1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Table 35.   Percentages Reporting Lifetime and Past Month Use of Alcohol, by Age Group and Geographic Characteristics:  Annual Averages Based on 1997 and 1998 Samples     

	AGE GROUP (Time Period)
	12-17		18-25		26-34		35 and Older		Total
Geographic Characteristic	Lifetime	Past Month	Lifetime	Past Month	Lifetime	Past Month	Lifetime	Past Month	Lifetime	Past Month
TOTAL	38.5	19.8	83.4	59.2	88.5	60.5	86.8	52.9	81.6	51.5
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
North East
New England	39.1	21.2	89.3	65.6	93.1	64.0	94.1	59.8	87.9	57.3
Mid Atlantic	37.2	20.6	81.5	61.0	88.0	60.3	90.0	56.3	83.8	54.1
North Central
East North Central	43.3	22.5	90.2	68.9	92.6	65.3	88.2	54.6	84.5	55.1
West North Central	41.5	20.9	94.1	73.2	95.4	71.3	92.6	61.6	87.6	59.9
South
South Atlantic	34.4	18.0	79.2	55.2	88.5	60.9	83.5	49.4	78.8	48.8
East South Central	38.3	19.2	84.1	49.4	87.8	49.6	81.3	40.2	78.0	40.7
West South Central	38.8	18.7	84.8	57.9	85.1	58.6	82.0	46.1	78.2	46.7
West
Mountain	37.2	20.0	*	*	86.6	*	87.4	51.8	78.8	*
Pacific	38.2	18.4	80.1	57.0	84.0	56.1	86.5	56.5	80.1	52.4
EXPANDED POPULATION DENSITY1
Large Metro	37.2	19.5	81.4	58.3	87.5	61.8	88.0	56.8	82.0	54.1
Small Metro
Population $250K	41.0	20.8	82.2	57.8	89.0	61.7	88.2	54.0	82.5	52.2
Population <250K	39.1	19.2	88.5	67.2	90.8	62.4	88.1	54.0	83.4	53.4
Nonmetro
Urban	37.9	20.4	85.9	61.7	88.1	58.7	83.8	48.1	80.2	48.9
Rural	38.2	19.0	84.4	53.6	89.8	52.5	81.6	41.9	78.0	42.0
STATE2
California	36.0	16.9	78.0	54.4	81.6	54.5	83.9	53.7	77.5	50.0
Arizona	46.8	24.0	85.0	62.0	91.3	67.1	91.3	55.2	85.5	54.5
U.S. Excluding CA&AZ	38.8	20.4	84.1	59.2	89.7	61.5	86.7	52.4	81.9	51.4

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

¹ Population density is based on 1990 MSA classifications and their 1990 Census of Population counts.

² State estimates in this table are based on data from quarters 2-4 of the 1997 NHSDA and all four quarters of the 1998 NHSDA data.

Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1997 and 1998.

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