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Table 2-1. Prevalence of cigarette use, any illicit drug use, marijuana use, and nonmedical use of prescription drugs in the past 30 days among current drinkers, females ages 15–44, by age group, 3-year moving annual averages, 2002–2015.

Substance Use Category and Year Age
15-44 (Total) 15-17 18-20 21-25 26-34 35-44
Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E. Percent S.E.
Cigarette use
2013–2015  27.5 0.4 24.1 1.3 32.7 1.0 29.8 0.9 30.1 0.7 24.6 0.7
2012–2014  29.1 0.4 27.0 1.2 35.1 0.9 31.5 0.7 32.0 0.8 25.2 0.7
2011–2013  30.3 0.4 30.9 1.1 37.8 0.9 33.4 0.7 32.8 0.8 25.6 0.7
2010–2012  31.3 0.5 34.8 1.2 40.4 0.9 35.4 0.7 33.0 0.8 26.5 0.8
2009–2011  32.5 0.4 37.8 1.1 42.3 1.0 37.8 0.7 34.5 0.9 27.7 0.9
2008–2010  33.3 0.4 38.9 1.1 43.6 1.1 39.4 0.7 35.6 1.0 28.4 0.9
2007–2009  34.4 0.4 39.2 1.2 43.7 1.0 40.8 0.7 37.3 0.9 28.8 0.8
2006–2008  35.3 0.4 39.5 1.2 45.0 1.0 42.2 0.7 36.4 0.9 30.3 0.6
2005–2007  36.3 0.5 40.9 1.1 46.1 1.0 44.4 0.7 36.4 1.0 31.8 0.8
2004–2006  37.0 0.4 41.9 1.1 49.5 0.9 46.0 0.6 35.5 0.9 33.6 0.8
2003–2005  37.2 0.4 42.4 1.0 51.0 0.8 46.4 0.6 35.9 0.8 33.4 0.8
2002–2004  37.5 0.3 43.7 1.0 52.1 0.7 47.4 0.6 36.3 0.8 33.1 0.7
Any illicit drug use
2013–2015  nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
2012–2014  15.7 0.3 38.9 1.2 35.2 1.1 21.6 0.6 15.1 0.7 9.3 0.5
2011–2013  15.0 0.3 38.2 1.1 35.3 1.1 20.5 0.5 14.3 0.7 8.1 0.5
2010–2012  14.7 0.3 40.9 1.2 34.7 1.0 20.5 0.5 13.1 0.7 7.6 0.5
2009–2011  14.8 0.3 40.6 1.1 34.5 0.9 21.1 0.6 13.4 0.7 7.8 0.6
2008–2010  14.7 0.3 40.2 1.1 33.6 0.9 20.6 0.6 13.4 0.7 8.4 0.6
2007–2009  13.9 0.3 37.3 1.1 32.0 0.9 20.1 0.5 12.5 0.7 7.7 0.5
2006–2008  13.7 0.3 37.0 1.1 31.9 1.0 19.4 0.5 11.3 0.7 8.3 0.5
2005–2007  13.5 0.2 35.6 1.0 30.5 1.0 20.0 0.5 11.0 0.6 8.1 0.5
2004–2006  13.8 0.3 35.8 1.0 31.3 0.9 20.0 0.5 11.3 0.6 8.6 0.5
2003–2005  14.2 0.3 36.3 1.1 31.8 0.8 20.8 0.5 12.2 0.6 8.3 0.5
2002–2004  14.3 0.3 37.8 1.1 32.0 0.8 21.0 0.4 12.1 0.6 8.0 0.5
Marajuana use
2013–2015  13.8 0.3 35.4 1.4 34.6 0.9 20.2 0.6 13.1 0.6 7.5 0.5
2012–2014  12.8 0.3 35.0 1.2 32.3 1.0 18.6 0.6 12.2 0.6 6.5 0.4
2011–2013  12.2 0.3 34.8 1.1 32.1 1.0 17.4 0.4 11.3 0.6 5.5 0.4
2010–2012  11.7 0.3 36.5 1.1 31.2 1.0 16.9 0.5 9.9 0.6 5.3 0.5
2009–2011  11.7 0.2 35.4 1.0 31.3 0.9 17.1 0.5 9.9 0.6 5.3 0.5
2008–2010  11.4 0.3 34.3 1.0 29.8 0.9 16.4 0.5 9.9 0.6 5.6 0.4
2007–2009  10.7 0.3 31.3 1.1 28.0 0.8 16.1 0.5 9.3 0.6 5.0 0.4
2006–2008  10.4 0.2 30.9 1.0 27.4 0.9 15.3 0.5 8.2 0.6 5.2 0.4
2005–2007  10.1 0.2 29.5 0.9 25.9 0.9 15.8 0.4 7.9 0.5 4.8 0.4
2004–2006  10.4 0.2 29.7 1.0 26.3 0.9 15.8 0.5 8.3 0.5 5.4 0.4
2003–2005  10.8 0.2 29.4 1.0 26.8 0.8 16.5 0.5 9.0 0.6 5.5 0.4
2002–2004  11.1 0.2 30.4 1.1 27.5 0.8 16.9 0.4 9.0 0.5 5.6 0.4
Nonmedical use of prescription drugs
2013–2015  nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
2012–2014  4.6 0.2 10.6 0.8 7.1 0.5 5.6 0.2 4.9 0.5 3.2 0.3
2011–2013  4.6 0.2 10.7 0.7 7.7 0.5 5.8 0.3 4.8 0.5 3.0 0.3
2010–2012  4.6 0.2 12.3 0.8 8.7 0.6 6.3 0.3 4.4 0.4 2.9 0.3
2009–2011  4.7 0.2 13.0 0.9 8.9 0.5 6.7 0.3 4.5 0.4 2.9 0.3
2008–2010  4.9 0.2 13.0 0.8 9.6 0.5 7.0 0.3 4.6 0.3 3.2 0.3
2007–2009  4.8 0.2 11.8 0.7 9.4 0.5 7.0 0.4 4.1 0.4 3.2 0.4
2006–2008  4.9 0.2 11.2 0.7 9.7 0.6 6.7 0.4 3.8 0.3 3.6 0.3
2005–2007  4.9 0.2 11.1 0.6 9.8 0.6 6.9 0.4 4.1 0.4 3.6 0.3
2004–2006  5.1 0.2 12.0 0.6 10.7 0.6 6.9 0.4 4.4 0.4 3.7 0.3
2003–2005  5.1 0.2 12.6 0.8 10.3 0.5 7.0 0.3 4.7 0.4 3.5 0.3
2002–2004  5.0 0.2 13.5 0.8 10.0 0.5 6.8 0.3 4.4 0.3 3.2 0.3
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