## Table 12. Percentage of High School Students Who Used Alcohol or Cigarettes by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Grade, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1990*--*2003

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<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th rowspan="2"><h3 id="drug-use-behavior-and-year">Drug Use Behavior
and Year</h3></th>
<th colspan="2"><h3 id="sex">Sex</h3></th>
<th colspan="3"><h3 id="raceethnicity">Race/Ethnicity</h3></th>
<th colspan="4"><h3 id="grade-level">Grade Level</h3></th>
<th><h3 id="section"></h3></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th><h3 id="section-1"></h3>
<h3 id="male">Male</h3></th>
<th><h3 id="section-2"></h3>
<h3 id="female">Female</h3></th>
<th><strong>White, non-His-panic</strong></th>
<th><strong>Black, non-His-panic</strong></th>
<th><strong>His-panic</strong></th>
<th><strong>9<sup>th</sup></strong></th>
<th><strong>10<sup>th</sup></strong></th>
<th><strong>11<sup>th</sup></strong></th>
<th><strong>12<sup>th</sup></strong></th>
<th><h3 id="all-groups">All Groups</h3></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Episodic heavy drinking<sup>1</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1990</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>43.5</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>30.4</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>27.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>35.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>39.6</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>44.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>36.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1991</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>36.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>26.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>31.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1993</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>33.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>26.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>32.6</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>19.1</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>33.4</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>22.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>26.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>31.3</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>39.1</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>30.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1995</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>36.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>28.6</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>35.6</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>18.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>37.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>24.5</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>30.3</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>39.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>32.6</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1997</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>37.3</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>28.6</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>37.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>16.1</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>25.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>29.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>37.5</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>39.3</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>33.4</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1999</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>28.1</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>35.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>16.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>32.1</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>21.1</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>32.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>41.6</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>31.5</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2001</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>33.5</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>26.4</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td>11.1</td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>30.1</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>24.5</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>28.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>32.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>36.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>29.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2003</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>29.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>27.5</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>31.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td>15.3</td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>28.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>19.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>27.4</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>31.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>37.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>28.3</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Current cigarette<sup>2</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1990</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td>—</td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td>—</td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>—</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1991</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>28.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>27.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>28.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1993</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>29.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>31.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>33.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>15.4</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>28.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>27.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>28.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>31.1</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.5</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>30.5</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1995</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>35.4</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.3</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>38.3</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>19.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>31.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>33.1</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>35.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>38.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1997</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>37.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>39.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>22.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>33.4</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>35.3</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>36.6</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>36.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>36.4</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>1999</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>38.6</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>19.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>32.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>27.6</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>36.0</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>42.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>34.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2001</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>29.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>27.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>31.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>14.7</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>26.6</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>23.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>26.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>29.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>35.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>28.5</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><blockquote>
<p>2003</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>21.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>21.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>24.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>15.1</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>18.4</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>17.4</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>21.8</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>23.6</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>26.2</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td><blockquote>
<p>21.9</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

--- Data not available.

^1^ Drank five or more drinks of alcohol on at least one occasion on one
or more days during the last 30 days.

^2^ Used one or more times during the past 30 days.

Sources: "Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among High School
Students---United States," *Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report*, 40
(45) (1990): 776--84; 41 (37) (1991): 698--703; "Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance---United States 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003"
*Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report*, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services.