2004 Tables: Tobacco Product and Alcohol Use (PE)

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**Table 2.58A Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	7,997^b	7,558	4,887^b	4,691	3,126	3,021
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	6,757^b	6,355	4,181^b	3,990	2,751	2,651
White	5,399^b	5,075	3,485^a	3,338	2,361	2,266
Black or African American	921	884	449	433	248	243
American Indian or Alaska Native	95	79	64	52	47	35
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	9	7	6
Chinese	26	29	15	15	6	8
Filipino	47	*	16	13	8	8
Japanese	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian Indian	32	25	22	13	10	8
Korean	18	*	*	*	2	*
Vietnamese	25	*	6	6	2	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	1,239	1,202	706	701	375	370
Mexican	880	848	506	500	261	258
Puerto Rican	147	128	86	76	55	48
Central or South American	131	120	72	59	33	26
Cuban	46	37	26	23	17	12
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.58B Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	32.1^b	30.1	19.6^b	18.7	12.6^a	12.0
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	32.4^b	30.3	20.0^b	19.0	13.2^a	12.6
White	34.7^b	32.7	22.4^b	21.5	15.2^a	14.6
Black or African American	25.0^a	23.4	12.2	11.5	6.8	6.4
American Indian or Alaska Native	52.3	46.0	35.2	30.7	25.5	20.6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	12.5	8.9	8.1
Chinese	12.1	14.1	7.2	7.4	2.9	3.8
Filipino	28.6	*	9.9	7.9	4.6	5.0
Japanese	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian Indian	15.3	10.8	10.7	5.5	5.1	3.4
Korean	19.0	*	*	*	2.0	*
Vietnamese	21.8	*	5.2	6.1	1.5	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	31.0^a	29.0	17.7	16.9	9.4	8.9
Mexican	30.9	29.3	17.8	17.3	9.2	8.9
Puerto Rican	31.1^a	26.7	18.1	15.8	11.6	10.0
Central or South American	30.1	27.2	16.5	13.3	7.5	5.8
Cuban	38.3^b	26.7	21.9	16.9	14.4	8.3
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

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**Table 2.59A Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	22,183	22,193	15,163	15,201	12,707	12,748
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	18,577	18,549	12,908	12,874	10,911	10,881
White	14,883	14,872	10,604	10,542	8,995	8,950
Black or African American	2,358	2,400	1,394	1,462	1,175	1,238
American Indian or Alaska Native	163	146	125	108	104	96
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	110	90	79	65	69	54
Chinese	124	162	73	102	57	72
Filipino	162	160	98	103	81	83
Japanese	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian Indian	144	150	93	96	57	61
Korean	137	111	101	80	90	70
Vietnamese	73	72	42	41	28	32
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	3,606	3,644	2,255	2,327	1,796	1,866
Mexican	2,559	2,590	1,564	1,628	1,242	1,287
Puerto Rican	383	353	260	252	224	214
Central or South American	449	442	284	268	218	211
Cuban	91	89	68	68	56	59
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.59B Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	70.7^b	69.4	48.3^a	47.6	40.5	39.9
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	72.0^b	70.6	50.0^b	49.0	42.3^a	41.4
White	76.4^b	75.1	54.4^b	53.3	46.2^a	45.2
Black or African American	56.5	55.6	33.4	33.9	28.1	28.7
American Indian or Alaska Native	81.7	82.1	62.6	60.9	52.4	54.0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66.8	64.9	48.2	46.6	41.8	38.7
Chinese	43.0	46.2	25.2	29.2	19.6	20.6
Filipino	58.7	61.3	35.6	39.6	29.5	31.7
Japanese	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian Indian	49.8	47.0	32.0	30.2	19.7	19.2
Korean	74.3	65.4	54.5	47.1	48.6	41.1
Vietnamese	46.8	43.6	26.8	24.7	18.0	19.7
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	64.7	64.0	40.5	40.9	32.2	32.8
Mexican	64.7	64.5	39.5	40.5	31.4	32.0
Puerto Rican	69.8	68.3	47.5	48.8	41.0	41.4
Central or South American	61.9	59.4	39.1	35.9	30.1	28.4
Cuban	63.9	64.2	47.4	49.0	39.2	42.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.60A Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	132,717	132,791	50,532	49,989	44,952	44,396
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	120,780	120,953	45,391	44,903	40,582	40,133
White	102,420	102,562	36,941	36,918	33,010	33,004
Black or African American	12,642	12,694	6,056	5,903	5,512	5,357
American Indian or Alaska Native	784	728	403	338	350	297
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*
Chinese	662	680	138	116	101	84
Filipino	738	800	306^b	179	245^a	154
Japanese	474	511	111	93	97	74
Asian Indian	599	646	272	211	226	172
Korean	*	*	*	*	*	*
Vietnamese	*	*	*	*	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	11,937	11,838	5,141	5,086	4,370	4,264
Mexican	7,524	7,356	3,254	3,168	2,781	2,643
Puerto Rican	1,467	1,383	715	688	630	595
Central or South American	1,698	1,736	724	687	565	538
Cuban	615	643	273	274	236	239
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.60B Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	73.7^a	72.9	28.0	27.5	25.0	24.4
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	75.4	74.9	28.3	27.8	25.3	24.9
White	78.3	78.1	28.2	28.1	25.2	25.1
Black or African American	65.6	64.6	31.4	30.1	28.6	27.3
American Indian or Alaska Native	79.5	78.4	40.8	36.4	35.5	32.0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*
Chinese	41.2	39.1	8.6	6.7	6.3	4.8
Filipino	44.5	45.1	18.4^b	10.1	14.8^a	8.7
Japanese	65.7	67.1	15.5	12.2	13.4	9.8
Asian Indian	39.7	37.9	18.0	12.4	15.0	10.1
Korean	*	*	*	*	*	*
Vietnamese	*	*	*	*	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	60.0^b	57.4	25.8	24.7	21.9	20.7
Mexican	59.3^a	56.4	25.6	24.3	21.9	20.3
Puerto Rican	68.1	66.2	33.2	32.9	29.3	28.5
Central or South American	58.8	54.1	25.1	21.4	19.6	16.8
Cuban	61.3	60.9	27.2	26.0	23.5	22.6
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.61A Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	154,900	154,983	65,695	65,190	57,659	57,144
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	139,356	139,501	58,300	57,777	51,493	51,014
White	117,302	117,435	47,544	47,461	42,005	41,953
Black or African American	15,000	15,095	7,449	7,364	6,687	6,595
American Indian or Alaska Native	946	874	527	446	454	393
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	398	300	230	199	185	162
Chinese	786	842	211	218	158	156
Filipino	899	960	404^a	282	326	236
Japanese	517	548	143	121	124	101
Asian Indian	742	796	364	307	283	233
Korean	*	345	232^a	159	214^a	138
Vietnamese	305	273	169	145	141	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	15,543	15,482	7,395	7,413	6,166	6,130
Mexican	10,084	9,946	4,818	4,796	4,023	3,929
Puerto Rican	1,850	1,736	975	940	855	809
Central or South American	2,147	2,178	1,008	954	784	749
Cuban	706	732	341	342	292	298
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.61B Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	73.2^b	72.4	31.1^a	30.5	27.3^a	26.7
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	74.9^a	74.3	31.3	30.8	27.7	27.2
White	78.1	77.7	31.6	31.4	28.0	27.8
Black or African American	64.0	63.0	31.8	30.7	28.5	27.5
American Indian or Alaska Native	79.9	79.0	44.5	40.3	38.4	35.5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	69.5	60.8	40.2	40.4	32.3	32.8
Chinese	41.5	40.3	11.1	10.4	8.3	7.5
Filipino	46.5	47.2	20.9^b	13.9	16.9^a	11.6
Japanese	65.0	66.5	17.9	14.6	15.5	12.3
Asian Indian	41.3	39.3	20.3	15.2	15.8	11.5
Korean	*	52.7	33.3^a	24.2	30.7^a	21.1
Vietnamese	43.1	44.2	23.9	23.6	19.9	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	61.0^b	58.9	29.0	28.2	24.2	23.3
Mexican	60.6^a	58.3	28.9	28.1	24.2	23.0
Puerto Rican	68.5	66.6	36.1	36.1	31.7	31.0
Central or South American	59.4	55.1	27.9	24.1	21.7	19.0
Cuban	61.6	61.3	29.7	28.6	25.5	24.9
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.62A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	196,493	197,876	155,008	155,613	119,392	119,949
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	174,326	175,385	137,620	138,202	106,976	107,517
White	143,888	144,531	115,023	115,595	90,729	91,348
Black or African American	20,585	20,750	14,737	14,676	10,549	10,390
American Indian or Alaska Native	1,092	1,025	844	719	594	499
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	485	382	344	311	281	235
Chinese	1,493	1,599	1,196	1,278	836	836
Filipino	1,461	1,587	1,066	1,105	734	837
Japanese	695	729	512	577	427	505
Asian Indian	1,094	1,209	960	1,023	729	792
Korean	569	515	503	438	370	318
Vietnamese	460	441	429	389	247	207
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	22,166	22,492	17,389	17,411	12,416	12,432
Mexican	14,440	14,595	11,333	11,192	8,060	7,908
Puerto Rican	2,428	2,253	1,931	1,860	1,303	1,263
Central or South American	3,041	3,247	2,323	2,442	1,678	1,725
Cuban	1,039	1,051	773	821	637	694
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.62B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	83.1	82.8	65.6	65.1	50.5	50.2
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	84.2	84.1	66.5	66.2	51.7	51.5
White	86.8	86.7	69.4	69.4	54.7	54.8
Black or African American	75.9	74.8	54.3	52.9	38.9	37.5
American Indian or Alaska Native	79.9	80.2	61.7	56.3	43.4	39.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74.4	67.9	52.8	55.3	43.1	41.7
Chinese	70.7	69.6	56.6	55.7	39.6	36.4
Filipino	69.6	72.2	50.8	50.3	35.0	38.1
Japanese	82.4	84.6	60.7	66.9	50.6	58.6
Asian Indian	54.6	53.6	47.9	45.3	36.4	35.1
Korean	71.9	69.8	63.6	59.4	46.7	43.2
Vietnamese	56.1	61.3	52.3	54.1	30.1	28.8
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	75.2^a	73.9	59.0^a	57.2	42.1	40.8
Mexican	74.1	73.2	58.2^a	56.1	41.4	39.6
Puerto Rican	76.5	73.0	60.8	60.2	41.0	40.9
Central or South American	75.1	73.9	57.4	55.6	41.5	39.3
Cuban	82.0	78.8	61.0	61.6	50.3	52.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.63A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	10,730	10,654	8,564	8,550	4,395	4,431
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	8,932	8,829	7,182	7,130	3,738	3,720
White	7,046	6,950	5,837	5,782	3,159	3,142
Black or African American	1,326	1,318	905	907	387	375
American Indian or Alaska Native	88	75	71	61	36	30
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	29	31	23	12	*
Chinese	44	57	35	43	12	21
Filipino	61	43	39	32	20	17
Japanese	*	*	*	*	4	*
Asian Indian	41	48	36	43	16	19
Korean	*	*	*	*	10	9
Vietnamese	37	*	*	*	7	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	1,798	1,825	1,382	1,420	657	711
Mexican	1,287	1,290	980	992	469	502
Puerto Rican	212	198	162	147	68	60
Central or South American	187	183	149	148	74	78
Cuban	57	55	47	47	25	23
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.63B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	43.1^a	42.4	34.4	34.1	17.7	17.6
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	42.8^a	42.1	34.4	34.0	17.9	17.8
White	45.3	44.7	37.5	37.2	20.3	20.2
Black or African American	36.0	34.9	24.6	24.0	10.5	9.9
American Indian or Alaska Native	48.1	43.8	38.8	35.5	19.5	17.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43.1	41.0	39.8	33.1	15.6	*
Chinese	20.5	27.5	16.5	20.6	5.7	10.0
Filipino	36.9^a	26.6	23.6	19.7	12.3	10.2
Japanese	*	*	*	*	7.9	*
Asian Indian	19.9	20.7	17.6	18.5	7.6	8.2
Korean	*	*	*	*	10.3	11.4
Vietnamese	33.0	*	*	*	6.4	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	45.0	44.0	34.6	34.2	16.4	17.1
Mexican	45.2	44.6	34.4	34.2	16.5	17.3
Puerto Rican	44.7	41.2	34.1	30.6	14.3	12.4
Central or South American	43.1	41.3	34.2	33.5	17.1	17.6
Cuban	47.9	40.0	39.4	34.0	21.2	16.8
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.64A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	27,255	27,687	24,465	24,952	19,113	19,470
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	22,681	23,046	20,593	21,055	16,270	16,616
White	17,604	17,920	16,212	16,558	13,129	13,433
Black or African American	3,334	3,384	2,859	2,952	1,994	2,067
American Indian or Alaska Native	175	155	147	134	112	96
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	134	113	113	97	91^a	71
Chinese	232^b	299	201^a	260	147	182
Filipino	233	226	186	180	134	122
Japanese	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian Indian	170	187	153	169	111	115
Korean	154	146	147	136	118	99
Vietnamese	125	119	107	110	*	68
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	4,574	4,641	3,872	3,898	2,843	2,854
Mexican	3,222	3,258	2,685	2,702	1,936	1,932
Puerto Rican	478	435	427	393	324	298
Central or South American	563	594	480	491	367	371
Cuban	127	120	118	113	96	92
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

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**Table 2.64B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	86.9	86.6	78.0	78.1	60.9	60.9
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	87.9	87.7	79.8	80.1	63.1	63.2
White	90.4	90.5	83.2	83.6	67.4	67.9
Black or African American	79.9^a	78.4	68.5	68.4	47.8	47.9
American Indian or Alaska Native	87.9	87.4	73.9	75.7	56.5	54.0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	81.4	81.2	69.0	69.6	55.2	50.7
Chinese	80.1	85.3	69.4	74.1	50.7	52.0
Filipino	84.6	86.7	67.6	68.9	48.7	46.9
Japanese	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian Indian	58.8	58.7	52.9	52.9	38.5	36.1
Korean	83.3	86.4	79.1	80.1	63.7	58.7
Vietnamese	80.6	72.0	68.6	66.9	*	41.3
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	82.1	81.6	69.5	68.5	51.0	50.2
Mexican	81.5	81.1	67.9	67.2	49.0	48.1
Puerto Rican	87.2	84.1	77.9	76.0	59.2	57.5
Central or South American	77.7	79.9	66.2	65.9	50.6	49.8
Cuban	89.0	86.6	83.0	81.7	67.2	66.8
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.65A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	158,507	159,535	121,979	122,111	95,885	96,048
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	142,714	143,509	109,844	110,018	86,968	87,181
White	119,239	119,660	92,973	93,254	74,441	74,773
Black or African American	15,926	16,047	10,973	10,817	8,168	7,948
American Indian or Alaska Native	829	795	626	524	446	373
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*
Chinese	1,217	1,243	960	976	677	634
Filipino	1,168	1,317	841	894	580	698
Japanese	*	664	*	517	*	*
Asian Indian	883	974	771	811	603	658
Korean	*	*	*	*	*	*
Vietnamese	*	*	*	*	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	15,794	16,026	12,135	12,093	8,917	8,867
Mexican	9,931	10,047	7,668	7,499	5,655	5,474
Puerto Rican	1,739	1,620	1,343	1,319	911	906
Central or South American	2,290	2,469	1,693	1,804	1,236	1,276
Cuban	854	876	607	661	516	578
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.65B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	88.0	87.6	67.7	67.1	53.2	52.8
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	89.1	88.9	68.5	68.2	54.3	54.0
White	91.2	91.1	71.1	71.0	56.9	56.9
Black or African American	82.6	81.7	56.9	55.1	42.4	40.5
American Indian or Alaska Native	84.1	85.6	63.5	56.4	45.2	40.2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*
Chinese	75.8	71.5	59.7	56.1	42.1	36.4
Filipino	70.4	74.3	50.7	50.4	34.9	39.4
Japanese	*	87.2	*	68.0	*	*
Asian Indian	58.6	57.1	51.2	47.5	40.0	38.6
Korean	*	*	*	*	*	*
Vietnamese	*	*	*	*	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	79.3	77.7	61.0^a	58.7	44.8	43.0
Mexican	78.3	77.1	60.4^a	57.5	44.6	42.0
Puerto Rican	80.8	77.5	62.4	63.1	42.3	43.3
Central or South American	79.3	77.0	58.7	56.2	42.8	39.8
Cuban	85.1	82.9	60.5	62.6	51.4	54.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.66A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	185,763	187,222	146,445	147,064	114,997	115,519
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	165,395	166,555	130,438	131,072	103,238	103,797
White	136,842	137,581	109,186	109,813	87,570	88,206
Black or African American	19,259	19,432	13,832	13,769	10,162	10,015
American Indian or Alaska Native	1,004	950	773	658	558	469
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	451	*	313	288	269	225
Chinese	1,449	1,542	1,161	1,236	824	816
Filipino	1,400	1,544	1,027	1,073	714	820
Japanese	*	717	500	567	423	502
Asian Indian	1,052	1,161	924	980	714	773
Korean	*	*	*	*	360	309
Vietnamese	*	*	*	359	240	200
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	20,368	20,667	16,007	15,991	11,759	11,722
Mexican	13,153	13,305	10,353	10,201	7,591	7,406
Puerto Rican	2,216	2,055	1,770	1,713	1,235	1,203
Central or South American	2,854	3,064	2,174	2,294	1,603	1,647
Cuban	981	995	726	774	612	671
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.66B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	87.8	87.5	69.2	68.7	54.4	54.0
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	88.9	88.7	70.1	69.8	55.5	55.3
White	91.1	91.0	72.7	72.7	58.3	58.4
Black or African American	82.1	81.1	59.0	57.5	43.3	41.8
American Indian or Alaska Native	84.8	85.9	65.2	59.5	47.1	42.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	78.7	*	54.6	58.5	46.9	45.7
Chinese	76.4	73.8	61.2	59.1	43.4	39.0
Filipino	72.4	75.9	53.1	52.8	36.9	40.3
Japanese	*	87.0	62.8	68.8	53.1	60.9
Asian Indian	58.6	57.3	51.4	48.4	39.8	38.2
Korean	*	*	*	*	51.5	47.2
Vietnamese	*	*	*	58.2	33.9	32.5
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	79.9	78.6	62.8^a	60.8	46.1	44.6
Mexican	79.0	78.0	62.2^a	59.8	45.6^a	43.4
Puerto Rican	82.1	78.8	65.5	65.7	45.7	46.2
Central or South American	79.0	77.5	60.2	58.0	44.4	41.7
Cuban	85.6	83.3	63.3	64.8	53.4	56.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

Table 2.67A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	119,392	119,949	53,779	54,248	16,002	16,417
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	106,976	107,517	46,554	46,904	14,355	14,812
White	90,729	91,348	38,943	39,480	12,557	13,006
Black or African American	10,549	10,390	5,416	5,168	1,208	1,241
American Indian or Alaska Native	594	499	392	353	127	113
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	281	235	176	167	59^a	41
Chinese	836	836	146	212	18	53
Filipino	734	837	253	264	50	63
Japanese	427	505	106	113	19	16
Asian Indian	729	792	219	233	47	42
Korean	370	318	156	138	53	33
Vietnamese	247	207	72	60	23	17
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	12,416	12,432	7,224	7,344	1,647	1,604
Mexican	8,060	7,908	4,983	4,904	1,134	1,104
Puerto Rican	1,303	1,263	765	813	215	210
Central or South American	1,678	1,725	875	907	127	122
Cuban	637	694	280	293	77	59
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

Table 2.67B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	50.5	50.2	22.7	22.7	6.8	6.9
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	51.7	51.5	22.5	22.5	6.9	7.1
White	54.7	54.8	23.5	23.7	7.6	7.8
Black or African American	38.9	37.5	20.0^a	18.6	4.5	4.5
American Indian or Alaska Native	43.4	39.1	28.7	27.7	9.3	8.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43.1	41.7	26.9	29.7	9.1	7.3
Chinese	39.6	36.4	6.9	9.2	0.9	2.3
Filipino	35.0	38.1	12.1	12.0	2.4	2.9
Japanese	50.6	58.6	12.6	13.1	2.3	1.8
Asian Indian	36.4	35.1	10.9	10.3	2.3	1.9
Korean	46.7	43.2	19.7	18.8	6.7	4.5
Vietnamese	30.1	28.8	8.8	8.3	2.9	2.3
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	42.1	40.8	24.5	24.1	5.6	5.3
Mexican	41.4	39.6	25.6	24.6	5.8	5.5
Puerto Rican	41.0	40.9	24.1	26.3	6.8	6.8
Central or South American	41.5	39.3	21.6	20.6	3.1	2.8
Cuban	50.3	52.0	22.1	22.0	6.1	4.4
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

Table 2.68A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	4,395	4,431	2,650	2,726	641	662
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	3,738	3,720	2,253	2,275	564	570
White	3,159	3,142	1,972	1,978	522	525
Black or African American	387	375	175	179	21	21
American Indian or Alaska Native	36	30	28	23	4	5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	*	7	*	*	*
Chinese	12	21	4	10	*	*
Filipino	20	17	8	9	*	*
Japanese	4	*	1	*	0	*
Asian Indian	16	19	7	11	*	*
Korean	10	9	4	3	*	*
Vietnamese	7	*	*	*	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	657	711	397^a	451	77	92
Mexican	469	502	286	319	65	70
Puerto Rican	68	60	38	30	4	7
Central or South American	74	78	46	57	5	5
Cuban	25	23	*	10	2	1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

Table 2.68B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	17.7	17.6	10.7	10.9	2.6	2.6
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	17.9	17.8	10.8	10.9	2.7	2.7
White	20.3	20.2	12.7	12.7	3.4	3.4
Black or African American	10.5	9.9	4.8	4.7	0.6	0.6
American Indian or Alaska Native	19.5	17.4	15.4	13.7	2.3	2.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15.6	*	8.7	*	*	*
Chinese	5.7	10.0	1.9	4.7	*	*
Filipino	12.3	10.2	4.7	5.5	*	*
Japanese	7.9	*	2.1	*	1.0	*
Asian Indian	7.6	8.2	3.3	4.6	*	*
Korean	10.3	11.4	4.8	3.7	*	*
Vietnamese	6.4	*	*	*	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	16.4	17.1	9.9	10.9	1.9	2.2
Mexican	16.5	17.3	10.1	11.0	2.3	2.4
Puerto Rican	14.3	12.4	8.1	6.2	0.8	1.4
Central or South American	17.1	17.6	10.6	12.8	1.1	1.1
Cuban	21.2	16.8	*	7.4	1.8	0.6
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

Table 2.69A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	19,113	19,470	12,943	13,229	4,707	4,818
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	16,270	16,616	10,956	11,197	4,152	4,255
White	13,129	13,433	9,215	9,459	3,697	3,801
Black or African American	1,994	2,067	1,052	1,078	235	243
American Indian or Alaska Native	112	96	86	74	23	23
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	91^a	71	73^a	53	23	18
Chinese	147	182	59	81	9	18
Filipino	134	122	73	66	20	19
Japanese	*	*	*	*	9	8
Asian Indian	111	115	58	60	19	18
Korean	118	99	60	49	*	17
Vietnamese	*	68	33	33	9	10
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	2,843	2,854	1,987	2,032	554	563
Mexican	1,936	1,932	1,401	1,418	390	387
Puerto Rican	324	298	212	210	66	67
Central or South American	367	371	227	247	51	54
Cuban	96	92	68	58	15	17
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

Table 2.69B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	60.9	60.9	41.3	41.4	15.0	15.1
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	63.1	63.2	42.5	42.6	16.1	16.2
White	67.4	67.9	47.3	47.8	19.0	19.2
Black or African American	47.8	47.9	25.2	25.0	5.6	5.6
American Indian or Alaska Native	56.5	54.0	43.0	41.9	11.7	13.0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	55.2	50.7	44.1	38.2	14.2	12.9
Chinese	50.7	52.0	20.4	23.0	3.2	5.1
Filipino	48.7	46.9	26.7	25.2	7.2	7.4
Japanese	*	*	*	*	12.4	12.9
Asian Indian	38.5	36.1	20.2	18.9	6.5	5.5
Korean	63.7	58.7	32.2	28.9	*	10.1
Vietnamese	*	41.3	21.1	20.0	6.1	6.1
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	51.0	50.2	35.6	35.7	9.9	9.9
Mexican	49.0	48.1	35.4	35.3	9.9	9.6
Puerto Rican	59.2	57.5	38.7	40.5	12.1	12.9
Central or South American	50.6	49.8	31.3	33.2	7.1	7.3
Cuban	67.2	66.8	47.8	42.3	10.2	12.5
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

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Table 2.70A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	95,885	96,048	38,186	38,292	10,655	10,937
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	86,968	87,181	33,345	33,431	9,639	9,987
White	74,441	74,773	27,756	28,043	8,338	8,681
Black or African American	8,168	7,948	4,189	3,911	953	977
American Indian or Alaska Native	446	373	278	255	99	85
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	96	*	33^a	21
Chinese	677	634	83	122	*	33
Filipino	580	698	172	189	28	41
Japanese	*	*	76	83	9	7
Asian Indian	603	658	153	162	27	23
Korean	*	*	*	*	*	*
Vietnamese	*	*	*	*	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	8,917	8,867	4,840	4,861	1,016	950
Mexican	5,655	5,474	3,295	3,166	680	646
Puerto Rican	911	906	515	574	145	136
Central or South American	1,236	1,276	602	603	70	63
Cuban	516	578	196	225	*	41
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

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Table 2.70B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	53.2	52.8	21.2	21.0	5.9	6.0
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	54.3	54.0	20.8	20.7	6.0	6.2
White	56.9	56.9	21.2	21.4	6.4	6.6
Black or African American	42.4	40.5	21.7^a	19.9	4.9	5.0
American Indian or Alaska Native	45.2	40.2	28.2	27.5	10.1	9.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	23.5	*	8.0	5.8
Chinese	42.1	36.4	5.1	7.0	*	1.9
Filipino	34.9	39.4	10.4	10.7	1.7	2.3
Japanese	*	*	10.5	10.9	1.3	1.0
Asian Indian	40.0	38.6	10.2	9.5	1.8	1.4
Korean	*	*	*	*	*	*
Vietnamese	*	*	*	*	*	*
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	44.8	43.0	24.3	23.6	5.1	4.6
Mexican	44.6	42.0	26.0	24.3	5.4	5.0
Puerto Rican	42.3	43.3	23.9	27.5	6.7	6.5
Central or South American	42.8	39.8	20.9	18.8	2.4	2.0
Cuban	51.4	54.7	19.5	21.3	*	3.9
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

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Table 2.71A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	114,997	115,519	51,129	51,522	15,361	15,755
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	103,238	103,797	44,302	44,628	13,791	14,242
White	87,570	88,206	36,971	37,502	12,035	12,482
Black or African American	10,162	10,015	5,241	4,989	1,187	1,220
American Indian or Alaska Native	558	469	364	330	123	108
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	269	225	169	160	56^a	38
Chinese	824	816	142	202	18	51
Filipino	714	820	245	255	47	61
Japanese	423	502	105	112	19	15
Asian Indian	714	773	212	223	46	41
Korean	360	309	152	135	52	32
Vietnamese	240	200	70	60	23	17
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	11,759	11,722	6,827	6,893	1,570	1,513
Mexican	7,591	7,406	4,697	4,585	1,070	1,033
Puerto Rican	1,235	1,203	727	784	212	203
Central or South American	1,603	1,647	829	850	122	117
Cuban	612	671	264	283	*	58
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

Table 2.71B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	54.4	54.0	24.2	24.1	7.3	7.4
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	55.5	55.3	23.8	23.8	7.4	7.6
White	58.3	58.4	24.6	24.8	8.0	8.3
Black or African American	43.3	41.8	22.3^a	20.8	5.1	5.1
American Indian or Alaska Native	47.1	42.4	30.7	29.8	10.4	9.8
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46.9	45.7	29.4	32.5	9.8	7.8
Chinese	43.4	39.0	7.5	9.7	0.9	2.4
Filipino	36.9	40.3	12.7	12.5	2.5	3.0
Japanese	53.1	60.9	13.2	13.6	2.3	1.9
Asian Indian	39.8	38.2	11.8	11.0	2.5	2.0
Korean	51.5	47.2	21.7	20.7	7.4	5.0
Vietnamese	33.9	32.5	9.9	9.7	3.3	2.7
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	46.1	44.6	26.8	26.2	6.2	5.8
Mexican	45.6^a	43.4	28.2	26.9	6.4	6.1
Puerto Rican	45.7	46.2	26.9	30.1	7.8	7.8
Central or South American	44.4	41.7	23.0	21.5	3.4	3.0
Cuban	53.4	56.1	23.0	23.7	*	4.9
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.72A Tobacco Product Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	172,843	171,827	83,415	83,066	70,757	70,257
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	32,290	31,951	15,406	15,180	13,019	12,642
New England	8,801	8,826	3,974	3,793	3,164	3,206
Middle Atlantic	23,488	23,125	11,432	11,387	9,856	9,437
Midwest	40,826	40,761	20,799	20,423	17,514	17,549
East North Central	28,536	28,399	14,406	14,271	12,121	12,273
West North Central	12,291	12,362	6,393	6,152	5,393	5,275
South	61,829	61,896	30,989	31,501	26,946	27,359
South Atlantic	32,948	32,981	15,442	16,439	13,301	14,219
East South Central	10,578	10,384	5,783	5,471	5,046	4,873
West South Central	18,303	18,531	9,764	9,591	8,599	8,267
West	37,897	37,218	16,221	15,962	13,277	12,707
Mountain	11,287	11,547	5,609	5,308	4,759	4,366
Pacific	26,610	25,672	10,611	10,654	8,518	8,341
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	88,928	88,589	41,457	41,730	34,681	34,379
Small Metro	53,120	52,580	26,369	25,815	22,441	22,211
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	35,023	33,853	17,146	16,377	14,486	13,895
< 250K Pop.	18,097	18,726	9,223	9,438	7,955	8,316
Nonmetro	30,795	30,658	15,589	15,521	13,635	13,666
Urbanized	13,720	12,518	6,990	6,544	6,161	5,652
Less Urbanized	13,916	15,418	6,997	7,812	6,039^a	6,980
Completely Rural	3,159	2,723	1,602	1,165	1,435	1,033
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Tobacco products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco product use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.72B Tobacco Product Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	72.7^b	71.4	35.1	34.5	29.8	29.2
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	71.3	70.2	34.0	33.4	28.7	27.8
New England	74.0	73.9	33.4	31.7	26.6	26.8
Middle Atlantic	70.3	68.9	34.2	33.9	29.5	28.1
Midwest	75.9	75.2	38.7	37.7	32.6	32.4
East North Central	75.8	74.9	38.2	37.6	32.2	32.4
West North Central	76.3	76.0	39.7	37.8	33.5	32.4
South	72.9	71.9	36.6	36.6	31.8	31.8
South Atlantic	74.2	73.0	34.8	36.4	29.9	31.5
East South Central	74.4	72.1	40.7	38.0	35.5	33.9
West South Central	70.1	69.8	37.4	36.1	32.9	31.1
West	70.4^a	68.1	30.1	29.2	24.7	23.2
Mountain	72.3	72.2	35.9^a	33.2	30.5^b	27.3
Pacific	69.6^a	66.4	27.8	27.5	22.3	21.6
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	70.5^a	69.0	32.9	32.5	27.5	26.8
Small Metro	74.4	73.4	36.9	36.0	31.4	31.0
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	74.6^b	71.8	36.5	34.7	30.9	29.5
< 250K Pop.	74.0	76.5	37.7	38.6	32.5	34.0
Nonmetro	76.6	75.6	38.8	38.3	33.9	33.7
Urbanized	76.8	75.0	39.1	39.2	34.5	33.9
Less Urbanized	76.4	76.0	38.4	38.5	33.1	34.4
Completely Rural	77.1	76.3	39.1	32.7	35.0^a	29.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Tobacco products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco product use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.73A Tobacco Product Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	8,631	8,249	5,634	5,562	3,610	3,635
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	1,502	1,419	997	1,052	635	660
New England	384	380	265	294	172	183
Middle Atlantic	1,118	1,039	732	758	463	477
Midwest	2,016	1,959	1,373	1,311	923	882
East North Central	1,377	1,345	939	901	613	592
West North Central	639	614	434	410	310	290
South	3,271	3,046	2,112	2,009	1,366	1,314
South Atlantic	1,594	1,513	1,007	974	645	645
East South Central	590	557	386	399	267	284
West South Central	1,087	976	719	636	455	385
West	1,841	1,825	1,152	1,190	686	779
Mountain	621	567	400	372	252	247
Pacific	1,220	1,258	752	818	433	532
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	4,051	3,869	2,590	2,560	1,588	1,600
Small Metro	2,752	2,668	1,815	1,849	1,187	1,220
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	1,804	1,735	1,168	1,214	746	783
< 250K Pop.	948	932	647	635	441	437
Nonmetro	1,827	1,712	1,229	1,153	835	815
Urbanized	749^a	628	503	429	345	305
Less Urbanized	908	938	608	637	401	450
Completely Rural	170	145	118	86	89	60
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Tobacco products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco product use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.73B Tobacco Product Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	34.5^b	32.7	22.5	22.1	14.4	14.4
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	33.5	31.3	22.2	23.2	14.1	14.6
New England	32.8	32.4	22.6	25.1	14.7	15.6
Middle Atlantic	33.7	30.9	22.1	22.5	13.9	14.2
Midwest	35.4	34.5	24.1	23.1	16.2	15.5
East North Central	34.5	33.6	23.5	22.5	15.4	14.8
West North Central	37.6	36.7	25.5	24.5	18.2	17.3
South	36.6^b	33.8	23.7	22.3	15.3	14.6
South Atlantic	35.4	33.0	22.4	21.3	14.3	14.1
East South Central	40.6	38.5	26.6	27.5	18.4	19.6
West South Central	36.6^a	32.8	24.2	21.4	15.3	12.9
West	31.3	30.4	19.6	19.8	11.7	13.0
Mountain	35.9	32.5	23.2	21.3	14.6	14.2
Pacific	29.4	29.6	18.1	19.2	10.4	12.5
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	30.4	29.0	19.5	19.2	11.9	12.0
Small Metro	37.2^a	34.9	24.5	24.2	16.0	16.0
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	36.2	34.0	23.5	23.8	15.0	15.3
< 250K Pop.	39.2	36.7	26.7	25.0	18.2	17.2
Nonmetro	42.6	40.5	28.7	27.3	19.5	19.3
Urbanized	40.3	36.9	27.1	25.3	18.6	17.9
Less Urbanized	45.7	43.7	30.6	29.7	20.2	21.0
Completely Rural	38.4	38.5	26.7	22.9	20.1	16.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Tobacco products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco product use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.74A Tobacco Product Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	23,723	23,658	17,073	17,481	14,201	14,359
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	4,215	4,206	3,117	3,208	2,523	2,645
New England	1,138	1,126	816	871	649	729
Middle Atlantic	3,077	3,080	2,301	2,337	1,874	1,916
Midwest	5,819	5,910	4,318	4,506	3,573	3,779
East North Central	3,976	4,007	2,938	3,068	2,431	2,582
West North Central	1,843	1,903	1,380	1,438	1,141	1,197
South	8,367	8,337	6,083	6,137	5,212	5,132
South Atlantic	4,054	4,164	2,942	3,065	2,479	2,550
East South Central	1,448	1,439	1,071	1,109	949	946
West South Central	2,865	2,734	2,069	1,963	1,784	1,635
West	5,322	5,204	3,556	3,631	2,894	2,803
Mountain	1,640	1,664	1,100	1,187	915	963
Pacific	3,683	3,540	2,456	2,444	1,978	1,840
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	11,979	11,826	8,433	8,565	6,921	6,906
Small Metro	7,792	7,931	5,684	5,907	4,755	4,856
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	5,045	5,024	3,670	3,722	3,057	3,015
< 250K Pop.	2,747	2,907	2,014	2,186	1,697	1,841
Nonmetro	3,951	3,901	2,956	3,009	2,526	2,597
Urbanized	1,890	1,798	1,410	1,415	1,194	1,214
Less Urbanized	1,755	1,827	1,318	1,376	1,124	1,193
Completely Rural	305	276	227	217	208	190
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Tobacco products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco product use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.74B Tobacco Product Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	74.8^a	73.5	53.8	54.3	44.8	44.6
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	74.8	74.0	55.3	56.4	44.8	46.5
New England	77.4	75.7	55.5	58.5	44.1^a	49.0
Middle Atlantic	73.9	73.4	55.3	55.7	45.0	45.7
Midwest	79.1	79.4	58.7	60.6	48.6	50.8
East North Central	78.2	78.2	57.8	59.8	47.8	50.4
West North Central	81.0	82.2	60.7	62.1	50.2	51.7
South	73.9	72.3	53.7	53.2	46.0	44.5
South Atlantic	72.6	73.0	52.7	53.7	44.4	44.7
East South Central	74.8	73.8	55.4	56.8	49.0	48.5
West South Central	75.3^a	70.4	54.4^a	50.6	46.9^b	42.1
West	71.8	69.1	48.0	48.2	39.0	37.2
Mountain	73.3	72.7	49.2	51.9	40.9	42.1
Pacific	71.2	67.5	47.5	46.6	38.2	35.1
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	72.1	71.0	50.8	51.4	41.7	41.5
Small Metro	76.3	74.8	55.7	55.7	46.6	45.8
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	75.9^a	72.9	55.2	54.0	46.0	43.8
< 250K Pop.	77.3	78.2	56.7	58.8	47.7	49.5
Nonmetro	80.3	79.0	60.1	60.9	51.4	52.6
Urbanized	80.0	78.1	59.7	61.5	50.5	52.7
Less Urbanized	80.1	79.0	60.1	59.5	51.3	51.6
Completely Rural	84.0	85.0	62.6	67.0	57.2	58.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Tobacco products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco product use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 2.75A Tobacco Product Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	140,489	139,921	60,708	60,023	52,946	52,263
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	26,573	26,326	11,292	10,921	9,862	9,337
New England	7,280	7,319	2,893	2,627	2,343	2,293
Middle Atlantic	19,293	19,006	8,399	8,293	7,519	7,044
Midwest	32,992	32,892	15,108	14,606	13,018	12,888
East North Central	23,182	23,047	10,529	10,302	9,076	9,099
West North Central	9,809	9,845	4,579	4,304	3,942	3,789
South	50,191	50,514	22,795	23,355	20,368	20,913
South Atlantic	27,300	27,305	11,493	12,400	10,177	11,023
East South Central	8,540	8,387	4,326	3,963	3,831	3,643
West South Central	14,351	14,821	6,976	6,992	6,360	6,247
West	30,734	30,189	11,513	11,142	9,698	9,124
Mountain	9,026	9,316	4,109	3,749	3,591	3,155
Pacific	21,707	20,874	7,403	7,392	6,107	5,969
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	72,897	72,894	30,434	30,606	26,172	25,874
Small Metro	42,575	41,981	18,870	18,058	16,500	16,135
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	28,173	27,094	12,308	11,441	10,683	10,097
< 250K Pop.	14,402	14,887	6,562	6,617	5,817	6,038
Nonmetro	25,017	25,046	11,404	11,359	10,274	10,254
Urbanized	11,080	10,092	5,077	4,700	4,622	4,134
Less Urbanized	11,252	12,653	5,070	5,799	4,514^a	5,338
Completely Rural	2,684	2,302	1,256	861	1,139	783
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Tobacco products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco product use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.75B Tobacco Product Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	77.6^a	76.4	33.5	32.8	29.3	28.5
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	75.5	74.6	32.1	31.0	28.0	26.5
New England	78.8	78.8	31.3^a	28.3	25.3	24.7
Middle Atlantic	74.4	73.1	32.4	31.9	29.0	27.1
Midwest	81.0	80.1	37.1	35.5	32.0	31.4
East North Central	81.1	80.0	36.8	35.8	31.7	31.6
West North Central	80.9	80.1	37.8	35.0	32.5	30.8
South	77.8	77.0	35.3	35.6	31.6	31.9
South Atlantic	79.5	78.2	33.5	35.5	29.6	31.6
East South Central	78.9	76.3	39.9	36.1	35.4	33.1
West South Central	74.2	75.2	36.1	35.5	32.9	31.7
West	75.8	73.4	28.4	27.1	23.9	22.2
Mountain	77.5	77.9	35.3^a	31.4	30.8^b	26.4
Pacific	75.1^a	71.5	25.6	25.3	21.1	20.5
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	75.8	74.1	31.6	31.1	27.2	26.3
Small Metro	79.2	78.6	35.1	33.8	30.7	30.2
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	79.8^a	77.0	34.9	32.5	30.3	28.7
< 250K Pop.	77.9^a	81.7	35.5	36.3	31.5	33.2
Nonmetro	80.7	79.8	36.8	36.2	33.2	32.7
Urbanized	81.2	79.5	37.2	37.0	33.9	32.6
Less Urbanized	80.1	79.9	36.1	36.6	32.1	33.7
Completely Rural	81.5	80.3	38.1	30.0	34.6	27.3
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Tobacco products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco product use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.76A Tobacco Product Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	164,212	163,579	77,781	77,504	67,147	66,622
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	30,787	30,532	14,409	14,128	12,385	11,982
New England	8,417	8,446	3,709	3,498	2,992	3,022
Middle Atlantic	22,370	22,087	10,700	10,630	9,393	8,960
Midwest	38,810	38,803	19,426	19,112	16,591	16,667
East North Central	27,159	27,054	13,467	13,370	11,508	11,681
West North Central	11,652	11,748	5,959	5,742	5,083	4,986
South	58,558	58,850	28,878	29,492	25,580	26,045
South Atlantic	31,354	31,469	14,435	15,465	12,656	13,574
East South Central	9,988	9,827	5,397	5,072	4,780	4,589
West South Central	17,216	17,555	9,045	8,954	8,144	7,882
West	36,056	35,394	15,068	14,773	12,592	11,928
Mountain	10,666	10,980	5,209	4,936	4,507	4,118
Pacific	25,390	24,414	9,859	9,837	8,085	7,809
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	84,876	84,720	38,867	39,170	33,093	32,780
Small Metro	50,368	49,912	24,554	23,966	21,254	20,991
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	33,219	32,118	15,978	15,162	13,740	13,112
< 250K Pop.	17,149	17,794	8,576	8,803	7,514	7,879
Nonmetro	28,968	28,947	14,359	14,368	12,800	12,851
Urbanized	12,971	11,890	6,487	6,115	5,816	5,348
Less Urbanized	13,008	14,480	6,388	7,175	5,638^a	6,530
Completely Rural	2,989	2,577	1,484	1,078	1,347	973
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Tobacco products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco product use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.76B Tobacco Product Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	77.2^a	76.0	36.6	36.0	31.6	30.9
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	75.4	74.5	35.3	34.5	30.3	29.3
New England	78.6	78.4	34.6	32.5	27.9	28.1
Middle Atlantic	74.3	73.2	35.5	35.2	31.2	29.7
Midwest	80.7	80.0	40.4	39.4	34.5	34.3
East North Central	80.7	79.7	40.0	39.4	34.2	34.4
West North Central	80.9	80.5	41.4	39.3	35.3	34.1
South	77.2	76.3	38.1	38.2	33.7	33.8
South Atlantic	78.5	77.5	36.2	38.1	31.7	33.4
East South Central	78.3	75.9	42.3	39.2	37.4	35.5
West South Central	74.4	74.4	39.1	38.0	35.2	33.4
West	75.2^a	72.7	31.4	30.4	26.3	24.5
Mountain	76.8	77.1	37.5	34.7	32.5^b	28.9
Pacific	74.5^a	70.9	28.9	28.6	23.7	22.7
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	75.3^a	73.7	34.5	34.1	29.3	28.5
Small Metro	78.7	78.0	38.4	37.5	33.2	32.8
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	79.2^b	76.4	38.1	36.0	32.8	31.2
< 250K Pop.	77.8^a	81.1	38.9	40.1	34.1	35.9
Nonmetro	80.7	79.7	40.0	39.5	35.7	35.4
Urbanized	81.0	79.3	40.5	40.8	36.3	35.7
Less Urbanized	80.1	79.8	39.3	39.5	34.7	36.0
Completely Rural	81.8	80.8	40.6	33.8	36.8	30.5
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Tobacco products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco (i.e., chewing tobacco or snuff), cigars, or pipe tobacco. Tobacco product use in the past year excludes past year pipe tobacco use, but includes past month pipe tobacco use. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.77A Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	163,240	161,842	69,853	69,909	60,434	59,896
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	30,611	30,002	13,051	12,905	11,306	11,022
New England	8,274	8,268	3,191	3,113	2,721	2,685
Middle Atlantic	22,337	21,734	9,860	9,791	8,585	8,337
Midwest	38,649	38,610	17,353	17,252	14,891	15,055
East North Central	26,959	26,893	11,956	12,078	10,354	10,549
West North Central	11,690	11,718	5,397	5,174	4,537	4,506
South	58,174	58,128	25,745	26,602	22,665	23,063
South Atlantic	30,925	30,967	12,527	13,807	11,013	11,921
East South Central	9,807	9,698	4,773	4,507	4,189	4,046
West South Central	17,442	17,463	8,445	8,288	7,463	7,096
West	35,806	35,102	13,704	13,150	11,573	10,756
Mountain	10,734	10,837	4,803	4,434	4,188	3,702
Pacific	25,072	24,265	8,901	8,716	7,385	7,053
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	84,185	83,354	34,584	35,335	29,887	29,738
Small Metro	50,335	49,776	22,277	21,447	19,173	18,644
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	33,135	31,973	14,484	13,639	12,381	11,713
< 250K Pop.	17,201	17,803	7,793	7,808	6,792	6,932
Nonmetro	28,720	28,711	12,992	13,127	11,375	11,513
Urbanized	12,925	11,670	5,983	5,663	5,283	4,891
Less Urbanized	12,836^a	14,504	5,721	6,536	4,945^a	5,809
Completely Rural	2,958	2,537	1,288^a	928	1,147^a	813
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.77B Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	68.7^b	67.3	29.4	29.1	25.4	24.9
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	67.6	65.9	28.8	28.4	25.0	24.2
New England	69.6	69.2	26.8	26.1	22.9	22.5
Middle Atlantic	66.8	64.8	29.5	29.2	25.7	24.8
Midwest	71.9	71.2	32.3	31.8	27.7	27.8
East North Central	71.6	70.9	31.7	31.8	27.5	27.8
West North Central	72.6	72.0	33.5	31.8	28.2	27.7
South	68.6	67.5	30.4	30.9	26.7	26.8
South Atlantic	69.6	68.5	28.2	30.6	24.8	26.4
East South Central	69.0	67.4	33.6	31.3	29.5	28.1
West South Central	66.8	65.8	32.3	31.2	28.6	26.7
West	66.5	64.2	25.5	24.1	21.5^a	19.7
Mountain	68.7	67.8	30.8^a	27.7	26.8^b	23.2
Pacific	65.6	62.7	23.3	22.5	19.3	18.2
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	66.8^a	65.0	27.4	27.5	23.7	23.2
Small Metro	70.5	69.5	31.2	29.9	26.9	26.0
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	70.6^b	67.8	30.9	28.9	26.4	24.8
< 250K Pop.	70.3	72.8	31.8	31.9	27.8	28.3
Nonmetro	71.5	70.8	32.3	32.4	28.3	28.4
Urbanized	72.3	69.9	33.5	33.9	29.6	29.3
Less Urbanized	70.4	71.5	31.4	32.2	27.1	28.6
Completely Rural	72.2	71.1	31.4^a	26.0	28.0^a	22.8
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.78A Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	7,752	7,363	4,737	4,645	3,044	2,998
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	1,348	1,269	864	877	562	550
New England	344	333	224	243	146	152
Middle Atlantic	1,004	935	640	634	416	398
Midwest	1,851	1,768	1,172	1,113	798	735
East North Central	1,260	1,198	790	770	533	496
West North Central	591	570	381	343	265	238
South	2,901	2,698	1,748	1,677	1,122	1,086
South Atlantic	1,400	1,353	814	834	528	554
East South Central	503	494	312	316	209	218
West South Central	998^a	851	622	527	385	313
West	1,652	1,628	953	978	561	628
Mountain	556	495	328	289	211	194
Pacific	1,095	1,133	625	690	350	434
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	3,616	3,473	2,181	2,158	1,360	1,333
Small Metro	2,483	2,373	1,499	1,532	984	1,008
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	1,618	1,536	943	1,000	605	646
< 250K Pop.	865	837	556	531	379	362
Nonmetro	1,653	1,517	1,057	955	699	657
Urbanized	683^a	565	436	373	307	259
Less Urbanized	824	821	527	511	327	351
Completely Rural	147	132	94	70	66	47
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.78B Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	31.0^b	29.2	19.0	18.4	12.2	11.9
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	30.0	28.0	19.2	19.3	12.5	12.1
New England	29.3	28.4	19.1	20.7	12.5	12.9
Middle Atlantic	30.3	27.8	19.3	18.9	12.5	11.8
Midwest	32.5	31.1	20.6	19.6	14.0	12.9
East North Central	31.6	29.9	19.8	19.2	13.3	12.4
West North Central	34.7	34.0	22.4	20.5	15.6	14.2
South	32.5^a	30.0	19.6	18.6	12.6	12.1
South Atlantic	31.1	29.5	18.1	18.2	11.7	12.1
East South Central	34.6	34.1	21.5	21.8	14.4	15.0
West South Central	33.6^b	28.6	20.9^a	17.7	13.0^a	10.5
West	28.1	27.2	16.2	16.3	9.5	10.5
Mountain	32.2	28.4	19.0	16.6	12.2	11.1
Pacific	26.4	26.7	15.0	16.2	8.4	10.2
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	27.2	26.0	16.4	16.2	10.2	10.0
Small Metro	33.6^a	31.0	20.3	20.0	13.3	13.2
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	32.5	30.1	18.9	19.6	12.1	12.7
< 250K Pop.	35.8	32.9	23.0	20.9	15.7	14.2
Nonmetro	38.6	35.9	24.7	22.6	16.3	15.6
Urbanized	36.7	33.2	23.4	22.0	16.5	15.2
Less Urbanized	41.5	38.2	26.6	23.8	16.5	16.4
Completely Rural	33.2	34.8	21.3	18.6	14.9	12.5
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.79A Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	22,267	22,118	15,113	15,290	12,764	12,731
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	3,948	3,966	2,756	2,814	2,266	2,377
New England	1,046	1,036	701	747	575	644
Middle Atlantic	2,902	2,930	2,055	2,068	1,691	1,733
Midwest	5,482	5,518	3,824	3,962	3,232	3,369
East North Central	3,748	3,763	2,600	2,712	2,194	2,314
West North Central	1,734	1,755	1,225	1,250	1,038	1,055
South	7,882	7,814	5,365	5,373	4,658	4,500
South Atlantic	3,797	3,907	2,537	2,684	2,199	2,248
East South Central	1,343	1,342	931	940	824	810
West South Central	2,741	2,565	1,897	1,749	1,635	1,443
West	4,955	4,821	3,167	3,140	2,607	2,485
Mountain	1,513	1,546	972	1,013	813	841
Pacific	3,442	3,275	2,195	2,126	1,794	1,644
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	11,245	11,085	7,473	7,512	6,277	6,134
Small Metro	7,311	7,382	5,000	5,112	4,222	4,269
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	4,740	4,657	3,204	3,213	2,704	2,672
< 250K Pop.	2,571	2,725	1,796	1,899	1,518	1,597
Nonmetro	3,712	3,652	2,639	2,666	2,265	2,328
Urbanized	1,771	1,666	1,243	1,247	1,055	1,088
Less Urbanized	1,645	1,720	1,192	1,223	1,022	1,072
Completely Rural	297	266	204	196	189	168
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.79B Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	70.2^a	68.7	47.6	47.5	40.2	39.5
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	70.1	69.8	48.9	49.5	40.2	41.8
New England	71.1	69.6	47.7	50.2	39.1	43.2
Middle Atlantic	69.7	69.8	49.4	49.3	40.6	41.3
Midwest	74.5	74.2	52.0	53.3	43.9	45.3
East North Central	73.7	73.4	51.1	52.9	43.2	45.1
West North Central	76.2	75.8	53.8	54.0	45.6	45.6
South	69.6	67.7	47.4	46.6	41.1	39.0
South Atlantic	68.0	68.5	45.4	47.0	39.4	39.4
East South Central	69.5	68.8	48.1	48.2	42.6	41.5
West South Central	72.0^b	66.1	49.8^b	45.1	42.9^b	37.2
West	66.9	64.0	42.7	41.7	35.2	33.0
Mountain	67.7	67.6	43.5	44.3	36.4	36.8
Pacific	66.5	62.5	42.4	40.5	34.7	31.4
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	67.7	66.6	45.0	45.1	37.8	36.8
Small Metro	71.6	69.6	49.0	48.2	41.4	40.3
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	71.3^b	67.6	48.2	46.6	40.7	38.8
< 250K Pop.	72.3	73.3	50.5	51.1	42.7	43.0
Nonmetro	75.5	73.9	53.7	54.0	46.1	47.1
Urbanized	75.0	72.3	52.6	54.2	44.6	47.2
Less Urbanized	75.0	74.4	54.4	52.8	46.6	46.3
Completely Rural	81.6	81.9	56.2	60.4	52.0	51.8
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.80A Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	133,221	132,360	50,004	49,974	44,626	44,166
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	25,316	24,767	9,432	9,214	8,477	8,095
New England	6,884	6,898	2,267	2,124	1,999	1,890
Middle Atlantic	18,432	17,869	7,165	7,089	6,478	6,206
Midwest	31,315	31,325	12,357	12,176	10,861	10,951
East North Central	21,950	21,931	8,566	8,595	7,627	7,738
West North Central	9,365	9,393	3,791	3,581	3,234	3,213
South	47,391	47,616	18,631	19,553	16,885	17,477
South Atlantic	25,728	25,707	9,175	10,289	8,286	9,119
East South Central	7,960	7,862	3,530	3,251	3,156	3,018
West South Central	13,703	14,047	5,926	6,013	5,443	5,340
West	29,199	28,652	9,584	9,032	8,404	7,643
Mountain	8,664	8,795	3,502	3,132	3,163^a	2,667
Pacific	20,535	19,857	6,081	5,900	5,241	4,975
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	69,325	68,797	24,930	25,665	22,249	22,271
Small Metro	40,542	40,021	15,778	14,803	13,967	13,367
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	26,777	25,779	10,336	9,425	9,073	8,394
< 250K Pop.	13,765	14,242	5,441	5,378	4,894	4,973
Nonmetro	23,355	23,542	9,296	9,506	8,410	8,528
Urbanized	10,471	9,440	4,305	4,043	3,922	3,544
Less Urbanized	10,368^a	11,963	4,002^a	4,802	3,596^a	4,386
Completely Rural	2,515	2,140	989^a	662	892	598
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.80B Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	73.6^a	72.3	27.6	27.3	24.7	24.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	71.9	70.2	26.8	26.1	24.1	22.9
New England	74.5	74.3	24.5	22.9	21.6	20.4
Middle Atlantic	71.0	68.7	27.6	27.3	25.0	23.9
Midwest	76.9	76.2	30.4	29.6	26.7	26.7
East North Central	76.8	76.1	30.0	29.8	26.7	26.9
West North Central	77.2	76.5	31.3	29.1	26.7	26.1
South	73.4	72.6	28.9	29.8	26.2	26.6
South Atlantic	74.9	73.6	26.7	29.5	24.1	26.1
East South Central	73.5	71.5	32.6	29.6	29.1	27.5
West South Central	70.8	71.3	30.6	30.5	28.1	27.1
West	72.0	69.6	23.6	22.0	20.7^a	18.6
Mountain	74.4	73.6	30.1^b	26.2	27.2^b	22.3
Pacific	71.1	68.0	21.1	20.2	18.1	17.0
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	72.1^a	70.0	25.9	26.1	23.1	22.7
Small Metro	75.4	75.0	29.3	27.7	26.0	25.0
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	75.9^a	73.3	29.3	26.8	25.7	23.9
< 250K Pop.	74.4^a	78.2	29.4	29.5	26.5	27.3
Nonmetro	75.4	75.0	30.0	30.3	27.1	27.2
Urbanized	76.7	74.4	31.6	31.8	28.7	27.9
Less Urbanized	73.8	75.6	28.5	30.3	25.6	27.7
Completely Rural	76.4	74.7	30.0^a	23.1	27.1^a	20.9
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.81A Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	155,488	154,479	65,116	65,264	57,391	56,897
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	29,263	28,733	12,188	12,028	10,743	10,472
New England	7,930	7,935	2,968	2,871	2,575	2,533
Middle Atlantic	21,333	20,799	9,220	9,157	8,169	7,939
Midwest	36,797	36,842	16,182	16,139	14,093	14,320
East North Central	25,699	25,694	11,166	11,307	9,821	10,052
West North Central	11,099	11,148	5,016	4,831	4,272	4,268
South	55,273	55,430	23,996	24,926	21,543	21,978
South Atlantic	29,525	29,614	11,712	12,973	10,485	11,366
East South Central	9,304	9,204	4,461	4,191	3,980	3,828
West South Central	16,444	16,612	7,823	7,762	7,078	6,783
West	34,154	33,473	12,751	12,172	11,011	10,127
Mountain	10,178	10,341	4,475	4,145	3,976	3,508
Pacific	23,977	23,132	8,276	8,027	7,035	6,620
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	80,569	79,881	32,403	33,177	28,526	28,406
Small Metro	47,852	47,403	20,778	19,915	18,189	17,636
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	31,517	30,437	13,541	12,638	11,777	11,066
< 250K Pop.	16,335	16,967	7,237	7,277	6,412	6,570
Nonmetro	27,067	27,194	11,935	12,172	10,676	10,856
Urbanized	12,242	11,105	5,548	5,290	4,976	4,632
Less Urbanized	12,013^a	13,683	5,194^a	6,024	4,618^a	5,458
Completely Rural	2,812	2,406	1,194	858	1,081	766
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.81B Cigarette Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	73.1^b	71.8	30.6	30.3	27.0	26.4
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	71.7	70.1	29.9	29.4	26.3	25.6
New England	74.0	73.7	27.7	26.7	24.0	23.5
Middle Atlantic	70.9	68.9	30.6	30.3	27.1	26.3
Midwest	76.5	75.9	33.7	33.3	29.3	29.5
East North Central	76.3	75.7	33.2	33.3	29.2	29.6
West North Central	77.1	76.4	34.8	33.1	29.7	29.2
South	72.9	71.9	31.6	32.3	28.4	28.5
South Atlantic	73.9	72.9	29.3	31.9	26.3	28.0
East South Central	72.9	71.1	34.9	32.4	31.2	29.6
West South Central	71.0	70.4	33.8	32.9	30.6	28.8
West	71.2	68.8	26.6	25.0	23.0^a	20.8
Mountain	73.3	72.6	32.2^a	29.1	28.6^b	24.6
Pacific	70.4	67.2	24.3	23.3	20.7	19.2
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	71.4^a	69.5	28.7	28.9	25.3	24.7
Small Metro	74.8	74.1	32.5	31.1	28.4	27.6
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	75.1^a	72.4	32.3	30.0	28.1	26.3
< 250K Pop.	74.1^a	77.4	32.8	33.2	29.1	30.0
Nonmetro	75.4	74.9	33.2	33.5	29.7	29.9
Urbanized	76.5	74.1	34.7	35.3	31.1	30.9
Less Urbanized	74.0	75.4	32.0	33.2	28.4	30.1
Completely Rural	76.9	75.4	32.6^a	26.9	29.6^a	24.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50428

**Table 2.82A Daily Cigarette Use in Lifetime and Past Month Smoking Status among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	Daily Cigarette Use in Lifetime		Daily Cigarette Use in Lifetime and Cigarette Use in Past Month		Daily Cigarette Use in Lifetime but No Cigarette Use in Past Month		Percentage Who Did Not Smoke Cigarettes in the Past Month among Lifetime Daily Smokers
Geographic Characteristic	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	94,759	93,409	51,241	50,278	43,517	43,130	45.9	46.2
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	18,809	18,252	9,951	9,447	8,859	8,805	47.1	48.2
New England	5,059	5,019	2,446	2,300	2,613	2,719	51.6	54.2
Middle Atlantic	13,751	13,233	7,505	7,147	6,246	6,087	45.4	46.0
Midwest	23,018	22,726	12,861	12,872	10,157	9,854	44.1	43.4
East North Central	16,132	16,052	8,897	9,122	7,235	6,929	44.8	43.2
West North Central	6,886	6,674	3,963	3,749	2,922	2,925	42.4	43.8
South	33,765	34,530	19,033	19,540	14,732	14,990	43.6	43.4
South Atlantic	18,128	18,932	9,428	10,270	8,699	8,662	48.0	45.8
East South Central	6,010	5,995	3,678	3,582	2,332	2,413	38.8	40.2
West South Central	9,627	9,603	5,926	5,688	3,700	3,916	38.4	40.8
West	19,167	17,901	9,397^a	8,420	9,770	9,480	51.0	53.0
Mountain	6,246	6,019	3,596^a	3,023	2,649	2,996	42.4^b	49.8
Pacific	12,921	11,881	5,801	5,397	7,121	6,484	55.1	54.6
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	46,836	46,333	24,694	24,270	22,142	22,063	47.3	47.6
Small Metro	29,935	29,296	16,521	15,892	13,415	13,404	44.8	45.8
250K - 1 Mil. Pop.	19,461	18,776	10,683	10,001	8,778	8,774	45.1	46.7
< 250K Pop.	10,474	10,520	5,837	5,891	4,637	4,629	44.3	44.0
Nonmetro	17,987	17,780	10,027	10,117	7,960	7,663	44.3	43.1
Urbanized	8,253	7,342	4,697	4,278	3,557	3,064	43.1	41.7
Less Urbanized	7,776^a	8,874	4,339^a	5,151	3,437	3,723	44.2	42.0
Completely Rural	1,957	1,564	991^a	688	967	876	49.4	56.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Daily Cigarette Use in Lifetime is defined as ever smoking every day for at least 30 days. ^aDifference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50428

**Table 2.82B Daily Cigarette Use in Lifetime and Past Month Smoking Status among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	Daily Cigarette Use in Lifetime		Daily Cigarette Use in Lifetime and Cigarette Use in Past Month		Daily Cigarette Use in Lifetime but No Cigarette Use in Past Month		Percentage Who Did Not Smoke Cigarettes in the Past Month among Lifetime Daily Smokers
Geographic Characteristic	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	39.9^a	38.8	21.6	20.9	18.3	17.9	45.9	46.2
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	41.5	40.1	22.0	20.8	19.6	19.4	47.1	48.2
New England	42.6	42.0	20.6	19.3	22.0	22.8	51.6	54.2
Middle Atlantic	41.1	39.4	22.5	21.3	18.7	18.1	45.4	46.0
Midwest	42.8	41.9	23.9	23.7	18.9	18.2	44.1	43.4
East North Central	42.8	42.3	23.6	24.0	19.2	18.3	44.8	43.2
West North Central	42.8	41.0	24.6	23.0	18.2	18.0	42.4	43.8
South	39.8	40.1	22.5	22.7	17.4	17.4	43.6	43.4
South Atlantic	40.8	41.9	21.2	22.7	19.6	19.2	48.0	45.8
East South Central	42.3	41.7	25.9	24.9	16.4	16.8	38.8	40.2
West South Central	36.8	36.2	22.7	21.4	14.2	14.7	38.4	40.8
West	35.6^a	32.7	17.5^a	15.4	18.1	17.3	51.0	53.0
Mountain	40.0	37.7	23.0^b	18.9	17.0	18.7	42.4^b	49.8
Pacific	33.8	30.7	15.2	14.0	18.6	16.8	55.1	54.6
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	37.1	36.1	19.6	18.9	17.6	17.2	47.3	47.6
Small Metro	41.9	40.9	23.1	22.2	18.8	18.7	44.8	45.8
250K - 1 Mil. Pop.	41.5	39.8	22.8	21.2	18.7	18.6	45.1	46.7
< 250K Pop.	42.8	43.0	23.9	24.1	18.9	18.9	44.3	44.0
Nonmetro	44.8	43.8	25.0	24.9	19.8	18.9	44.3	43.1
Urbanized	46.2	44.0	26.3	25.6	19.9	18.4	43.1	41.7
Less Urbanized	42.7	43.7	23.8	25.4	18.9	18.3	44.2	42.0
Completely Rural	47.8	43.8	24.2^a	19.3	23.6	24.6	49.4	56.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Daily Cigarette Use in Lifetime is defined as ever smoking every day for at least 30 days. ^aDifference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.83A Smokeless Tobacco Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	46,065	44,625	10,347	9,756	7,725	7,154
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	6,112	5,854	1,109	1,039	748	679
New England	1,643	1,500	326	250	190	161
Middle Atlantic	4,469	4,354	783	789	559	519
Midwest	11,562	11,131	2,734	2,435	1,985	1,777
East North Central	7,411	7,026	1,580	1,448	1,140	1,054
West North Central	4,151	4,105	1,154	987	845	723
South	18,339	18,357	4,587	4,469	3,772	3,501
South Atlantic	8,808	8,931	2,037	2,025	1,683	1,586
East South Central	3,729	3,794	1,219	948	1,013	756
West South Central	5,803	5,631	1,332	1,496	1,076	1,159
West	10,052	9,284	1,916	1,813	1,219	1,197
Mountain	3,774	3,478	865	754	641	523
Pacific	6,279	5,806	1,051	1,058	578	674
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	19,524	18,776	3,531	3,219	2,410	2,149
Small Metro	15,438	15,000	3,563	3,539	2,740	2,644
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	9,427	9,268	2,039	2,088	1,522	1,555
< 250K Pop.	6,011	5,732	1,524	1,451	1,218	1,089
Nonmetro	11,103	10,850	3,253	2,999	2,574	2,362
Urbanized	4,447	4,243	1,173	1,062	912	823
Less Urbanized	5,479	5,421	1,642	1,596	1,298	1,254
Completely Rural	1,178	1,186	438	341	365	284
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.83B Smokeless Tobacco Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	19.4^a	18.6	4.4	4.1	3.3	3.0
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	13.5	12.9	2.4	2.3	1.7	1.5
New England	13.8	12.6	2.7	2.1	1.6	1.3
Middle Atlantic	13.4	13.0	2.3	2.4	1.7	1.5
Midwest	21.5	20.5	5.1	4.5	3.7	3.3
East North Central	19.7	18.5	4.2	3.8	3.0	2.8
West North Central	25.8	25.2	7.2	6.1	5.2	4.4
South	21.6	21.3	5.4	5.2	4.4	4.1
South Atlantic	19.8	19.8	4.6	4.5	3.8	3.5
East South Central	26.2	26.4	8.6	6.6	7.1	5.3
West South Central	22.2	21.2	5.1	5.6	4.1	4.4
West	18.7^a	17.0	3.6	3.3	2.3	2.2
Mountain	24.2	21.8	5.5	4.7	4.1	3.3
Pacific	16.4	15.0	2.8	2.7	1.5	1.7
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	15.5	14.6	2.8	2.5	1.9	1.7
Small Metro	21.6	20.9	5.0	4.9	3.8	3.7
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	20.1	19.6	4.3	4.4	3.2	3.3
< 250K Pop.	24.6	23.4	6.2	5.9	5.0	4.4
Nonmetro	27.6	26.8	8.1	7.4	6.4	5.8
Urbanized	24.9	25.4	6.6	6.4	5.1	4.9
Less Urbanized	30.1^a	26.7	9.0	7.9	7.1	6.2
Completely Rural	28.7	33.3	10.7	9.6	8.9	8.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.84A Smokeless Tobacco Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	1,897	1,791	1,034	1,085	511	571
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	224	212	147	137	70	65
New England	55	49	41	32	20	17
Middle Atlantic	169	164	106	106	50	48
Midwest	447	401	264	244	123	130
East North Central	293	248	158	151	67	75
West North Central	155	152	106	92	55	55
South	888	880	443	506	233	268
South Atlantic	420	361	203	193	108	100
East South Central	212	221	115	135	64	79
West South Central	257	298	124^a	178	61	89
West	337	298	180	197	85	108
Mountain	172^a	126	97	86	41	50
Pacific	165	172	84	112	45	58
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	588	533	308	313	136	137
Small Metro	680	660	363	399	178	214
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	430	392	237	232	107	133
< 250K Pop.	250	268	126^a	167	70	81
Nonmetro	630	599	363	372	197	220
Urbanized	208	182	112	120	56	65
Less Urbanized	348	356	210	221	117	136
Completely Rural	74	61	42	30	25	19
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.84B Smokeless Tobacco Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	7.6	7.1	4.1	4.3	2.0	2.3
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	5.0	4.7	3.3	3.0	1.6	1.4
New England	4.7	4.1	3.5	2.7	1.7	1.5
Middle Atlantic	5.1	4.9	3.2	3.1	1.5	1.4
Midwest	7.9	7.0	4.6	4.3	2.2	2.3
East North Central	7.3^a	6.2	4.0	3.8	1.7	1.9
West North Central	9.1	9.1	6.2	5.5	3.3	3.3
South	10.0	9.8	5.0	5.6	2.6	3.0
South Atlantic	9.3	7.9	4.5	4.2	2.4	2.2
East South Central	14.6	15.3	7.9	9.3	4.4	5.4
West South Central	8.6	10.0	4.2^a	6.0	2.1	3.0
West	5.7	5.0	3.1	3.3	1.5	1.8
Mountain	10.0^a	7.2	5.6	4.9	2.4	2.9
Pacific	4.0	4.1	2.0	2.6	1.1	1.4
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	4.4	4.0	2.3	2.3	1.0	1.0
Small Metro	9.2	8.6	4.9	5.2	2.4	2.8
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	8.6	7.7	4.8	4.6	2.2	2.6
< 250K Pop.	10.3	10.6	5.2	6.6	2.9	3.2
Nonmetro	14.7	14.2	8.5	8.8	4.6	5.2
Urbanized	11.2	10.7	6.0	7.1	3.0	3.8
Less Urbanized	17.5	16.6	10.6	10.3	5.9	6.3
Completely Rural	16.8	16.1	9.5	8.1	5.6	5.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.85A Smokeless Tobacco Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	6,977	6,878	2,485	2,563	1,486	1,589
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	1,049	1,002	344	364	186	203
New England	288	273	101	99	47	51
Middle Atlantic	760	728	243	265	139	152
Midwest	2,028	2,025	711	780	435	492
East North Central	1,269	1,245	418	468	244	295
West North Central	759	779	293	312	191	197
South	2,403	2,455	879	937	565	616
South Atlantic	1,135	1,148	400	410	250	256
East South Central	489	523	189	211	137	155
West South Central	779	784	291	316	178	204
West	1,497	1,397	551	482	301	278
Mountain	625	551	213	194	134	124
Pacific	872	846	337	288	166	154
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	2,795	2,759	897	866	467	469
Small Metro	2,487	2,546	895	971	556	630
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	1,520	1,600	521	614	316	390
< 250K Pop.	967	946	373	357	240	240
Nonmetro	1,695	1,573	694	726	462	490
Urbanized	766	677	294	303	190	197
Less Urbanized	775	768	330	354	221	247
Completely Rural	155	128	70	68	51	47
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.85B Smokeless Tobacco Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	22.0	21.4	7.8	8.0	4.7	4.9
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	18.6	17.6	6.1	6.4	3.3	3.6
New England	19.6	18.4	6.9	6.6	3.2	3.4
Middle Atlantic	18.3	17.4	5.8	6.3	3.3	3.6
Midwest	27.6	27.2	9.7	10.5	5.9	6.6
East North Central	25.0	24.3	8.2	9.1	4.8	5.8
West North Central	33.4	33.7	12.9	13.5	8.4	8.5
South	21.2	21.3	7.8	8.1	5.0	5.3
South Atlantic	20.3	20.1	7.2	7.2	4.5	4.5
East South Central	25.3	26.8	9.8	10.8	7.1	7.9
West South Central	20.5	20.2	7.6	8.1	4.7	5.3
West	20.2	18.6	7.4	6.4	4.1	3.7
Mountain	27.9^a	24.1	9.5	8.5	6.0	5.4
Pacific	16.9	16.1	6.5	5.5	3.2	2.9
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	16.8	16.6	5.4	5.2	2.8	2.8
Small Metro	24.4	24.0	8.8	9.2	5.4	5.9
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	22.9	23.2	7.8	8.9	4.8	5.7
< 250K Pop.	27.2	25.5	10.5	9.6	6.8	6.5
Nonmetro	34.5^a	31.8	14.1	14.7	9.4	9.9
Urbanized	32.4	29.4	12.4	13.2	8.0	8.5
Less Urbanized	35.4	33.2	15.0	15.3	10.1	10.7
Completely Rural	42.5	39.4	19.4	21.0	14.1	14.3
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.86A Smokeless Tobacco Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	37,190	35,956	6,827	6,109	5,728^a	4,994
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	4,839	4,640	618	538	493	411
New England	1,299	1,177	183	119	124	92
Middle Atlantic	3,539	3,462	434	419	369	318
Midwest	9,086	8,706	1,759^a	1,412	1,428	1,155
East North Central	5,849	5,533	1,004	829	829	683
West North Central	3,237	3,174	755	583	599	472
South	15,048	15,022	3,265	3,025	2,975	2,617
South Atlantic	7,253	7,422	1,434	1,423	1,326	1,229
East South Central	3,027	3,051	915^a	602	812^a	523
West South Central	4,767	4,549	917	1,001	836	865
West	8,218	7,589	1,185	1,133	833	812
Mountain	2,977	2,801	555	475	466	350
Pacific	5,241	4,788	630	659	367	462
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	16,141	15,484	2,326	2,039	1,807	1,543
Small Metro	12,271	11,794	2,305	2,169	2,006	1,800
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	7,478	7,276	1,280	1,242	1,098	1,032
< 250K Pop.	4,794	4,518	1,025	928	907	768
Nonmetro	8,778	8,678	2,196	1,901	1,915	1,651
Urbanized	3,473	3,383	768	638	667	561
Less Urbanized	4,356	4,297	1,102	1,021	960	872
Completely Rural	949	998	325	243	289	219
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.86B Smokeless Tobacco Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	20.6	19.6	3.8^a	3.3	3.2^a	2.7
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	13.8	13.2	1.8	1.5	1.4	1.2
New England	14.1	12.7	2.0	1.3	1.3	1.0
Middle Atlantic	13.6	13.3	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.2
Midwest	22.3	21.2	4.3^a	3.4	3.5	2.8
East North Central	20.5	19.2	3.5	2.9	2.9	2.4
West North Central	26.7	25.8	6.2	4.7	4.9	3.8
South	23.3	22.9	5.1	4.6	4.6	4.0
South Atlantic	21.1	21.3	4.2	4.1	3.9	3.5
East South Central	28.0	27.8	8.4^a	5.5	7.5^a	4.8
West South Central	24.6	23.1	4.7	5.1	4.3	4.4
West	20.3	18.4	2.9	2.8	2.1	2.0
Mountain	25.6	23.4	4.8	4.0	4.0	2.9
Pacific	18.1	16.4	2.2	2.3	1.3	1.6
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	16.8	15.7	2.4	2.1	1.9	1.6
Small Metro	22.8	22.1	4.3	4.1	3.7	3.4
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	21.2	20.7	3.6	3.5	3.1	2.9
< 250K Pop.	25.9	24.8	5.5	5.1	4.9	4.2
Nonmetro	28.3	27.6	7.1	6.1	6.2	5.3
Urbanized	25.5	26.7	5.6	5.0	4.9	4.4
Less Urbanized	31.0^a	27.1	7.8	6.4	6.8	5.5
Completely Rural	28.8	34.8	9.9	8.5	8.8	7.6
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.87A Smokeless Tobacco Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	44,167	42,835	9,312	8,672	7,214	6,583
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	5,887	5,642	962	902	678	614
New England	1,588	1,451	285	218	170	144
Middle Atlantic	4,300	4,191	677	683	508	470
Midwest	11,114	10,731	2,470	2,192	1,862	1,647
East North Central	7,118	6,778	1,422	1,297	1,073	978
West North Central	3,997	3,953	1,048	895	790	669
South	17,451	17,476	4,145	3,963	3,540	3,233
South Atlantic	8,388	8,570	1,834	1,832	1,576	1,486
East South Central	3,516	3,573	1,104	813	949	677
West South Central	5,546	5,333	1,207	1,317	1,015	1,070
West	9,715	8,986	1,736	1,615	1,134	1,089
Mountain	3,602	3,352	768	668	601	473
Pacific	6,113	5,634	967	947	533	616
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	18,936	18,243	3,223	2,905	2,275	2,012
Small Metro	14,758	14,340	3,200	3,140	2,562	2,430
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	8,998	8,876	1,802	1,856	1,414	1,422
< 250K Pop.	5,760	5,464	1,398	1,284	1,147	1,008
Nonmetro	10,473	10,251	2,890	2,627	2,377	2,142
Urbanized	4,239	4,060	1,062	941	856	758
Less Urbanized	5,131	5,065	1,432	1,375	1,181	1,118
Completely Rural	1,103	1,126	396	311	340	265
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.87B Smokeless Tobacco Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	20.8^a	19.9	4.4	4.0	3.4	3.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	14.4	13.8	2.4	2.2	1.7	1.5
New England	14.8	13.5	2.7	2.0	1.6	1.3
Middle Atlantic	14.3	13.9	2.2	2.3	1.7	1.6
Midwest	23.1	22.1	5.1	4.5	3.9	3.4
East North Central	21.1	20.0	4.2	3.8	3.2	2.9
West North Central	27.8	27.1	7.3	6.1	5.5	4.6
South	23.0	22.7	5.5	5.1	4.7	4.2
South Atlantic	21.0	21.1	4.6	4.5	3.9	3.7
East South Central	27.6	27.6	8.6^a	6.3	7.4	5.2
West South Central	24.0	22.6	5.2	5.6	4.4	4.5
West	20.3	18.5	3.6	3.3	2.4	2.2
Mountain	25.9	23.5	5.5	4.7	4.3	3.3
Pacific	17.9	16.4	2.8	2.8	1.6	1.8
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	16.8	15.9	2.9	2.5	2.0	1.8
Small Metro	23.1	22.4	5.0	4.9	4.0	3.8
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	21.4	21.1	4.3	4.4	3.4	3.4
< 250K Pop.	26.1	24.9	6.3	5.9	5.2	4.6
Nonmetro	29.2	28.2	8.0	7.2	6.6	5.9
Urbanized	26.5	27.1	6.6	6.3	5.4	5.1
Less Urbanized	31.6^a	27.9	8.8	7.6	7.3	6.2
Completely Rural	30.2	35.3	10.8	9.7	9.3	8.3
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.88A Cigar Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	88,096	87,409	25,386	25,974	12,837	13,727
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	15,595	15,421	4,499	4,528	2,362	2,294
New England	4,712	4,415	1,317	1,263	550^a	740
Middle Atlantic	10,883	11,006	3,182	3,265	1,812	1,554
Midwest	22,112	21,939	6,761	6,823	3,099^b	3,758
East North Central	15,200	15,012	4,698	4,741	2,247^a	2,652
West North Central	6,912	6,927	2,063	2,081	852^b	1,105
South	30,554	30,055	9,150	9,127	4,887	5,058
South Atlantic	16,361	15,875	4,722	4,748	2,486	2,661
East South Central	4,866	5,104	1,518	1,527	771	899
West South Central	9,327	9,077	2,910	2,852	1,631	1,498
West	19,835	19,994	4,976	5,497	2,490	2,618
Mountain	6,087	6,290	1,562^a	1,865	721	906
Pacific	13,748	13,704	3,414	3,631	1,769	1,712
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	45,981	45,315	13,730	13,786	7,042	7,255
Small Metro	27,287	26,930	7,856	8,084	3,935	4,293
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	17,850	17,116	5,244	5,205	2,661	2,678
< 250K Pop.	9,438	9,814	2,612	2,879	1,275^a	1,615
Nonmetro	14,828	15,165	3,800	4,104	1,860^a	2,180
Urbanized	6,887	6,371	1,761	1,793	864	944
Less Urbanized	6,565	7,384	1,706^a	2,057	850^a	1,099
Completely Rural	1,375	1,410	332	254	146	137
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.88B Cigar Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	37.1	36.3	10.7	10.8	5.4	5.7
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	34.4	33.9	9.9	10.0	5.2	5.0
New England	39.6	37.0	11.1	10.6	4.6^a	6.2
Middle Atlantic	32.6	32.8	9.5	9.7	5.4	4.6
Midwest	41.1	40.5	12.6	12.6	5.8^b	6.9
East North Central	40.4	39.6	12.5	12.5	6.0^a	7.0
West North Central	42.9	42.6	12.8	12.8	5.3^b	6.8
South	36.0	34.9	10.8	10.6	5.8	5.9
South Atlantic	36.8	35.1	10.6	10.5	5.6	5.9
East South Central	34.2	35.5	10.7	10.6	5.4	6.2
West South Central	35.7	34.2	11.1	10.7	6.2	5.6
West	36.8	36.6	9.2	10.1	4.6	4.8
Mountain	39.0	39.3	10.0^a	11.7	4.6	5.7
Pacific	36.0	35.4	8.9	9.4	4.6	4.4
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	36.5	35.3	10.9	10.7	5.6	5.7
Small Metro	38.2	37.6	11.0	11.3	5.5	6.0
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	38.0	36.3	11.2	11.0	5.7	5.7
< 250K Pop.	38.6	40.1	10.7	11.8	5.2^a	6.6
Nonmetro	36.9	37.4	9.5	10.1	4.6^a	5.4
Urbanized	38.6	38.2	9.9	10.7	4.8	5.7
Less Urbanized	36.0	36.4	9.4	10.1	4.7	5.4
Completely Rural	33.6	39.5	8.1	7.1	3.6	3.8
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.89A Cigar Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	3,776	3,743	2,487	2,568	1,115	1,201
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	590	633	400	472	164	215
New England	168	188	115	140	45	58
Middle Atlantic	423	445	285	332	119	157
Midwest	904	947	635	662	296	313
East North Central	620	630	446	436	207	211
West North Central	284	317	189	226	89	102
South	1,464	1,313	941	868	425	402
South Atlantic	711	662	452	431	200	190
East South Central	246	235	171	155	79	74
West South Central	507	415	319	283	146	138
West	818	851	511	566	230	271
Mountain	281	298	175	205	67^a	95
Pacific	537	554	336	361	163	176
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	1,748	1,779	1,158	1,253	518	563
Small Metro	1,292	1,199	891	811	392	392
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	841	788	572	528	241	248
< 250K Pop.	451	411	319	283	151	144
Nonmetro	736	766	438	503	205	246
Urbanized	322	297	205	198	94	101
Less Urbanized	344	406	190^a	269	90^a	132
Completely Rural	71	63	42	37	20	14
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.89B Cigar Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	15.1	14.8	10.0	10.2	4.5	4.8
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	13.1	13.9	8.9	10.4	3.6^a	4.7
New England	14.3	16.0	9.8	12.0	3.8	4.9
Middle Atlantic	12.7	13.2	8.6	9.9	3.6	4.7
Midwest	15.9	16.7	11.2	11.7	5.2	5.5
East North Central	15.5	15.7	11.2	10.9	5.2	5.3
West North Central	16.7	19.0	11.1	13.5	5.2	6.1
South	16.4^a	14.6	10.5	9.6	4.8	4.5
South Atlantic	15.8	14.5	10.0	9.4	4.5	4.2
East South Central	16.9	16.2	11.8	10.7	5.4	5.1
West South Central	17.1^a	14.0	10.7	9.5	4.9	4.6
West	13.9	14.2	8.7	9.4	3.9	4.5
Mountain	16.2	17.1	10.1	11.7	3.9^a	5.5
Pacific	12.9	13.0	8.1	8.5	3.9	4.1
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	13.1	13.3	8.7	9.4	3.9	4.2
Small Metro	17.5^a	15.7	12.0^a	10.6	5.3	5.1
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	16.9	15.4	11.5	10.4	4.8	4.9
< 250K Pop.	18.6	16.2	13.2	11.1	6.2	5.7
Nonmetro	17.2	18.1	10.2	11.9	4.8	5.8
Urbanized	17.3	17.5	11.1	11.7	5.1	5.9
Less Urbanized	17.3	18.9	9.6^a	12.5	4.5	6.1
Completely Rural	16.0	16.6	9.6	9.7	4.6	3.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.90A Cigar Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	14,327	14,213	7,196^a	7,724	3,623^b	4,103
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	2,484	2,444	1,271	1,371	616	675
New England	761	712	376	400	169	208
Middle Atlantic	1,724	1,732	895	970	447	467
Midwest	3,737	3,831	1,928	2,029	914^a	1,079
East North Central	2,525	2,533	1,320	1,377	637	734
West North Central	1,212	1,298	608	652	278	345
South	4,866	4,760	2,569	2,683	1,410	1,506
South Atlantic	2,410	2,382	1,249	1,338	647	736
East South Central	835	891	443	514	294	293
West South Central	1,621	1,486	877	832	469	477
West	3,240	3,177	1,428^a	1,641	682^a	842
Mountain	1,033	1,080	447^b	603	215^b	329
Pacific	2,207	2,097	981	1,038	467	513
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	7,124	7,000	3,585	3,753	1,763^b	2,034
Small Metro	4,842	4,918	2,435^a	2,733	1,248^a	1,431
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	3,099	3,136	1,568	1,722	806	858
< 250K Pop.	1,743	1,782	867^a	1,011	442^b	574
Nonmetro	2,361	2,295	1,176	1,238	612	638
Urbanized	1,177	1,091	585	582	319	311
Less Urbanized	1,007	1,048	505	588	249	289
Completely Rural	178	156	86	68	43	38
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.90B Cigar Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	45.2	44.1	22.7^a	24.0	11.4^b	12.7
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	44.1	43.0	22.6	24.1	10.9	11.9
New England	51.8	47.9	25.6	26.9	11.5^a	14.0
Middle Atlantic	41.4	41.3	21.5	23.1	10.7	11.1
Midwest	50.8	51.5	26.2	27.3	12.4^b	14.5
East North Central	49.7	49.4	26.0	26.9	12.5	14.3
West North Central	53.3	56.1	26.7	28.2	12.2^a	14.9
South	43.0	41.3	22.7	23.3	12.4	13.1
South Atlantic	43.2	41.8	22.4	23.5	11.6	12.9
East South Central	43.2	45.7	22.9	26.3	15.2	15.0
West South Central	42.6^a	38.3	23.0	21.4	12.3	12.3
West	43.7	42.2	19.3^a	21.8	9.2^a	11.2
Mountain	46.2	47.2	20.0^b	26.4	9.6^b	14.4
Pacific	42.6	40.0	19.0	19.8	9.0	9.8
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	42.9	42.0	21.6	22.5	10.6^b	12.2
Small Metro	47.4	46.4	23.9^a	25.8	12.2	13.5
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	46.6	45.5	23.6	25.0	12.1	12.5
< 250K Pop.	49.0	48.0	24.4^a	27.2	12.4^b	15.4
Nonmetro	48.0	46.5	23.9	25.1	12.4	12.9
Urbanized	49.8	47.4	24.8	25.3	13.5	13.5
Less Urbanized	45.9	45.3	23.0	25.4	11.4	12.5
Completely Rural	48.9	48.2	23.7	20.8	11.9	11.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.91A Cigar Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	69,992	69,453	15,702	15,681	8,099	8,423
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	12,521	12,344	2,828	2,685	1,582	1,404
New England	3,783	3,515	826	722	336	474
Middle Atlantic	8,737	8,829	2,002	1,963	1,246^a	929
Midwest	17,471	17,160	4,198	4,132	1,889^a	2,365
East North Central	12,055	11,849	2,932	2,928	1,404	1,707
West North Central	5,416	5,311	1,265	1,204	485	658
South	24,224	23,983	5,639	5,575	3,052	3,149
South Atlantic	13,241	12,830	3,021	2,978	1,638	1,735
East South Central	3,785	3,978	904	859	398	532
West South Central	7,198	7,175	1,714	1,738	1,016	883
West	15,777	15,966	3,037	3,290	1,577	1,505
Mountain	4,773	4,912	940	1,057	439	481
Pacific	11,004	11,053	2,097	2,233	1,138	1,023
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	37,109	36,536	8,987	8,779	4,760	4,658
Small Metro	21,153	20,813	4,529	4,540	2,296	2,469
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	13,909	13,192	3,104	2,955	1,614	1,572
< 250K Pop.	7,244	7,621	1,426	1,585	682	897
Nonmetro	11,730	12,104	2,186	2,362	1,043	1,296
Urbanized	5,389	4,983	971	1,012	450	533
Less Urbanized	5,214	5,930	1,012	1,200	511	678
Completely Rural	1,127	1,191	203	149	82	85
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.91B Cigar Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	38.7	37.9	8.7	8.6	4.5	4.6
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	35.6	35.0	8.0	7.6	4.5	4.0
New England	40.9	37.9	8.9	7.8	3.6	5.1
Middle Atlantic	33.7	34.0	7.7	7.6	4.8^a	3.6
Midwest	42.9	41.8	10.3	10.1	4.6^a	5.8
East North Central	42.2	41.1	10.3	10.2	4.9	5.9
West North Central	44.7	43.2	10.4	9.8	4.0	5.4
South	37.5	36.6	8.7	8.5	4.7	4.8
South Atlantic	38.6	36.8	8.8	8.5	4.8	5.0
East South Central	35.0	36.2	8.3	7.8	3.7	4.8
West South Central	37.2	36.4	8.9	8.8	5.2	4.5
West	38.9	38.8	7.5	8.0	3.9	3.7
Mountain	41.0	41.1	8.1	8.8	3.8	4.0
Pacific	38.1	37.9	7.3	7.7	3.9	3.5
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	38.6	37.2	9.3	8.9	4.9	4.7
Small Metro	39.3	39.0	8.4	8.5	4.3	4.6
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	39.4	37.5	8.8	8.4	4.6	4.5
< 250K Pop.	39.2	41.8	7.7	8.7	3.7	4.9
Nonmetro	37.9	38.6	7.1	7.5	3.4	4.1
Urbanized	39.5	39.3	7.1	8.0	3.3	4.2
Less Urbanized	37.1	37.5	7.2	7.6	3.6	4.3
Completely Rural	34.2	41.6	6.2	5.2	2.5	3.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.92A Cigar Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	84,320	83,666	22,898	23,405	11,722	12,526
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	15,005	14,788	4,099	4,056	2,198	2,079
New England	4,544	4,227	1,202	1,123	505^a	682
Middle Atlantic	10,461	10,561	2,897	2,933	1,693^a	1,397
Midwest	21,208	20,992	6,126	6,160	2,803^b	3,445
East North Central	14,580	14,382	4,252	4,305	2,040^a	2,441
West North Central	6,628	6,610	1,874	1,856	763^a	1,004
South	29,090	28,743	8,208	8,258	4,462	4,656
South Atlantic	15,651	15,212	4,271	4,317	2,285	2,471
East South Central	4,620	4,869	1,347	1,373	692	825
West South Central	8,820	8,661	2,591	2,569	1,485	1,360
West	19,017	19,143	4,465	4,931	2,260	2,347
Mountain	5,806	5,993	1,387^a	1,660	654	811
Pacific	13,211	13,151	3,079	3,271	1,606	1,536
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	44,232	43,536	12,572	12,532	6,524	6,692
Small Metro	25,996	25,731	6,965	7,273	3,543	3,901
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	17,009	16,328	4,672	4,677	2,420	2,430
< 250K Pop.	8,987	9,403	2,293	2,596	1,124^a	1,471
Nonmetro	14,091	14,399	3,362	3,600	1,655	1,934
Urbanized	6,565	6,073	1,556	1,595	770	843
Less Urbanized	6,221	6,978	1,516	1,788	760	968
Completely Rural	1,305	1,347	290	217	126	123
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.92B Cigar Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	39.6	38.9	10.8	10.9	5.5	5.8
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	36.8	36.1	10.0	9.9	5.4	5.1
New England	42.4	39.2	11.2	10.4	4.7	6.3
Middle Atlantic	34.7	35.0	9.6	9.7	5.6^a	4.6
Midwest	44.1	43.3	12.7	12.7	5.8^b	7.1
East North Central	43.3	42.4	12.6	12.7	6.1^a	7.2
West North Central	46.0	45.3	13.0	12.7	5.3^a	6.9
South	38.4	37.3	10.8	10.7	5.9	6.0
South Atlantic	39.2	37.5	10.7	10.6	5.7	6.1
East South Central	36.2	37.6	10.6	10.6	5.4	6.4
West South Central	38.1	36.7	11.2	10.9	6.4	5.8
West	39.7	39.3	9.3	10.1	4.7	4.8
Mountain	41.8	42.1	10.0	11.7	4.7	5.7
Pacific	38.8	38.2	9.0	9.5	4.7	4.5
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	39.2	37.9	11.1	10.9	5.8	5.8
Small Metro	40.6	40.2	10.9	11.4	5.5	6.1
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	40.5	38.8	11.1	11.1	5.8	5.8
< 250K Pop.	40.8	42.9	10.4	11.8	5.1^b	6.7
Nonmetro	39.3	39.6	9.4	9.9	4.6	5.3
Urbanized	41.0	40.5	9.7	10.6	4.8	5.6
Less Urbanized	38.3	38.5	9.3	9.9	4.7	5.3
Completely Rural	35.7	42.2	7.9	6.8	3.4	3.9
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.93A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	197,533	198,220	154,540	156,686	118,965	120,934
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	38,297	38,477	31,651	32,054	24,612	25,236
New England	10,304	10,496	8,614	8,912	7,079	7,244
Middle Atlantic	27,993	27,981	23,037	23,141	17,532	17,992
Midwest	46,361	46,430	36,990	37,437	28,354	29,106
East North Central	32,284	32,469	25,819	26,236	19,720	20,407
West North Central	14,078	13,961	11,171	11,201	8,634	8,699
South	68,754	69,097	50,841	51,808	38,414	38,843
South Atlantic	36,988	36,693	27,438	27,808	21,323	20,814
East South Central	10,792	11,263	7,518	7,945	5,262	5,699
West South Central	20,975	21,141	15,885	16,056	11,829	12,330
West	44,120	44,216	35,059	35,388	27,585	27,749
Mountain	12,707	13,045	9,831	10,241	7,579	7,871
Pacific	31,414	31,171	25,228	25,147	20,007	19,878
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	104,980	106,054	85,650	86,320	67,174	67,647
Small Metro	59,733	59,297	45,575	46,177	34,892	35,582
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	39,314	38,907	30,193	30,680	23,128	23,732
< 250K Pop.	20,420	20,390	15,382	15,497	11,764	11,851
Nonmetro	32,820	32,869	23,315	24,189	16,899	17,705
Urbanized	14,899	13,824	11,094	10,142	8,375	7,732
Less Urbanized	14,561^a	16,197	9,872^b	11,892	6,894^b	8,304
Completely Rural	3,360	2,847	2,350	2,155	1,629	1,668
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.93B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	83.1	82.4	65.0	65.1	50.1	50.3
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	84.5	84.6	69.9	70.5	54.3	55.5
New England	86.7	87.9	72.5	74.6	59.6	60.6
Middle Atlantic	83.8	83.4	68.9	69.0	52.5	53.6
Midwest	86.2	85.6	68.8	69.1	52.7	53.7
East North Central	85.7	85.6	68.5	69.2	52.4	53.8
West North Central	87.4	85.8	69.4	68.8	53.6	53.5
South	81.1	80.2	60.0	60.1	45.3	45.1
South Atlantic	83.2	81.2	61.8	61.5	48.0	46.1
East South Central	75.9	78.3	52.9	55.2	37.0	39.6
West South Central	80.3	79.6	60.8	60.5	45.3	46.4
West	82.0	80.9	65.1	64.7	51.2	50.8
Mountain	81.4	81.6	63.0	64.1	48.5	49.2
Pacific	82.2	80.6	66.0	65.0	52.3	51.4
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	83.3	82.6	67.9	67.3	53.3	52.7
Small Metro	83.7	82.8	63.8	64.5	48.9	49.7
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	83.8	82.5	64.3	65.0	49.3	50.3
< 250K Pop.	83.5	83.3	62.9	63.3	48.1	48.4
Nonmetro	81.7	81.0	58.0	59.6	42.1	43.7
Urbanized	83.4	82.8	62.1	60.7	46.9	46.3
Less Urbanized	79.9	79.8	54.2^a	58.6	37.8	40.9
Completely Rural	82.0	79.8	57.3	60.4	39.8	46.8
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.94A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	10,713	10,596	8,563	8,537	4,425	4,436
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	1,978	1,995	1,639	1,662	881	873
New England	525	546	444	456	246	251
Middle Atlantic	1,453	1,450	1,195	1,206	635	622
Midwest	2,497	2,493	2,030	2,026	1,055	1,059
East North Central	1,708	1,755	1,375	1,424	719	727
West North Central	790	737	655	602	336	332
South	3,815	3,590	2,990	2,814	1,486	1,398
South Atlantic	1,909	1,813	1,485	1,422	728	688
East South Central	560	589	431	447	223	230
West South Central	1,346	1,189	1,074	945	535	480
West	2,423	2,517	1,904	2,035	1,003	1,105
Mountain	750	759	619	610	335	333
Pacific	1,674	1,758	1,285	1,426	667	773
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	5,481	5,413	4,374	4,438	2,234	2,213
Small Metro	3,224	3,285	2,572	2,577	1,317	1,431
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	2,134	2,189	1,698	1,702	850	924
< 250K Pop.	1,090	1,096	874	875	467	507
Nonmetro	2,008	1,898	1,617	1,522	875	792
Urbanized	864^a	744	696^a	580	365^a	283
Less Urbanized	933	986	760	803	427	424
Completely Rural	210	168	161	139	83	84
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.94B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	42.9	42.0	34.3	33.9	17.7	17.6
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	44.1	44.0	36.5	36.6	19.6	19.2
New England	44.8	46.5	37.8	38.8	21.0	21.4
Middle Atlantic	43.8	43.1	36.0	35.9	19.2	18.5
Midwest	43.9	43.9	35.7	35.7	18.5	18.6
East North Central	42.7	43.8	34.4	35.5	18.0	18.1
West North Central	46.4	44.1	38.5	36.0	19.8	19.8
South	42.7^a	39.9	33.5^a	31.3	16.6	15.5
South Atlantic	42.4	39.6	33.0	31.1	16.2	15.0
East South Central	38.5	40.6	29.7	30.8	15.3	15.9
West South Central	45.3^b	40.0	36.1^b	31.8	18.0	16.2
West	41.2	42.0	32.4	33.9	17.0	18.4
Mountain	43.4	43.5	35.8	34.9	19.4	19.1
Pacific	40.3	41.4	30.9	33.5	16.1	18.2
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	41.2	40.6	32.9	33.3	16.8	16.6
Small Metro	43.6	43.0	34.8	33.7	17.8	18.7
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	42.9	42.9	34.1	33.4	17.1	18.1
< 250K Pop.	45.0	43.1	36.1	34.4	19.3	19.9
Nonmetro	46.9	44.9	37.7	36.0	20.4	18.8
Urbanized	46.5	43.8	37.4	34.1	19.6^a	16.7
Less Urbanized	47.0	45.9	38.3	37.4	21.5	19.8
Completely Rural	47.7	44.6	36.6	36.7	18.8	22.4
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.95A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	27,622	27,752	24,778	25,127	19,466	19,474
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	5,030	5,029	4,698	4,673	3,781	3,775
New England	1,355	1,351	1,275	1,278	1,060	1,072
Middle Atlantic	3,675	3,677	3,423	3,395	2,721	2,703
Midwest	6,591	6,712	6,101	6,224	4,903	4,924
East North Central	4,518	4,581	4,191	4,238	3,373	3,350
West North Central	2,073	2,130	1,910	1,987	1,530	1,573
South	9,686	9,760	8,442	8,723	6,453	6,567
South Atlantic	4,810	4,885	4,209	4,377	3,303	3,309
East South Central	1,600	1,628	1,355	1,431	952	1,085
West South Central	3,276	3,247	2,879	2,915	2,197	2,174
West	6,314	6,252	5,536	5,507	4,329	4,208
Mountain	1,844	1,885	1,587	1,662	1,261	1,315
Pacific	4,470	4,367	3,949	3,845	3,068	2,893
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	14,385	14,223	13,041	12,902	10,253	9,979
Small Metro	8,930	9,233	7,960	8,400	6,355	6,615
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	5,802	5,939	5,175	5,404	4,145	4,300
< 250K Pop.	3,128	3,293	2,786	2,996	2,211	2,314
Nonmetro	4,306	4,296	3,776	3,825	2,858	2,880
Urbanized	2,113	2,044	1,893	1,854	1,492	1,458
Less Urbanized	1,877	1,965	1,605	1,728	1,160	1,245
Completely Rural	316	287	278	243	206	177
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

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**Table 2.95B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	87.1	86.2	78.1	78.0	61.4	60.5
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	89.3	88.5	83.4	82.2	67.1	66.4
New England	92.2	90.8	86.7	85.8	72.1	72.1
Middle Atlantic	88.3	87.6	82.2	80.9	65.4	64.4
Midwest	89.6	90.2	82.9	83.6	66.6	66.2
East North Central	88.9	89.4	82.5	82.6	66.3	65.3
West North Central	91.2	92.1	84.0	85.9	67.3	68.0
South	85.5	84.6	74.5	75.6	57.0	56.9
South Atlantic	86.1	85.6	75.4	76.7	59.2	58.0
East South Central	82.7	83.4	70.1	73.3	49.2^b	55.6
West South Central	86.1	83.7	75.6	75.1	57.7	56.0
West	85.2	83.0	74.7	73.1	58.4	55.9
Mountain	82.5	82.4	70.9	72.7	56.4	57.5
Pacific	86.4^a	83.3	76.3	73.3	59.3	55.2
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	86.6	85.4	78.5	77.5	61.7	59.9
Small Metro	87.5	87.1	78.0	79.2	62.3	62.4
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	87.2	86.2	77.8	78.4	62.3	62.4
< 250K Pop.	88.0	88.6	78.4	80.6	62.2	62.3
Nonmetro	87.6	87.0	76.8	77.4	58.1	58.3
Urbanized	89.5	88.8	80.1	80.5	63.1	63.3
Less Urbanized	85.6	84.9	73.2	74.7	52.9	53.8
Completely Rural	86.8	88.4	76.6	74.9	56.7	54.6
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.96A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	159,198	159,872	121,200	123,022	95,073	97,023
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	31,289	31,453	25,314	25,719	19,949	20,587
New England	8,424	8,599	6,895	7,179	5,774	5,921
Middle Atlantic	22,865	22,855	18,418	18,540	14,176	14,667
Midwest	37,273	37,225	28,859	29,186	22,396	23,123
East North Central	26,058	26,133	20,252	20,574	15,628	16,330
West North Central	11,215	11,093	8,606	8,612	6,768	6,793
South	55,254	55,747	39,408	40,272	30,475	30,877
South Atlantic	30,269	29,995	21,744	22,008	17,292	16,818
East South Central	8,632	9,047	5,732	6,067	4,087	4,383
West South Central	16,353	16,705	11,932	12,196	9,096	9,676
West	35,383	35,447	27,620	27,845	22,253	22,436
Mountain	10,113	10,400	7,626	7,969	5,982	6,223
Pacific	25,270	25,047	19,994	19,876	16,272	16,212
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	85,113	86,419	68,235	68,981	54,688	55,455
Small Metro	47,579	46,779	35,043	35,200	27,219	27,537
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	31,377	30,779	23,320	23,574	18,133	18,507
< 250K Pop.	16,201	16,000	11,722	11,626	9,086	9,030
Nonmetro	26,506	26,674	17,923	18,841	13,166	14,032
Urbanized	11,922	11,036	8,505	7,707	6,519	5,991
Less Urbanized	11,750^a	13,247	7,507^b	9,360	5,307^b	6,634
Completely Rural	2,833	2,392	1,910	1,774	1,341	1,406
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.96B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	88.0	87.3	67.0	67.2	52.5	53.0
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	88.9	89.2	71.9	72.9	56.7	58.4
New England	91.1	92.6	74.6	77.3	62.5	63.8
Middle Atlantic	88.1	87.9	71.0	71.3	54.6	56.4
Midwest	91.5	90.6	70.9	71.0	55.0	56.3
East North Central	91.1	90.7	70.8	71.4	54.7	56.7
West North Central	92.5	90.3	71.0	70.1	55.8	55.3
South	85.6	85.0	61.1	61.4	47.2	47.1
South Atlantic	88.1	85.9	63.3	63.1	50.3	48.2
East South Central	79.7	82.3	52.9	55.2	37.7	39.9
West South Central	84.5	84.8	61.7	61.9	47.0	49.1
West	87.3	86.2	68.1	67.7	54.9	54.5
Mountain	86.8	87.0	65.5	66.7	51.3	52.1
Pacific	87.5	85.8	69.2	68.1	56.3	55.6
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	88.5	87.9	70.9	70.2	56.9	56.4
Small Metro	88.5	87.6	65.1	65.9	50.6	51.6
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	88.9	87.5	66.1	67.0	51.4	52.6
< 250K Pop.	87.6	87.8	63.4	63.8	49.1	49.6
Nonmetro	85.6	85.0	57.8	60.0	42.5	44.7
Urbanized	87.4	86.9	62.3	60.7	47.8	47.2
Less Urbanized	83.7	83.7	53.4^a	59.1	37.8^a	41.9
Completely Rural	86.0	83.5	58.0	61.9	40.7	49.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.97A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	186,820	187,624	145,978	148,149	114,539	116,498
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	36,319	36,482	30,012	30,392	23,730	24,363
New England	9,779	9,950	8,170	8,456	6,834	6,993
Middle Atlantic	26,540	26,532	21,841	21,936	16,897	17,369
Midwest	43,864	43,937	34,960	35,411	27,299	28,047
East North Central	30,576	30,714	24,444	24,812	19,001	19,680
West North Central	13,288	13,223	10,516	10,599	8,298	8,367
South	64,940	65,507	47,851	48,994	36,928	37,445
South Atlantic	35,079	34,880	25,953	26,386	20,595	20,126
East South Central	10,232	10,675	7,087	7,498	5,039	5,468
West South Central	19,629	19,952	14,811	15,111	11,294	11,850
West	41,697	41,699	33,156	33,352	26,583	26,644
Mountain	11,957	12,286	9,213	9,631	7,243	7,539
Pacific	29,740	29,413	23,943	23,721	19,339	19,105
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	99,499	100,642	81,276	81,883	64,941	65,434
Small Metro	56,509	56,012	43,003	43,600	33,575	34,151
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	37,179	36,718	28,495	28,978	22,278	22,807
< 250K Pop.	19,330	19,294	14,508	14,622	11,297	11,344
Nonmetro	30,812	30,971	21,698	22,667	16,024	16,912
Urbanized	14,036	13,080	10,398	9,562	8,010	7,449
Less Urbanized	13,627^a	15,212	9,112^b	11,088	6,467^b	7,880
Completely Rural	3,149	2,679	2,188	2,017	1,547	1,584
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.97B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	87.8	87.1	68.6	68.8	53.9	54.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	89.0	89.1	73.5	74.2	58.1	59.5
New England	91.3	92.4	76.3	78.5	63.8	64.9
Middle Atlantic	88.2	87.9	72.5	72.7	56.1	57.5
Midwest	91.2	90.5	72.7	73.0	56.8	57.8
East North Central	90.8	90.5	72.6	73.1	56.4	58.0
West North Central	92.3	90.6	73.0	72.6	57.6	57.3
South	85.6	84.9	63.1	63.5	48.7	48.5
South Atlantic	87.8	85.9	65.0	65.0	51.6	49.6
East South Central	80.2	82.5	55.5	57.9	39.5	42.3
West South Central	84.8	84.6	64.0	64.1	48.8	50.2
West	87.0	85.7	69.1	68.5	55.4	54.7
Mountain	86.1	86.3	66.3	67.6	52.2	52.9
Pacific	87.3	85.4	70.3	68.9	56.8	55.5
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	88.2	87.5	72.1	71.2	57.6	56.9
Small Metro	88.3	87.5	67.2	68.1	52.5	53.4
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	88.6	87.3	67.9	68.9	53.1	54.2
< 250K Pop.	87.7	88.0	65.8	66.7	51.2	51.7
Nonmetro	85.8	85.2	60.4	62.4	44.6	46.6
Urbanized	87.7	87.2	65.0	63.8	50.0	49.7
Less Urbanized	83.9	83.8	56.1^a	61.1	39.8^a	43.4
Completely Rural	86.1	84.0	59.8	63.2	42.3	49.6
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.98A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	118,965	120,934	53,770	54,725	16,144	16,689
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	24,612	25,236	10,672	11,086	3,125	3,085
New England	7,079	7,244	3,051	3,200	985	950
Middle Atlantic	17,532	17,992	7,621	7,887	2,140	2,135
Midwest	28,354	29,106	13,584	14,125	4,192	4,627
East North Central	19,720	20,407	9,393	9,741	2,877	3,239
West North Central	8,634	8,699	4,191	4,384	1,315	1,388
South	38,414	38,843	17,741	18,215	5,523	5,852
South Atlantic	21,323	20,814	9,161	9,481	2,945	2,972
East South Central	5,262	5,699	2,448	2,544	760	897
West South Central	11,829	12,330	6,132	6,189	1,818	1,984
West	27,585	27,749	11,774	11,299	3,303	3,125
Mountain	7,579	7,871	3,603	3,595	1,053	972
Pacific	20,007	19,878	8,171	7,704	2,250	2,154
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	67,174	67,647	28,832	29,358	8,135	8,221
Small Metro	34,892	35,582	16,514	16,468	5,162	5,638
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	23,128	23,732	10,828	10,804	3,309	3,592
< 250K Pop.	11,764	11,851	5,686	5,665	1,853	2,047
Nonmetro	16,899	17,705	8,424	8,899	2,848	2,830
Urbanized	8,375	7,732	4,021	3,900	1,395	1,241
Less Urbanized	6,894^b	8,304	3,674	4,194	1,217	1,291
Completely Rural	1,629	1,668	729	805	236	298
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.98B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	50.1	50.3	22.6	22.8	6.8	6.9
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	54.3	55.5	23.6	24.4	6.9	6.8
New England	59.6	60.6	25.7	26.8	8.3	8.0
Middle Atlantic	52.5	53.6	22.8	23.5	6.4	6.4
Midwest	52.7	53.7	25.3	26.1	7.8	8.5
East North Central	52.4	53.8	24.9	25.7	7.6	8.5
West North Central	53.6	53.5	26.0	26.9	8.2	8.5
South	45.3	45.1	20.9	21.1	6.5	6.8
South Atlantic	48.0	46.1	20.6	21.0	6.6	6.6
East South Central	37.0	39.6	17.2	17.7	5.3	6.2
West South Central	45.3	46.4	23.5	23.3	7.0	7.5
West	51.2	50.8	21.9	20.7	6.1	5.7
Mountain	48.5	49.2	23.1	22.5	6.7	6.1
Pacific	52.3	51.4	21.4	19.9	5.9	5.6
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	53.3	52.7	22.9	22.9	6.5	6.4
Small Metro	48.9	49.7	23.1	23.0	7.2	7.9
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	49.3	50.3	23.1	22.9	7.1	7.6
< 250K Pop.	48.1	48.4	23.2	23.1	7.6	8.4
Nonmetro	42.1	43.7	21.0	21.9	7.1	7.0
Urbanized	46.9	46.3	22.5	23.4	7.8	7.4
Less Urbanized	37.8	40.9	20.2	20.7	6.7	6.4
Completely Rural	39.8	46.8	17.8^a	22.6	5.8	8.4
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.99A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	4,425	4,436	2,658	2,794	652	671
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	881	873	519	519	108	138
New England	246	251	153	159	38	45
Middle Atlantic	635	622	366	359	70	93
Midwest	1,055	1,059	678	700	177	165
East North Central	719	727	450	464	117	116
West North Central	336	332	228	236	60	48
South	1,486	1,398	852	845	212	213
South Atlantic	728	688	407	414	89	95
East South Central	223	230	132	142	42	34
West South Central	535	480	313	289	81	84
West	1,003	1,105	609	730	156	156
Mountain	335	333	201	229	61	42
Pacific	667	773	408	501	95	113
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	2,234	2,213	1,281	1,334	300	320
Small Metro	1,317	1,431	829	894	216	215
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	850	924	509	597	122	129
< 250K Pop.	467	507	320	297	94	86
Nonmetro	875	792	549	565	135	136
Urbanized	365^a	283	229	192	60	57
Less Urbanized	427	424	270	310	62	62
Completely Rural	83	84	50	64	13	17
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.99B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	17.7	17.6	10.6	11.1	2.6	2.7
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	19.6	19.2	11.6	11.4	2.4	3.0
New England	21.0	21.4	13.1	13.6	3.3	3.9
Middle Atlantic	19.2	18.5	11.0	10.7	2.1	2.8
Midwest	18.5	18.6	11.9	12.3	3.1	2.9
East North Central	18.0	18.1	11.3	11.6	2.9	2.9
West North Central	19.8	19.8	13.4	14.1	3.5	2.9
South	16.6	15.5	9.5	9.4	2.4	2.4
South Atlantic	16.2	15.0	9.0	9.0	2.0	2.1
East South Central	15.3	15.9	9.1	9.8	2.9	2.4
West South Central	18.0	16.2	10.5	9.7	2.7	2.8
West	17.0	18.4	10.4	12.2	2.6	2.6
Mountain	19.4	19.1	11.7	13.1	3.5	2.4
Pacific	16.1	18.2	9.8	11.8	2.3	2.7
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	16.8	16.6	9.6	10.0	2.3	2.4
Small Metro	17.8	18.7	11.2	11.7	2.9	2.8
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	17.1	18.1	10.2	11.7	2.5	2.5
< 250K Pop.	19.3	19.9	13.2	11.7	3.9	3.4
Nonmetro	20.4	18.8	12.8	13.4	3.2	3.2
Urbanized	19.6^a	16.7	12.3	11.3	3.2	3.4
Less Urbanized	21.5	19.8	13.6	14.4	3.1	2.9
Completely Rural	18.8	22.4	11.3	16.9	2.9	4.5
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.100A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	19,466	19,474	13,188	13,271	4,788	4,848
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	3,781	3,775	2,611	2,647	962	1,050
New England	1,060	1,072	756	763	305	315
Middle Atlantic	2,721	2,703	1,855	1,883	658	735
Midwest	4,903	4,924	3,496	3,510	1,352	1,369
East North Central	3,373	3,350	2,392	2,368	908	889
West North Central	1,530	1,573	1,104	1,142	444	480
South	6,453	6,567	4,259	4,340	1,470	1,544
South Atlantic	3,303	3,309	2,158	2,177	716	769
East South Central	952	1,085	622	688	217	249
West South Central	2,197	2,174	1,478	1,475	537	525
West	4,329	4,208	2,823	2,774	1,005	884
Mountain	1,261	1,315	858	940	340	327
Pacific	3,068	2,893	1,965	1,833	664	557
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	10,253	9,979	6,700	6,638	2,329	2,277
Small Metro	6,355	6,615	4,430	4,566	1,711	1,804
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	4,145	4,300	2,888	2,896	1,097	1,109
< 250K Pop.	2,211	2,314	1,542	1,670	614	696
Nonmetro	2,858	2,880	2,058	2,067	748	766
Urbanized	1,492	1,458	1,076	1,050	430	413
Less Urbanized	1,160	1,245	827	900	270	305
Completely Rural	206	177	155	117	48	49
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50421

**Table 2.100B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	61.4	60.5	41.6	41.2	15.1	15.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	67.1	66.4	46.3	46.6	17.1	18.5
New England	72.1	72.1	51.4	51.3	20.7	21.2
Middle Atlantic	65.4	64.4	44.6	44.9	15.8	17.5
Midwest	66.6	66.2	47.5	47.2	18.4	18.4
East North Central	66.3	65.3	47.1	46.2	17.9	17.3
West North Central	67.3	68.0	48.5	49.4	19.5	20.8
South	57.0	56.9	37.6	37.6	13.0	13.4
South Atlantic	59.2	58.0	38.6	38.2	12.8	13.5
East South Central	49.2^b	55.6	32.2	35.3	11.2	12.8
West South Central	57.7	56.0	38.8	38.0	14.1	13.5
West	58.4	55.9	38.1	36.8	13.6	11.7
Mountain	56.4	57.5	38.4	41.1	15.2	14.3
Pacific	59.3	55.2	38.0	35.0	12.8	10.6
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	61.7	59.9	40.4	39.9	14.0	13.7
Small Metro	62.3	62.4	43.4	43.1	16.8	17.0
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	62.3	62.4	43.4	42.0	16.5	16.1
< 250K Pop.	62.2	62.3	43.4	44.9	17.3	18.7
Nonmetro	58.1	58.3	41.8	41.8	15.2	15.5
Urbanized	63.1	63.3	45.5	45.6	18.2	17.9
Less Urbanized	52.9	53.8	37.7	38.9	12.3	13.2
Completely Rural	56.7	54.6	42.7	36.2	13.1	15.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.101A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	95,073	97,023	37,924	38,661	10,704	11,170
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	19,949	20,587	7,542	7,921	2,055	1,896
New England	5,774	5,921	2,142	2,277	643	590
Middle Atlantic	14,176	14,667	5,400	5,644	1,413	1,306
Midwest	22,396	23,123	9,409	9,914	2,663	3,093
East North Central	15,628	16,330	6,550	6,908	1,852	2,234
West North Central	6,768	6,793	2,859	3,006	811	859
South	30,475	30,877	12,631	13,030	3,842	4,095
South Atlantic	17,292	16,818	6,596	6,890	2,140	2,108
East South Central	4,087	4,383	1,694	1,714	501	613
West South Central	9,096	9,676	4,340	4,426	1,200	1,374
West	22,253	22,436	8,342	7,795	2,143	2,085
Mountain	5,982	6,223	2,543	2,426	651	602
Pacific	16,272	16,212	5,798	5,370	1,492	1,483
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	54,688	55,455	20,850	21,386	5,505	5,623
Small Metro	27,219	27,537	11,255	11,008	3,234	3,619
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	18,133	18,507	7,431	7,310	2,089	2,354
< 250K Pop.	9,086	9,030	3,824	3,698	1,145	1,265
Nonmetro	13,166	14,032	5,818	6,267	1,964	1,928
Urbanized	6,519	5,991	2,717	2,659	905	771
Less Urbanized	5,307^b	6,634	2,577	2,984	884	925
Completely Rural	1,341	1,406	524	624	175	233
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.101B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	52.5	53.0	21.0	21.1	5.9	6.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	56.7	58.4	21.4	22.5	5.8	5.4
New England	62.5	63.8	23.2	24.5	7.0	6.4
Middle Atlantic	54.6	56.4	20.8	21.7	5.4	5.0
Midwest	55.0	56.3	23.1	24.1	6.5	7.5
East North Central	54.7	56.7	22.9	24.0	6.5	7.8
West North Central	55.8	55.3	23.6	24.5	6.7	7.0
South	47.2	47.1	19.6	19.9	6.0	6.2
South Atlantic	50.3	48.2	19.2	19.7	6.2	6.0
East South Central	37.7	39.9	15.6	15.6	4.6	5.6
West South Central	47.0	49.1	22.4	22.5	6.2	7.0
West	54.9	54.5	20.6	18.9	5.3	5.1
Mountain	51.3	52.1	21.8	20.3	5.6	5.0
Pacific	56.3	55.6	20.1	18.4	5.2	5.1
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	56.9	56.4	21.7	21.7	5.7	5.7
Small Metro	50.6	51.6	20.9	20.6	6.0	6.8
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	51.4	52.6	21.1	20.8	5.9	6.7
< 250K Pop.	49.1	49.6	20.7	20.3	6.2	6.9
Nonmetro	42.5	44.7	18.8	20.0	6.3	6.1
Urbanized	47.8	47.2	19.9	20.9	6.6	6.1
Less Urbanized	37.8^a	41.9	18.3	18.9	6.3	5.8
Completely Rural	40.7	49.1	15.9^a	21.8	5.3	8.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.102A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	114,539	116,498	51,112	51,931	15,492	16,018
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	23,730	24,363	10,153	10,568	3,017	2,946
New England	6,834	6,993	2,897	3,040	947	905
Middle Atlantic	16,897	17,369	7,255	7,527	2,070	2,042
Midwest	27,299	28,047	12,905	13,424	4,015	4,462
East North Central	19,001	19,680	8,942	9,276	2,761	3,123
West North Central	8,298	8,367	3,963	4,148	1,255	1,339
South	36,928	37,445	16,889	17,370	5,312	5,639
South Atlantic	20,595	20,126	8,754	9,067	2,856	2,877
East South Central	5,039	5,468	2,317	2,402	717	863
West South Central	11,294	11,850	5,819	5,901	1,738	1,900
West	26,583	26,644	11,165	10,569	3,148	2,970
Mountain	7,243	7,539	3,402	3,366	992	929
Pacific	19,339	19,105	7,763	7,203	2,156	2,040
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	64,941	65,434	27,551	28,024	7,834	7,900
Small Metro	33,575	34,151	15,686	15,574	4,945	5,423
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	22,278	22,807	10,319	10,206	3,186	3,463
< 250K Pop.	11,297	11,344	5,366	5,368	1,759	1,960
Nonmetro	16,024	16,912	7,876	8,334	2,712	2,694
Urbanized	8,010	7,449	3,792	3,709	1,335	1,183
Less Urbanized	6,467^b	7,880	3,404	3,884	1,154	1,230
Completely Rural	1,547	1,584	679	741	223	281
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.102B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	53.9	54.1	24.0	24.1	7.3	7.4
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	58.1	59.5	24.9	25.8	7.4	7.2
New England	63.8	64.9	27.0	28.2	8.8	8.4
Middle Atlantic	56.1	57.5	24.1	24.9	6.9	6.8
Midwest	56.8	57.8	26.8	27.7	8.4	9.2
East North Central	56.4	58.0	26.6	27.3	8.2	9.2
West North Central	57.6	57.3	27.5	28.4	8.7	9.2
South	48.7	48.5	22.3	22.5	7.0	7.3
South Atlantic	51.6	49.6	21.9	22.3	7.2	7.1
East South Central	39.5	42.3	18.2	18.6	5.6	6.7
West South Central	48.8	50.2	25.1	25.0	7.5	8.1
West	55.4	54.7	23.3	21.7	6.6	6.1
Mountain	52.2	52.9	24.5	23.6	7.1	6.5
Pacific	56.8	55.5	22.8	20.9	6.3	5.9
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	57.6	56.9	24.4	24.4	6.9	6.9
Small Metro	52.5	53.4	24.5	24.3	7.7	8.5
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	53.1	54.2	24.6	24.3	7.6	8.2
< 250K Pop.	51.2	51.7	24.3	24.5	8.0	8.9
Nonmetro	44.6	46.6	21.9	22.9	7.6	7.4
Urbanized	50.0	49.7	23.7	24.7	8.3	7.9
Less Urbanized	39.8^a	43.4	21.0	21.4	7.1	6.8
Completely Rural	42.3	49.6	18.6	23.2	6.1	8.8
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.103A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Demographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	20,936	20,709	17,554	17,568	10,876	10,838
GENDER
Male	10,537	10,624	8,735	8,946	5,720	5,723
Female	10,399	10,085	8,819	8,622	5,156	5,115
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,442	17,245	14,745	14,769	9,292	9,152
White	13,655	13,562	11,833	11,857	7,749	7,590
Black or African American	2,620	2,533	1,972	1,972	1,005	1,065
American Indian or Alaska Native	141	120	116	101	65	56
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	85	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	661	636	514	524	278	255
Two or More Races	281	326	240	267	149	155
Hispanic or Latino	3,494	3,464	2,809	2,799	1,584	1,686
GENDER/RACE/HISPANIC ORIGIN
Male, White, Not Hispanic	6,840	6,899	5,849	6,006	4,022	4,015
Female, White, Not Hispanic	6,815	6,663	5,985	5,852	3,728	3,574
Male, Black, Not Hispanic	1,327	1,326	978	1,033	542	582
Female, Black, Not Hispanic	1,293	1,207	994	938	463	483
Male, Hispanic	1,823	1,805	1,479	1,424	898	884
Female, Hispanic	1,671	1,658	1,330	1,374	686	802
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.103B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	55.8	54.9	46.8	46.6	29.0	28.7
GENDER
Male	55.0	54.9	45.6	46.3	29.9	29.6
Female	56.6^a	54.8	48.0	46.9	28.1	27.8
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	55.7	54.9	47.1	47.1	29.7	29.2
White	58.5	58.2	50.7	50.9	33.2	32.6
Black or African American	47.5	45.3	35.8	35.3	18.2	19.1
American Indian or Alaska Native	56.0	52.1	46.3	43.7	26.0	24.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	58.6	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	43.2	41.0	33.6	33.8	18.2	16.4
Two or More Races	52.3	55.6	44.6	45.6	27.7	26.4
Hispanic or Latino	56.5	54.5	45.4	44.1	25.6	26.6
GENDER/RACE/HISPANIC ORIGIN
Male, White, Not Hispanic	57.4	57.6	49.1	50.1	33.8	33.5
Female, White, Not Hispanic	59.5	58.8	52.3	51.7	32.6	31.6
Male, Black, Not Hispanic	47.7	46.3	35.1	36.0	19.5	20.3
Female, Black, Not Hispanic	47.4	44.3	36.4	34.5	17.0	17.7
Male, Hispanic	56.5	55.0	45.8	43.4	27.8	26.9
Female, Hispanic	56.5	54.1	45.0	44.8	23.2	26.2
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.104A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 21 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	176,597	177,511	136,987	139,119	108,089	110,095
GENDER
Male	88,777	89,393	71,263	72,462	60,207	60,594
Female	87,821	88,118	65,723	66,656	47,882	49,501
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	157,780	158,302	122,453	124,437	97,286	99,303
White	130,550	131,294	102,761	104,739	82,666	84,691
Black or African American	18,357	17,990	12,792	12,615	9,386	9,324
American Indian or Alaska Native	*	942	666	*	462	414
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	5,982	5,876	4,656	4,690	3,612	3,463
Two or More Races	1,776	1,856	1,380	1,531	994	1,185
Hispanic or Latino	18,817	19,209	14,534	14,681	10,803	10,792
GENDER/RACE/HISPANIC ORIGIN
Male, White, Not Hispanic	64,952	65,079	52,028	53,393	44,922	45,588
Female, White, Not Hispanic	65,599	66,215	50,733	51,346	37,744	39,103
Male, Black, Not Hispanic	8,661	8,474	6,502	6,401	5,357	5,137
Female, Black, Not Hispanic	9,696	9,516	6,290	6,214	4,029	4,187
Male, Hispanic	10,480	10,888	8,794	8,523	6,793	6,660
Female, Hispanic	8,337	8,322	5,740	6,158	4,009	4,131
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.104B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 21 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	88.2	87.5	68.4	68.6	54.0	54.3
GENDER
Male	92.6	92.0	74.4	74.6	62.8	62.4
Female	84.2	83.4	63.0	63.1	45.9	46.9
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	89.4	88.9	69.4	69.9	55.1	55.8
White	91.4	91.3	71.9	72.9	57.8	58.9
Black or African American	83.7^a	80.2	58.3	56.3	42.8	41.6
American Indian or Alaska Native	*	88.3	66.3	*	46.0	38.8
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	72.6	70.1	56.5	56.0	43.8	41.3
Two or More Races	87.2	94.1	67.7	77.6	48.8^a	60.1
Hispanic or Latino	79.4	77.8	61.3	59.5	45.6	43.7
GENDER/RACE/HISPANIC ORIGIN
Male, White, Not Hispanic	94.6	94.2	75.8	77.3	65.4	66.0
Female, White, Not Hispanic	88.3	88.7	68.3	68.8	50.8	52.4
Male, Black, Not Hispanic	90.1	86.2	67.6	65.1	55.7	52.3
Female, Black, Not Hispanic	78.7	75.6	51.0	49.4	32.7	33.3
Male, Hispanic	86.8	86.3	72.8^a	67.5	56.3	52.8
Female, Hispanic	71.7	69.0	49.4	51.1	34.5	34.3
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.105A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Demographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	10,876	10,838	7,190	7,397	2,297	2,375
GENDER
Male	5,720	5,723	4,162	4,271	1,506	1,582
Female	5,156	5,115	3,027	3,127	791	793
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,292	9,152	6,146	6,170	2,044	2,076
White	7,749	7,590	5,316	5,320	1,874	1,889
Black or African American	1,005	1,065	502	556	89	113
American Indian or Alaska Native	65	56	52	44	10	11
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	8	1
Asian	278	255	146	125	48	25
Two or More Races	149	155	89	106	15^a	36
Hispanic or Latino	1,584	1,686	1,044^a	1,227	253	299
GENDER/RACE/HISPANIC ORIGIN
Male, White, Not Hispanic	4,022	4,015	3,025	3,074	1,209	1,241
Female, White, Not Hispanic	3,728	3,574	2,292	2,246	665	649
Male, Black, Not Hispanic	542	582	307	335	69	97
Female, Black, Not Hispanic	463	483	195	221	20	17
Male, Hispanic	898	884	655	692	183	204
Female, Hispanic	686	802	388^b	535	69	95
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.105B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	29.0	28.7	19.2	19.6	6.1	6.3
GENDER
Male	29.9	29.6	21.7	22.1	7.9	8.2
Female	28.1	27.8	16.5	17.0	4.3	4.3
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	29.7	29.2	19.6	19.7	6.5	6.6
White	33.2	32.6	22.8	22.8	8.0	8.1
Black or African American	18.2	19.1	9.1	9.9	1.6	2.0
American Indian or Alaska Native	26.0	24.3	20.8	19.0	4.0	4.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	5.7	1.1
Asian	18.2	16.4	9.6	8.0	3.1	1.6
Two or More Races	27.7	26.4	16.5	18.0	2.9^a	6.2
Hispanic or Latino	25.6	26.6	16.9^a	19.3	4.1	4.7
GENDER/RACE/HISPANIC ORIGIN
Male, White, Not Hispanic	33.8	33.5	25.4	25.7	10.1	10.4
Female, White, Not Hispanic	32.6	31.6	20.0	19.8	5.8	5.7
Male, Black, Not Hispanic	19.5	20.3	11.0	11.7	2.5	3.4
Female, Black, Not Hispanic	17.0	17.7	7.2	8.1	0.7	0.6
Male, Hispanic	27.8	26.9	20.3	21.1	5.7	6.2
Female, Hispanic	23.2	26.2	13.1^b	17.5	2.3	3.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.106A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 21 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	108,089	110,095	46,581	47,328	13,847	14,314
GENDER
Male	60,207	60,594	31,403	31,924	10,452	10,806
Female	47,882	49,501	15,178	15,404	3,395	3,508
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	97,286	99,303	40,384	41,107	12,531	12,972
White	82,666	84,691	33,843	34,482	10,901	11,349
Black or African American	9,386	9,324	4,712	4,566	1,156	1,124
American Indian or Alaska Native	462	414	319	292	116	89
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	43	30
Asian	3,612	3,463	932	1,105	175	240
Two or More Races	994	1,185	473	496	141	141
Hispanic or Latino	10,803	10,792	6,196	6,221	1,316	1,342
GENDER/RACE/HISPANIC ORIGIN
Male, White, Not Hispanic	44,922	45,588	22,470	23,090	8,064	8,426
Female, White, Not Hispanic	37,744	39,103	11,373	11,392	2,837	2,923
Male, Black, Not Hispanic	5,357	5,137	3,085	2,802	890	844
Female, Black, Not Hispanic	4,029	4,187	1,627	1,764	266	280
Male, Hispanic	6,793	6,660	4,603	4,629	1,153	1,150
Female, Hispanic	4,009	4,131	1,594	1,591	163	192
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.106B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 21 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Demographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	54.0	54.3	23.3	23.3	6.9	7.1
GENDER
Male	62.8	62.4	32.8	32.9	10.9	11.1
Female	45.9	46.9	14.5	14.6	3.3	3.3
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Not Hispanic or Latino	55.1	55.8	22.9	23.1	7.1	7.3
White	57.8	58.9	23.7	24.0	7.6	7.9
Black or African American	42.8	41.6	21.5	20.4	5.3	5.0
American Indian or Alaska Native	46.0	38.8	31.7	27.3	11.5	8.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	12.4	5.7
Asian	43.8	41.3	11.3	13.2	2.1	2.9
Two or More Races	48.8^a	60.1	23.2	25.1	6.9	7.2
Hispanic or Latino	45.6	43.7	26.1	25.2	5.6	5.4
GENDER/RACE/HISPANIC ORIGIN
Male, White, Not Hispanic	65.4	66.0	32.7	33.4	11.7	12.2
Female, White, Not Hispanic	50.8	52.4	15.3	15.3	3.8	3.9
Male, Black, Not Hispanic	55.7	52.3	32.1	28.5	9.3	8.6
Female, Black, Not Hispanic	32.7	33.3	13.2	14.0	2.2	2.2
Male, Hispanic	56.3	52.8	38.1	36.7	9.6	9.1
Female, Hispanic	34.5	34.3	13.7	13.2	1.4	1.6
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.107A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	20,923	20,822	17,523	17,561	10,794	10,857
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	17,517	17,344	14,824	14,757	9,254	9,222
White	13,758	13,609	11,919	11,845	7,715	7,669
Black or African American	2,591	2,577	1,957	1,972	1,012	1,035
American Indian or Alaska Native	154	131	125	109	76	61
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	83	76	68	58	43	39
Chinese	109^a	143	83	106	38^a	55
Filipino	140	126	100	89	56	44
Japanese	*	*	*	*	14	*
Asian Indian	87	94	76	83	42	40
Korean	72	84	64	75	35	41
Vietnamese	96	78	77	64	33	26
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	3,406	3,479	2,699	2,804	1,540	1,635
Mexican	2,419	2,445	1,887	1,952	1,052	1,114
Puerto Rican	407	374	332	308	184	162
Central or South American	360	366	295	293	181	190
Cuban	105	107	91	95	64	65
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.107B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	56.0^a	55.3	46.9	46.7	28.9	28.9
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	56.0^a	55.3	47.4	47.1	29.6	29.4
White	58.8	58.3	50.9	50.8	33.0	32.9
Black or African American	48.0^a	46.4	36.2	35.5	18.7	18.6
American Indian or Alaska Native	59.2	54.1	48.0	45.0	29.3	25.2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	58.6	57.6	48.1	44.3	29.9	29.4
Chinese	35.3^b	43.8	26.8	32.5	12.2^a	16.9
Filipino	51.6	47.0	36.9	33.4	20.6	16.6
Japanese	*	*	*	*	16.7	*
Asian Indian	29.3	28.8	25.6	25.5	14.1	12.4
Korean	45.6	53.9	40.3	48.2	22.5	26.4
Vietnamese	50.9	46.2	41.0	38.0	17.7	15.4
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	56.0	55.5	44.3	44.7	25.3	26.1
Mexican	55.9	55.7	43.6	44.4	24.3	25.4
Puerto Rican	57.2	53.7	46.6	44.1	25.8	23.3
Central or South American	53.0	53.5	43.4	42.8	26.7	27.8
Cuban	59.7	53.4	51.8	47.2	36.3	32.4
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.108A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 21 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	175,569	177,054	137,485	138,053	108,598	109,092
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	156,809	158,041	122,796	123,445	97,722	98,295
White	130,130	130,922	103,103	103,750	83,014	83,678
Black or African American	17,994	18,173	12,781	12,704	9,537	9,355
American Indian or Alaska Native	938	894	719	610	518	438
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	276	*	239	196
Chinese	1,384	1,456	1,114	1,172	799	781
Filipino	1,321	1,461	966	1,016	678	792
Japanese	*	699	*	550	413	487
Asian Indian	1,006	1,115	884	940	687	752
Korean	*	*	*	*	334	277
Vietnamese	*	*	*	*	*	181
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	18,760	19,013	14,690	14,608	10,876	10,797
Mexican	12,020	12,149	9,446	9,241	7,007	6,793
Puerto Rican	2,020	1,879	1,599	1,553	1,119	1,101
Central or South American	2,681	2,881	2,028	2,149	1,497	1,535
Cuban	934	943	682	726	574	629
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

**Table 2.108B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 21 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004**
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	88.2	87.9	69.1	68.5	54.6	54.1
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	89.3	89.1	69.9	69.6	55.6	55.4
White	91.4	91.3	72.4	72.4	58.3	58.4
Black or African American	82.8	81.9	58.8	57.3	43.9	42.2
American Indian or Alaska Native	84.7	86.3	64.9	58.9	46.8	42.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	54.1	*	46.8	45.5
Chinese	76.8	73.9	61.7	59.5	44.3	39.6
Filipino	72.3	75.7	52.8	52.7	37.1	41.1
Japanese	*	87.6	*	68.9	54.2	61.0
Asian Indian	59.0	57.8	51.8	48.6	40.3	38.9
Korean	*	*	*	*	52.7	47.7
Vietnamese	*	*	*	*	*	32.9
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	80.2	78.6	62.8^a	60.4	46.5^a	44.6
Mexican	79.3	78.1	62.3^a	59.4	46.2^a	43.7
Puerto Rican	82.1	78.6	65.0	64.9	45.4	46.0
Central or South American	79.6	77.6	60.2	57.9	44.4	41.4
Cuban	85.6	83.3	62.5	64.2	52.6	55.5
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

Table 2.109A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	10,794	10,857	7,182	7,294	2,299	2,336
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	9,254	9,222	6,157	6,158	2,044	2,060
White	7,715	7,669	5,321	5,318	1,865	1,881
Black or African American	1,012	1,035	510	529	96	101
American Indian or Alaska Native	76	61	57	48	9	10
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	43	39	32	31	5	5
Chinese	38^a	55	24	30	7	9
Filipino	56	44	26	24	4	5
Japanese	14	*	9	*	*	3
Asian Indian	42	40	21	23	5	4
Korean	35	41	20	18	*	*
Vietnamese	33	26	12	7	*	0
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	1,540	1,635	1,025^b	1,136	255	276
Mexican	1,052	1,114	714^a	793	188	193
Puerto Rican	184	162	118	103	30	30
Central or South American	181	190	116	138	20	22
Cuban	64	65	43	35	9	12
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

Table 2.109B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	28.9	28.9	19.2	19.4	6.2	6.2
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	29.6	29.4	19.7	19.6	6.5	6.6
White	33.0	32.9	22.7	22.8	8.0	8.1
Black or African American	18.7	18.6	9.4	9.5	1.8	1.8
American Indian or Alaska Native	29.3	25.2	21.7	19.9	3.5	4.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29.9	29.4	22.6	23.3	3.6	3.6
Chinese	12.2^a	16.9	7.7	9.2	2.1	2.7
Filipino	20.6	16.6	9.7	9.0	1.6	1.8
Japanese	16.7	*	11.6	*	*	5.2
Asian Indian	14.1	12.4	7.2	7.0	1.6	1.2
Korean	22.5	26.4	12.6	11.5	*	*
Vietnamese	17.7	15.4	6.3	4.0	*	0.3
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	25.3	26.1	16.8^a	18.1	4.2	4.4
Mexican	24.3	25.4	16.5^a	18.1	4.4	4.4
Puerto Rican	25.8	23.3	16.5	14.7	4.2	4.4
Central or South American	26.7	27.8	17.1	20.2	2.9	3.2
Cuban	36.3	32.4	24.4^a	17.2	5.0	6.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

Table 2.110A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 21 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	108,598	109,092	46,597	46,954	13,703	14,081
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	97,722	98,295	40,397	40,746	12,311	12,752
White	83,014	83,678	33,622	34,162	10,692	11,125
Black or African American	9,537	9,355	4,906	4,639	1,112	1,140
American Indian or Alaska Native	518	438	335	305	118	103
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	239	196	143	136	54^a	36
Chinese	799	781	122	182	11	44
Filipino	678	792	227	240	45	58
Japanese	413	487	97	104	17	12
Asian Indian	687	752	197	211	42	38
Korean	334	277	136	120	*	28
Vietnamese	*	181	60	53	21	16
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	10,876	10,797	6,199	6,208	1,392	1,329
Mexican	7,007	6,793	4,269	4,111	946	911
Puerto Rican	1,119	1,101	648	711	186	179
Central or South American	1,497	1,535	759	768	107	100
Cuban	574	629	238	259	*	47
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

50502

Table 2.110B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 21 or Older, by Racial/Ethnic Subgroups: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004	2002-2003	2003-2004
TOTAL¹	54.6	54.1	23.4	23.3	6.9	7.0
NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	55.6	55.4	23.0	23.0	7.0	7.2
White	58.3	58.4	23.6	23.8	7.5	7.8
Black or African American	43.9	42.2	22.6^a	20.9	5.1	5.1
American Indian or Alaska Native	46.8	42.3	30.3	29.5	10.6	9.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	46.8	45.5	28.1	31.6	10.6	8.4
Chinese	44.3	39.6	6.8	9.2	0.6	2.2
Filipino	37.1	41.1	12.4	12.4	2.5	3.0
Japanese	54.2	61.0	12.7	13.0	2.2	1.6
Asian Indian	40.3	38.9	11.6	10.9	2.5	2.0
Korean	52.7	47.7	21.5	20.7	*	4.7
Vietnamese	*	32.9	9.6	9.6	3.4	2.9
HISPANIC OR LATINO¹	46.5^a	44.6	26.5	25.7	6.0	5.5
Mexican	46.2^a	43.7	28.2	26.4	6.2	5.9
Puerto Rican	45.4	46.0	26.3	29.7	7.5	7.5
Central or South American	44.4	41.4	22.5	20.7	3.2	2.7
Cuban	52.6	55.5	21.8	22.9	*	4.1
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2003-2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. ¹ Totals include data from respondents reporting racial/ethnic subgroups not shown, as well as respondents reporting more than one subgroup. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

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**Table 2.111A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	20,936	20,709	17,554	17,568	10,876	10,838
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	3,844	3,895	3,332	3,427	2,134	2,191
New England	1,015	1,045	892	928	594	615
Middle Atlantic	2,829	2,850	2,440	2,499	1,540	1,575
Midwest	4,976	4,939	4,290	4,268	2,733	2,688
East North Central	3,385	3,425	2,909	2,943	1,848	1,829
West North Central	1,591	1,514	1,381	1,325	884	859
South	7,367	7,022	6,043	5,841	3,571	3,496
South Atlantic	3,677	3,451	3,016	2,877	1,814	1,712
East South Central	1,168	1,153	938	934	535	568
West South Central	2,522	2,418	2,089	2,030	1,222	1,215
West	4,749	4,853	3,889	4,032	2,438	2,464
Mountain	1,370	1,401	1,137	1,162	732	733
Pacific	3,379	3,452	2,751	2,870	1,706	1,731
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	10,680	10,450	8,945	8,894	5,441	5,301
Small Metro	6,444	6,739	5,410	5,705	3,418^a	3,748
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	4,200	4,318	3,514	3,620	2,172	2,343
< 250K Pop.	2,244	2,421	1,895	2,084	1,246	1,406
Nonmetro	3,812	3,520	3,199	2,969	2,016^a	1,789
Urbanized	1,768^a	1,551	1,500^a	1,308	965^a	811
Less Urbanized	1,699	1,702	1,429	1,434	897	837
Completely Rural	344	268	269	227	154	141
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.111B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	55.8	54.9	46.8	46.6	29.0	28.7
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	57.5	57.5	49.9	50.5	32.0	32.3
New England	59.2	59.7	52.0	53.0	34.7	35.1
Middle Atlantic	57.0	56.7	49.1	49.7	31.0	31.3
Midwest	57.7	57.7	49.7	49.8	31.7	31.4
East North Central	56.4	56.9	48.5	48.9	30.8	30.4
West North Central	60.6	59.6	52.6	52.1	33.7	33.8
South	55.0^a	52.5	45.1	43.7	26.7	26.2
South Atlantic	54.8	51.8	44.9	43.2	27.0	25.7
East South Central	52.0	52.8	41.7	42.8	23.8	26.0
West South Central	56.9^a	53.5	47.2	44.9	27.6	26.9
West	53.9	53.7	44.1	44.7	27.6	27.3
Mountain	54.0	54.2	44.8	44.9	28.8	28.3
Pacific	53.8	53.6	43.8	44.5	27.2	26.9
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	54.2	53.2	45.4	45.3	27.6	27.0
Small Metro	56.8	56.7	47.7	48.0	30.1	31.6
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	55.9	55.5	46.8	46.5	28.9	30.1
< 250K Pop.	58.5	59.2	49.4	50.9	32.5	34.3
Nonmetro	59.0	56.6	49.5	47.8	31.2	28.8
Urbanized	60.8	58.4	51.6	49.3	33.2	30.5
Less Urbanized	57.7	55.5	48.5	46.7	30.5	27.3
Completely Rural	57.0	54.3	44.5	46.0	25.4	28.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.112A Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 21 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	176,597	177,511	136,987	139,119	108,089	110,095
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	34,453	34,581	28,319	28,627	22,477	23,045
New England	9,289	9,450	7,722	7,984	6,485	6,629
Middle Atlantic	25,164	25,131	20,597	20,643	15,992	16,416
Midwest	41,385	41,491	32,700	33,169	25,621	26,418
East North Central	28,899	29,044	22,910	23,293	17,871	18,578
West North Central	12,487	12,447	9,790	9,876	7,750	7,840
South	61,387	62,075	44,798	45,967	34,843	35,347
South Atlantic	33,311	33,242	24,422	24,931	19,509	19,102
East South Central	9,623	10,110	6,580	7,010	4,727	5,131
West South Central	18,453	18,723	13,796	14,025	10,607	11,115
West	39,371	39,363	31,171	31,356	25,147	25,285
Mountain	11,337	11,644	8,694	9,079	6,847	7,139
Pacific	28,035	27,720	22,477	22,277	18,301	18,147
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	94,300	95,605	76,705	77,427	61,733	62,346
Small Metro	53,289	52,558	40,165	40,473	31,473	31,834
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	35,114	34,589	26,679	27,060	20,956	21,389
< 250K Pop.	18,175	17,968	13,486	13,413	10,518	10,445
Nonmetro	29,008	29,349	20,117	21,219	14,883	15,916
Urbanized	13,131	12,273	9,593	8,833	7,410	6,921
Less Urbanized	12,862^a	14,496	8,443^b	10,457	5,997^b	7,467
Completely Rural	3,015	2,579	2,081	1,929	1,476	1,527
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.112B Alcohol Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 21 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TIME PERIOD
	Lifetime		Past Year		Past Month
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	88.2	87.5	68.4	68.6	54.0	54.3
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	89.2	89.3	73.3	73.9	58.2	59.5
New England	91.3	92.7	75.9	78.3	63.8	65.0
Middle Atlantic	88.4	88.1	72.4	72.4	56.2	57.6
Midwest	91.7	90.9	72.4	72.7	56.8	57.9
East North Central	91.3	91.0	72.4	73.0	56.4	58.2
West North Central	92.7	90.6	72.7	71.9	57.5	57.1
South	86.0	85.3	62.8	63.2	48.8	48.6
South Atlantic	88.3	86.3	64.7	64.7	51.7	49.6
East South Central	80.4	82.8	55.0	57.4	39.5	42.0
West South Central	85.1	85.0	63.6	63.6	48.9	50.4
West	87.5	86.3	69.2	68.7	55.9	55.4
Mountain	86.7	86.9	66.5	67.8	52.4	53.3
Pacific	87.8	86.0	70.4	69.1	57.3	56.3
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	88.6	88.0	72.1	71.2	58.0	57.4
Small Metro	88.7	87.9	66.9	67.7	52.4	53.3
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	89.1	87.8	67.7	68.7	53.2	54.3
< 250K Pop.	88.1	88.2	65.4	65.8	51.0	51.3
Nonmetro	86.0	85.5	59.6	61.8	44.1	46.3
Urbanized	87.8	87.4	64.1	62.9	49.5	49.3
Less Urbanized	84.2	84.2	55.3^a	60.7	39.3^a	43.4
Completely Rural	86.3	83.9	59.6	62.7	42.2	49.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.113A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	10,876	10,838	7,190	7,397	2,297	2,375
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	2,134	2,191	1,423	1,501	459	541
New England	594	615	405	442	151	166
Middle Atlantic	1,540	1,575	1,017	1,059	307	375
Midwest	2,733	2,688	1,922	1,944	669	649
East North Central	1,848	1,829	1,293	1,293	447	419
West North Central	884	859	629	651	222	231
South	3,571	3,496	2,268	2,297	695	714
South Atlantic	1,814	1,712	1,149	1,128	344	337
East South Central	535	568	360	361	106	116
West South Central	1,222	1,215	760	808	245	261
West	2,438	2,464	1,577	1,655	474	471
Mountain	732	733	485	510	183	139
Pacific	1,706	1,731	1,092	1,146	291	332
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	5,441	5,301	3,445	3,477	1,033	1,033
Small Metro	3,418^a	3,748	2,354	2,611	814	920
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	2,172	2,343	1,475	1,630	502	529
< 250K Pop.	1,246	1,406	879	981	312	391
Nonmetro	2,016^a	1,789	1,391	1,309	450	422
Urbanized	965^a	811	681^a	571	258	216
Less Urbanized	897	837	610	634	167	171
Completely Rural	154	141	100	104	24	35
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.113B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	29.0	28.7	19.2	19.6	6.1	6.3
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	32.0	32.3	21.3	22.1	6.9	8.0
New England	34.7	35.1	23.7	25.2	8.8	9.5
Middle Atlantic	31.0	31.3	20.5	21.1	6.2	7.5
Midwest	31.7	31.4	22.3	22.7	7.8	7.6
East North Central	30.8	30.4	21.5	21.5	7.5	7.0
West North Central	33.7	33.8	23.9	25.6	8.5	9.1
South	26.7	26.2	16.9	17.2	5.2	5.3
South Atlantic	27.0	25.7	17.1	16.9	5.1	5.1
East South Central	23.8	26.0	16.0	16.5	4.7	5.3
West South Central	27.6	26.9	17.2	17.9	5.5	5.8
West	27.6	27.3	17.9	18.3	5.4	5.2
Mountain	28.8	28.3	19.1	19.7	7.2^a	5.4
Pacific	27.2	26.9	17.4	17.8	4.6	5.2
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	27.6	27.0	17.5	17.7	5.2	5.3
Small Metro	30.1	31.6	20.8	22.0	7.2	7.7
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	28.9	30.1	19.6	20.9	6.7	6.8
< 250K Pop.	32.5	34.3	22.9	24.0	8.1	9.6
Nonmetro	31.2	28.8	21.5	21.1	7.0	6.8
Urbanized	33.2	30.5	23.4	21.5	8.9	8.1
Less Urbanized	30.5	27.3	20.7	20.7	5.7	5.6
Completely Rural	25.4	28.7	16.5	21.2	4.0	7.0
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.114A Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 21 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	108,089	110,095	46,581	47,328	13,847	14,314
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	22,477	23,045	9,250	9,585	2,666	2,544
New England	6,485	6,629	2,646	2,758	834	784
Middle Atlantic	15,992	16,416	6,604	6,827	1,833	1,760
Midwest	25,621	26,418	11,661	12,181	3,523	3,977
East North Central	17,871	18,578	8,099	8,448	2,430	2,821
West North Central	7,750	7,840	3,562	3,733	1,093	1,157
South	34,843	35,347	15,473	15,918	4,829	5,138
South Atlantic	19,509	19,102	8,012	8,353	2,601	2,635
East South Central	4,727	5,131	2,088	2,184	654	780
West South Central	10,607	11,115	5,372	5,381	1,574	1,723
West	25,147	25,285	10,197	9,644	2,829	2,655
Mountain	6,847	7,139	3,118	3,085	870	833
Pacific	18,301	18,147	7,079	6,559	1,959	1,821
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	61,733	62,346	25,387	25,880	7,101	7,188
Small Metro	31,473	31,834	14,160	13,858	4,348	4,718
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	20,956	21,389	9,354	9,174	2,806	3,062
< 250K Pop.	10,518	10,445	4,807	4,684	1,541	1,656
Nonmetro	14,883	15,916	7,033	7,589	2,398	2,409
Urbanized	7,410	6,921	3,340	3,330	1,137	1,024
Less Urbanized	5,997^b	7,467	3,064	3,559	1,049	1,120
Completely Rural	1,476	1,527	630	700	212	264
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.

50408

**Table 2.114B Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 21 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2003 and 2004**
Geographic Characteristic	TYPE OF ALCOHOL USE
	Alcohol Use		Binge Alcohol Use		Heavy Alcohol Use
	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
TOTAL	54.0	54.3	23.3	23.3	6.9	7.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Northeast	58.2	59.5	23.9	24.8	6.9	6.6
New England	63.8	65.0	26.0	27.1	8.2	7.7
Middle Atlantic	56.2	57.6	23.2	23.9	6.4	6.2
Midwest	56.8	57.9	25.8	26.7	7.8	8.7
East North Central	56.4	58.2	25.6	26.5	7.7	8.8
West North Central	57.5	57.1	26.4	27.2	8.1	8.4
South	48.8	48.6	21.7	21.9	6.8	7.1
South Atlantic	51.7	49.6	21.2	21.7	6.9	6.8
East South Central	39.5	42.0	17.5	17.9	5.5	6.4
West South Central	48.9	50.4	24.8	24.4	7.3	7.8
West	55.9	55.4	22.7	21.1	6.3	5.8
Mountain	52.4	53.3	23.9	23.0	6.7	6.2
Pacific	57.3	56.3	22.2	20.3	6.1	5.6
COUNTY TYPE
Large Metro	58.0	57.4	23.9	23.8	6.7	6.6
Small Metro	52.4	53.3	23.6	23.2	7.2	7.9
250K – 1 Mil. Pop.	53.2	54.3	23.7	23.3	7.1	7.8
< 250K Pop.	51.0	51.3	23.3	23.0	7.5	8.1
Nonmetro	44.1	46.3	20.9	22.1	7.1	7.0
Urbanized	49.5	49.3	22.3	23.7	7.6	7.3
Less Urbanized	39.3^a	43.4	20.1	20.7	6.9	6.5
Completely Rural	42.2	49.7	18.0	22.8	6.1	8.6
*Low precision; no estimate reported. NOTE: Binge Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. 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. ^a Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. ^b Difference between estimate and 2004 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level. Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2003 and 2004.