CONFIDENCE INTERVALS - ELEMENTARY GRADES

Lifetime Use of Selected Substances - Overall

CATEGORY Prevalence Boundaries Standard
Lower Upper Error
TOBACCO 16.6% 15.4% 17.8% 0.611%
ALCOHOL 29.2% 27.4% 31.0% 0.912%
INHALANTS 12.3% 11.6% 13.0% 0.367%
MARIJUANA 3.8% 3.4% 4.3% 0.220%

CIGARETTES 15.2% 14.1% 16.3% 0.560%

SMOKELESS TOBACCO 3.6% 3.2% 4.1% 0.240%
BEER 18.7% 17.4% 20.0% 0.660%
WINE COOLERS 17.6% 16.1% 19.2% 0.773%
WINE 13.9% 12.8% 15.1% 0.585%
LIQUOR 8.0% 7.3% 8.8% 0.393%

Lifetime Use of Selected Substances - Grade 4

CATEGORY Prevalence Boundaries Standard
Lower Upper Error
TOBACCO 9.3% 8.4% 10.3% 0.466%
ALCOHOL 20.4% 18.5% 22.5% 1.018%
INHALANTS 10.5% 9.9% 11.1% 0.320%
MARIJUANA 1.3% 1.1% 1.5% 0.103%

CIGARETTES 8.0% 7.3% 8.8% 0.377%

SMOKELESS TOBACCO 2.4% 1.8% 3.1% 0.329%
BEER 12.9% 11.5% 14.4% 0.750%
WINE COOLERS 9.7% 8.2% 11.5% 0.830%
WINE 8.4% 7.5% 9.4% 0.479%
LIQUOR 3.5% 3.1% 4.0% 0.244%

Lifetime Use of Selected Substances - Grade 5

CATEGORY Prevalence Boundaries Standard
Lower Upper Error
TOBACCO 15.0% 13.9% 16.2% 0.606%
ALCOHOL 28.2% 26.0% 30.5% 1.159%
INHALANTS 10.9% 10.0% 11.8% 0.459%
MARIJUANA 2.6% 2.2% 3.0% 0.194%

CIGARETTES 13.7% 12.6% 14.9% 0.576%

SMOKELESS TOBACCO 3.2% 2.8% 3.6% 0.196%
BEER 17.4% 15.6% 19.3% 0.940%
WINE COOLERS 16.5% 14.7% 18.5% 0.970%
WINE 12.5% 11.4% 13.7% 0.588%
LIQUOR 6.7% 6.1% 7.4% 0.323%
 CONFIDENCE INTERVALS - ELEMENTARY GRADES

Lifetime Use of Selected Substances - Grade 6

CATEGORY Prevalence Boundaries Standard
Lower Upper Error
TOBACCO 25.3% 23.6% 27.1% 0.898%
ALCOHOL 38.8% 36.7% 41.0% 1.098%
INHALANTS 15.4% 14.2% 16.7% 0.621%
MARIJUANA 7.3% 6.5% 8.2% 0.432%

CIGARETTES 23.7% 22.0% 25.5% 0.909%

SMOKELESS TOBACCO 5.0% 4.4% 5.7% 0.313%
BEER 25.6% 24.0% 27.3% 0.832%
WINE COOLERS 26.4% 24.4% 28.5% 1.051%
WINE 20.6% 19.2% 22.0% 0.717%
LIQUOR 13.8% 12.6% 15% 0.654%