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Table 4.1
Percentage of Persons 12 and Older Using Cigarettes, Alcohol, Any Illicit Drugs, Marijuana and
Cocaine in the Past Year, Percentage in Need of Illicit Drug Abuse Treatment, Percentage
Reporting Dependence on Alcohol, Percentage Reporting Heavy Cigarette Use in the Past
Month, and Percentage Reporting Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month, and Percentage
Reporting Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month. By Race/Ethnicity, 1991-1993.
	Use in Past Year
	Cigarettes	Alcohol	Any illicit drug	MJ*	Cocaine	Heavy cig*	Heavy alcohol	Need drug abuse treatment	Alc* dependence
Total	30.9%	66.4%	11.0%	9.0%	2.5%	13.8%	5.1%	2.7%	3.5%
Native American	52.7	63.7	19.8	15.0	5.2	23.9	4.6	7.8	5.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	21.7	53.2	6.5	4.7	1.4	4.8	0.9	1.7	1.8
Hispanic
Caribbean	21.2	60.8	7.6	5.6	1.5	3.6	2.5	1.6	1.9
Central America	17.9	51.1	5.7	2.7	1.1	2.3	2.2	1.5	2.8
Cuba	27.3	65.7	8.2	5.9	1.7	8.9	2.8	2.6	0.9
Mexico	29.1	63.7	12.7	9.1	3.9	4.7	6.9	3.6	5.6
Puerto Rico	32.7	59.5	13.3	10.8	3.7	11.8	4.0	3.7	3.0
South America	31.3	74.1	10.7	8.4	2.0	6.9	3.0	1.7	2.1
Other	25.9	66.3	10.6	9.1	2.3	5.3	4.9	3.4	3.1
Non-Hispanic Black	29.9	55.4	13.1	10.6	3.1	9.1	4.7	3.9	3.4
Non-Hispanic White	31.5	68.9	11.8	8.9	2.4	15.5	5.3	2.5	3.4
Note: Heavy cigarette use is defined as smoking a pack or more per day during the past 30 days.
Heavy alcohol use is defined as drinking five or more drinks per occasion on 5 or more days
during the past 30 days.
* Cig = cigarettes, alc = alcohol, MJ = marijuana, coc = cocaine
Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1991-93.