517	370
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	1,199	1,107	168	127	61	63
New England	362	283	26	11	12^a	1
Middle Atlantic	837	824	142	116	49	63
Midwest	1,320	1,391	231	337	88	127
East North Central	873	1,020	156	268	83	113
West North Central	447	371	75	68	5	15
South	2,378	2,540	524	385	296	175
South Atlantic	1,408	1,533	268	269	171	129
East South Central	273	413	114	81	55	27
West South Central	697	593	142^b	34	70	19
West	1,702	1,543	113	130	72^a	5
Mountain	564	457	60	22	33	5
Pacific	1,139	1,086	54	109	39	*
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	3,797	3,640	599	549	302	217
Small Metro	1,868	1,927	281	283	132	101
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	1,198	1,345	153	183	76	58
< 250K Pop.	670	582	128	100	56	44
Nonmetro	934	1,013	155	146	83	53
Urbanized	444	560	52	67	14	29
Less Urbanized	426	415	95	68	61	20
Completely Rural	64	38	8	10	8	4
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.101B Crack Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	3.6	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.2
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	3.4	3.1	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.2
New England	3.9	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.1^a	0.0
Middle Atlantic	3.2	3.2	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.2
Midwest	3.2	3.4	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.3
East North Central	3.1	3.5	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.4
West North Central	3.7	3.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.1
South	3.7	3.9	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.3
South Atlantic	4.1	4.4	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.4
East South Central	2.5	3.8	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.2
West South Central	3.6	3.0	0.7^b	0.2	0.4	0.1
West	4.2	3.8	0.3	0.3	0.2^a	0.0
Mountain	4.8	3.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.0
Pacific	3.9	3.7	0.2	0.4	0.1	*
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	3.9	3.7	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.2
Small Metro	3.5	3.6	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.2
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	3.4	3.8	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.2
< 250K Pop.	3.6	3.2	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.2
Nonmetro	3.0	3.2	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.2
Urbanized	3.3	4.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.2
Less Urbanized	3.0	2.6	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.1
Completely Rural	1.9	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.102A Crack Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	7,792	7,715	1,310	1,241	572	451
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	1,356	1,294	210	182	68	84
New England	406	342	40	40	14	13
Middle Atlantic	950	952	170	141	54	71
Midwest	1,601	1,665	309	410	101	153
East North Central	1,048	1,177	205	316	91	127
West North Central	553	488	104	94	10	26
South	2,726	2,899	605	469	306	200
South Atlantic	1,561	1,708	304	314	178	142
East South Central	343^a	501	130	103	58	32
West South Central	822	690	170^b	52	70	26
West	2,108	1,856	187	181	97^a	13
Mountain	688	591	87	43	42	9
Pacific	1,421	1,265	100	138	55^a	4
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	4,362	4,105	718	634	331	241
Small Metro	2,292	2,384	386	399	151	140
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	1,476	1,613	221	251	87	81
< 250K Pop.	816	771	165	148	64	58
Nonmetro	1,138	1,225	206	208	90	70
Urbanized	541	646	78	95	19	36
Less Urbanized	519	522	115	101	63	30
Completely Rural	78	57	14	12	8	4
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 1.102B Crack Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	3.7	3.6	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.2
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	3.3	3.2	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.2
New England	3.8	3.2	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1
Middle Atlantic	3.2	3.2	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.2
Midwest	3.3	3.4	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.3
East North Central	3.1	3.5	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.4
West North Central	3.8	3.3	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.2
South	3.6	3.8	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.3
South Atlantic	3.9	4.2	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.3
East South Central	2.7^a	3.9	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.3
West South Central	3.6	2.9	0.7^b	0.2	0.3	0.1
West	4.4	3.8	0.4	0.4	0.2^b	0.0
Mountain	5.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.1
Pacific	4.2	3.7	0.3	0.4	0.2^a	0.0
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	3.9	3.6	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.2
Small Metro	3.6	3.7	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.2
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	3.5	3.8	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.2
< 250K Pop.	3.7	3.5	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3
Nonmetro	3.2	3.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.2
Urbanized	3.4	4.3	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.2
Less Urbanize