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10703

Table 2.1A Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Users of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

159,114

157,518

79,795

78,162

66,776

65,489

    Cigarettes

150,715

148,377

66,636

65,009

56,962

55,667

    Smokeless Tobacco

42,213

41,412

10,292

9,988

7,570

7,582

    Cigars

78,613

76,377

26,034b

23,355

12,136b

10,712

    Pipes2

39,222a

36,726

--

--

2,402

2,131

             

Alcohol

179,788

180,781

137,741

138,179

102,711

104,092

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

44,681

46,049

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

12,552

12,554

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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, 1999 and 2000.

10703

Table 2.1B Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

72.0b

70.5

36.1a

35.0

30.2

29.3

    Cigarettes

68.2b

66.5

30.1a

29.1

25.8

24.9

    Smokeless Tobacco

19.1

18.5

4.7

4.5

3.4

3.4

    Cigars

35.6a

34.2

11.8b

10.5

5.5b

4.8

    Pipes2

17.7b

16.4

--

--

1.1

1.0

             

Alcohol

81.3

81.0

62.3

61.9

46.4

46.6

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

20.2

20.6

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

5.7

5.6

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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, 1999 and 2000.

10703

Table 2.2A Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Users of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 12 to 17: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

9,429b

8,872

6,322b

5,673

4,012b

3,641

    Cigarettes

8,601b

8,087

5,428b

4,869

3,456b

3,140

    Smokeless Tobacco

2,272b

2,000

1,068

1,039

530

486

    Cigars

4,540b

3,997

2,915b

2,398

1,243b

1,053

    Pipes2

784a

677

--

--

170

180

             

Alcohol

9,948

9,741

7,920

7,720

3,838

3,822

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

2,344

2,438

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

559

615

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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, 1999 and 2000.

10703

Table 2.2B Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 12 to 17: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

40.6b

38.0

27.2b

24.3

17.3b

15.6

    Cigarettes

37.1b

34.6

23.4b

20.8

14.9b

13.4

    Smokeless Tobacco

9.8b

8.6

4.6

4.4

2.3

2.1

    Cigars

19.6b

17.1

12.6b

10.3

5.4b

4.5

    Pipes2

3.4a

2.9

--

--

0.7

0.8

             

Alcohol

42.9a

41.7

34.1

33.0

16.5

16.4

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

10.1

10.4

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

2.4

2.6

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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, 1999 and 2000.

10703

Table 2.3A Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Users of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 18 to 25: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

20,948

20,910

15,505

15,117

12,697

12,424

    Cigarettes

19,618

19,514

13,520

13,283

11,292

11,095

    Smokeless Tobacco

7,348b

6,828

2,623b

2,318

1,634a

1,454

    Cigars

12,509

12,274

7,104b

6,339

3,274a

3,026

    Pipes2

2,762b

2,383

--

--

373

356

             

Alcohol

23,886

24,352

21,290

21,580

16,296

16,473

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

10,790

10,964

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

3,772

3,724

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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, 1999 and 2000.

10703

Table 2.3B Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 18 to 25: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

73.6a

72.1

54.5b

52.2

44.6a

42.9

    Cigarettes

68.9a

67.3

47.5a

45.8

39.7a

38.3

    Smokeless Tobacco

25.8b

23.6

9.2b

8.0

5.7b

5.0

    Cigars

43.9a

42.3

25.0b

21.9

11.5b

10.4

    Pipes2

9.7b

8.2

--

--

1.3

1.2

             

Alcohol

83.9

84.0

74.8

74.5

57.2

56.8

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

37.9

37.8

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

13.3

12.8

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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, 1999 and 2000.

10703

Table 2.4A Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Users of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 26 or Older: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

128,736

127,735

57,968

57,372

50,067

49,424

    Cigarettes

122,495

120,776

47,687

46,857

42,213

41,432

    Smokeless Tobacco

32,593

32,584

6,601

6,632

5,405

5,642

    Cigars

61,564

60,106

16,014a

14,618

7,618a

6,633

    Pipes2

35,677

33,666

--

--

1,859

1,596

             

Alcohol

145,954

146,687

108,531

108,879

82,577

83,797

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

31,547

32,647

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

8,221

8,216

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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, 1999 and 2000.

10703

Table 2.4B Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 26 or Older: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

76.0a

74.7

34.2

33.6

29.5

28.9

    Cigarettes

72.3b

70.7

28.1

27.4

24.9

24.2

    Smokeless Tobacco

19.2

19.1

3.9

3.9

3.2

3.3

    Cigars

36.3

35.2

9.5a

8.6

4.5a

3.9

    Pipes2

21.1a

19.7

--

--

1.1

0.9

             

Alcohol

86.1

85.8

64.0

63.7

48.7

49.0

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

18.6

19.1

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

4.9

4.8

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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, 1999 and 2000.

10703

Table 2.5A Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Users of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 12 or 13: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

1,509b

1,334

848b

663

367

312

    Cigarettes

1,284a

1,136

721b

549

312

263

    Smokeless Tobacco

298

266

120

121

51

47

    Cigars

509a

428

284b

187

87

60

    Pipes2

102

95

--

--

28

28

             

Alcohol

1,472

1,426

977

950

336

358

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

139

158

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

16

17

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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, 1999 and 2000.

10703

Table 2.5B Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 12 or 13: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

19.9b

17.2

11.2b

8.5

4.8a

4.0

    Cigarettes

16.9b

14.6

9.5b

7.1

4.1

3.4

    Smokeless Tobacco

3.9

3.4

1.6

1.6

0.7

0.6

    Cigars

6.7b

5.5

3.7b

2.4

1.1a

0.8

    Pipes2

1.4

1.2

--

--

0.4

0.4

             

Alcohol

19.4

18.4

12.9

12.2

4.4

4.6

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

1.8

2.0

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

0.2

0.2

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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, 1999 and 2000.

10703

Table 2.6A Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Users of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 14 or 15: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

3,373

3,235

2,166a

1,999

1,293b

1,142

    Cigarettes

3,079

2,952

1,883a

1,705

1,121b

973

    Smokeless Tobacco

732a

641

356

376

180

168

    Cigars

1,488a

1,347

937a

816

401

343

    Pipes2

272

251

--

--

67

79

             

Alcohol

3,498

3,512

2,784

2,740

1,210

1,264

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

705

749

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

127

141

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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, 1999 and 2000.

10703

Table 2.6B Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 14 or 15: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

42.9b

40.2

27.5b

24.8

16.4b

14.2

    Cigarettes

39.2b

36.7

23.9b

21.2

14.3b

12.1

    Smokeless Tobacco

9.3b

8.0

4.5

4.7

2.3

2.1

    Cigars

18.9b

16.7

11.9b

10.1

5.1a

4.3

    Pipes2

3.5

3.1

--

--

0.9

1.0

             

Alcohol

44.5

43.6

35.4

34.0

15.4

15.7

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

9.0

9.3

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

1.6

1.8

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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, 1999 and 2000.

10703

Table 2.7A Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Users of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 16 or 17: 1999 and 2000 List of Tables: Standard Errors (SE) and P-Values

 

TIME PERIOD

 

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

Drug

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

Any Tobacco1

4,547a

4,304

3,307b

3,012

2,352

2,187

    Cigarettes

4,238a

3,999

2,825a

2,615

2,023

1,903

    Smokeless Tobacco

1,242a

1,093

592

542

299

271

    Cigars

2,543b

2,222

1,695b

1,395

755a

650

    Pipes2

409a

332

--

--

76

73

             

Alcohol

4,977

4,804

4,160

4,030

2,292

2,199

    "Binge" Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

1,499

1,531

    Heavy Alcohol Use3

--

--

--

--

416

457

*Low precision; no estimate reported.

-- Not available.

aDifference between estimate and 2000 estimate is statistically significant at the .05 level.

bDifference between estimate and 2000 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