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2001 National Household  Survey on Drug Abuse

Alcohol or Tobacco Use Tables - Tables H.21 to H.41

 

20621 (2.1A)
Table H.21 Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Users of Tobacco and Alcohol among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2000 and 2001

Drug

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

2000

2001

2000

2001

2000

2001

Any Tobacco1

157,518

161,028

78,162

78,627

65,489

66,476

    Cigarettes

148,377

151,638

65,009

65,577

55,667

56,288

    Smokeless Tobacco

41,412

43,056

9,988

9,809

7,582

7,309

    Cigars

76,377a

79,932

23,355

23,846

10,712b

12,103

    Pipes2

36,726

38,373

--

--

2,131

2,349

Alcohol

180,781

184,402

138,179b

143,638

104,092b

109,029

    Binge Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

46,049

46,365

      Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

12,554

12,944

*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .01 level.
1 Use of any tobacco product indicates using at least once cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any tobacco use in the past year does not include use of pipe tobacco.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. By "occasion" is meant at the same time or within a couple hours of each other. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all Heavy Alcohol Users are also Binge Alcohol Users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

 

20621 (2.1B)
Table H.22 Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2000 and 2001

Drug

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

2000

2001

2000

2001

2000

2001

Any Tobacco1

70.5

71.4

35.0

34.8

29.3

29.5

    Cigarettes

66.5

67.2

29.1

29.1

24.9

24.9

    Smokeless Tobacco

18.5

19.1

4.5

4.3

3.4

3.2

    Cigars

34.2a

35.4

10.5

10.6

4.8b

5.4

    Pipes2

16.4

17.0

--

--

1.0

1.0

Alcohol

81.0a

81.7

61.9b

63.7

46.6b

48.3

    Binge Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

20.6

20.5

      Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

5.6

5.7

*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .01 level.
1 Use of any tobacco product indicates using at least once cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any tobacco use in the past year does not include use of pipe tobacco.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. By "occasion" is meant at the same time or within a couple hours of each other. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all Heavy Alcohol Users are also Binge Alcohol Users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

 

20621 (2.2B)
Table H.23 Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2000 and 2001

Drug

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

2000

2001

2000

2001

2000

2001

Any Tobacco1

38.0

37.0

24.3

23.5

15.6

15.1

    Cigarettes

34.6

33.6

20.8

20.0

13.4

13.0

    Smokeless Tobacco

8.6

8.3

4.4

4.4

2.1

2.1

    Cigars

17.1

16.4

10.3

9.9

4.5

4.3

    Pipes2

2.9

2.9

--

--

0.8

0.7

Alcohol

41.7

42.9

33.0

33.9

16.4a

17.3

    Binge Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

10.4

10.6

      Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

2.6

2.5

*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .01 level.
1 Use of any tobacco product indicates using at least once cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any tobacco use in the past year does not include use of pipe tobacco.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. By "occasion" is meant at the same time or within a couple hours of each other. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all Heavy Alcohol Users are also Binge Alcohol Users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

 

20621 (2.3B)
Table H.24 Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol among Persons Aged 18 to 25: 2000 and 2001

Drug

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

2000

2001

2000

2001

2000

2001

Any Tobacco1

72.1a

73.6

52.2

53.1

42.9

43.9

    Cigarettes

67.3b

69.0

45.8

46.8

38.3

39.1

    Smokeless Tobacco

23.6

23.7

8.0

8.5

5.0

5.4

    Cigars

42.3a

43.8

21.9

21.5

10.4

10.4

    Pipes2

8.2

8.6

--

--

1.2

1.3

Alcohol

84.0

85.0

74.5

75.4

56.8b

58.8

    Binge Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

37.8

38.7

      Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

12.8

13.6

*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .01 level.
1 Use of any tobacco product indicates using at least once cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any tobacco use in the past year does not include use of pipe tobacco.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. By "occasion" is meant at the same time or within a couple hours of each other. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all Heavy Alcohol Users are also Binge Alcohol Users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

 

20621 (2.4B)
Table H.25 Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol among Persons Aged 26 or Older: 2000 and 2001

Drug

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

2000

2001

2000

2001

2000

2001

Any Tobacco1

74.7

75.7

33.6

33.3

28.9

29.0

    Cigarettes

70.7

71.5

27.4

27.3

24.2

24.2

    Smokeless Tobacco

19.1

19.8

3.9

3.6

3.3

3.0

    Cigars

35.2a

36.6

8.6

8.8

3.9b

4.7

    Pipes2

19.7

20.4

--

--

0.9

1.0

Alcohol

85.8

86.5

63.7b

65.7

49.0b

50.8

    Binge Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

19.1

18.8

      Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

4.8

4.8

*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.
aDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .01 level.
1 Use of any tobacco product indicates using at least once cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Any tobacco use in the past year does not include use of pipe tobacco.
2 Information about past year use of pipe tobacco was not collected.
3 Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. By "occasion" is meant at the same time or within a couple hours of each other. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all Heavy Alcohol Users are also Binge Alcohol Users.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

 

20621 (2.20B)
Table H.26 Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Cigarettes, by Detailed Age Categories: 2000 and 2001

Age Category

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

2000

2001

2000

2001

2000

2001

Total

66.5

67.2

29.1

29.1

24.9

24.9

12

10.3

10.0

4.5

4.9

1.8

1.7

13

18.7

17.6

9.5

9.3

4.9

4.5

14

29.5

29.3

16.8

16.3

8.7

8.0

15

43.9b

40.1

25.6a

23.3

15.5

14.8

16

50.5

49.3

32.0

30.7

22.2

21.6

17

55.6

54.9

37.5

35.7

28.4

27.4

18

62.4

61.2

44.2

44.9

36.0

36.3

19

66.6

67.7

49.0

49.3

40.2

40.9

20

68.8

69.8

49.5

49.8

41.4

41.9

21

69.4a

73.1

49.3

50.9

40.4

43.5

22

69.2

71.4

46.9

47.7

39.8

39.6

23

69.0

70.5

44.9

45.5

38.3

39.0

24

67.8

70.3

43.6

44.1

37.1

37.0

25

66.5a

70.0

38.2a

41.7

32.7

34.6

26-29

68.9

70.8

38.2

38.3

31.9

32.6

30-34

69.8

69.7

32.6

34.2

28.0

29.0

35-39

71.3

73.0

33.0

34.5

29.7

30.9

40-44

74.0

74.2

31.7

33.6

28.3

29.9

45-49

73.0

74.9

29.5

30.7

26.6

28.2

50-54

74.8

74.7

31.7b

25.3

29.2b

23.0

55-59

75.1

74.4

26.6

25.5

22.6

23.6

60-64

71.5

74.3

21.3

19.5

19.1

18.3

65 or Older

62.9

63.4

10.9

11.0

9.8

9.1

*Low precision; no estimate reported.
aDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .01 level.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

 

20621 (2.30B)
Table H.27 Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Cigarettes among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Demographic
Characteristic

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

2000

2001

2000

2001

2000

2001

TOTAL

66.5

67.2

29.1

29.1

24.9

24.9

AGE

           

    12-17

34.6

33.6

20.8

20.0

13.4

13.0

    18-25

67.3b

69.0

45.8

46.8

38.3

39.1

    26 or Older

70.7

71.5

27.4

27.3

24.2

24.2

GENDER

           

    Male

71.9

72.3

31.6

31.6

26.9

27.1

    Female

61.4

62.5

26.8

26.7

23.1

23.0

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE

           

    Not Hispanic

67.9

68.8

29.5

29.5

25.4

25.4

      White Only

71.4

72.3

30.2

30.3

25.9

26.1

      Black Only

54.9

56.2

26.7

27.5

23.3

23.9

      American Indian or Alaska

        Native Only

72.8

72.2

45.7

42.4

42.3

38.0

      Native Hawaiian or Other

        Pacific Islander

*

53.9

*

30.2

*

27.7

      Asian Only

38.8

39.3

18.8

16.1

16.5

12.9

      More Than One Race

62.3

68.4

36.1

35.6

32.3

31.1

    Hispanic

54.0

53.9

26.1

25.6

20.7

20.9

*Low precision; no estimate reported.
aDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .01 level.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

 

20621 (2.31B)
Table H.28 Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Cigarettes among Youths Aged 12 to 17, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Demographic
Characteristic

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

2000

2001

2000

2001

2000

2001

TOTAL

34.6

33.6

20.8

20.0

13.4

13.0

GENDER

           

    Male

34.5

33.3

20.0

19.4

12.8

12.4

    Female

34.8

33.9

21.8

20.7

14.1

13.6

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE

           

    Not Hispanic

35.2

34.0

21.2

20.4

14.0

13.4

      White Only

38.1a

36.3

23.6

22.6

16.0

15.0

      Black Only

24.4

24.3

11.6

11.4

6.1

6.5

      American Indian or Alaska

        Native Only

*

61.1

36.8

38.6

27.5

29.0

      Native Hawaiian or Other

        Pacific Islander

*

*

*

*

*

*

      Asian Only

23.6

23.4

13.9

11.4

8.4

7.3

      More Than One Race

33.7

36.5

20.3

22.5

10.2

15.8

    Hispanic

31.2

31.2

18.7

17.8

10.2

10.2

GENDER/RACE/HISPANIC ORIGIN

           

    Male - White

37.3

35.5

22.0

21.5

14.7

13.7

    Female - White

38.9

37.2

25.3

23.9

17.3

16.4

    Male - Black

25.3

24.8

13.0

10.8

7.4

7.0

    Female - Black

23.4

23.7

10.2

12.0

4.9

6.0

    Male - Hispanic

32.7

33.3

19.3

18.8

10.6

11.4

    Female - Hispanic

29.6

28.9

18.1

16.8

9.9

9.1

*Low precision; no estimate reported.
aDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .01 level.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

 

20621 (2.32B)
Table H.29 Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Cigarettes among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Demographic
Characteristic

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

2000

2001

2000

2001

2000

2001

TOTAL

67.3b

69.0

45.8

46.8

38.3

39.1

GENDER

           

    Male

70.2

71.9

49.3

50.3

41.6

42.7

    Female

64.5a

66.2

42.4

43.4

35.0

35.7

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE

           

    Not Hispanic

69.0a

70.4

47.8

48.4

40.4

40.7

      White Only

74.1

74.9

51.9

52.5

43.9

44.3

      Black Only

50.2

52.8

31.5

30.8

25.9

25.2

      American Indian or Alaska

        Native Only

82.3

*

*

*

*

*

      Native Hawaiian or Other

        Pacific Islander

*

*

*

*

*

*

      Asian Only

41.9b

52.0

27.4a

34.9

22.0

27.8

      More Than One Race

78.9

78.0

61.9

56.0

54.9

46.4

    Hispanic

57.6a

61.1

34.5a

38.0

26.5a

30.4

ADULT EDUCATION

           

    < High School

68.9

70.6

51.9

54.1

45.0

47.8

    High School Graduate

68.3

68.7

47.8

48.5

40.9

41.1

    Some College

66.3

68.4

43.8

44.1

35.3

35.8

    College Graduate

64.4b

69.0

34.6

37.3

26.2

28.2

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT1

           

    Full-Time

71.6a

73.2

49.3

49.6

41.8

42.1

    Part-Time

63.6

65.3

42.1

43.8

33.4a

36.1

    Unemployed

74.4

72.2

59.5

55.2

53.0a

47.3

    Other2

58.7a

61.7

37.9a

40.8

31.2

32.7

*Low precision; no estimate reported.
aDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.
bDifference between estimate and 2001 estimate is statistically significant at the .01 level.
1 Estimates for 2000 and 2001 are based on a revised definition of employment and are not comparable with estimates by employment published in prior NHSDA reports.
2 Retired, disabled, homemaker, student, or "other."
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2000 and 2001.

 

20621 (2.33B)
Table H.30 Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Cigarettes among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Demographic
Characteristic

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

2000

2001

2000

2001

2000

2001

TOTAL

70.7

71.5

27.4

27.3

24.2

24.2

GENDER

           

    Male

77.7

78.2

30.1

30.0

26.4

26.4

    Female

64.3

65.5

25.0

24.8

22.3

22.1

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE

           

    Not Hispanic

72.0

73.1

27.6

27.6

24.6

24.5

      White Only

75.0

76.2

27.7

27.9

24.5

24.7

      Black Only

61.6

62.9

28.4

29.8

25.9

26.8

      American Indian or Alaska

        Native Only

*

73.2

*

39.6