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Table 232.70. Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported that illegal drugs were made available to them on school property during the previous 12 months, by selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1993 through 2019
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]          
Student characteristic 1993 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Total 24.0 (1.33) 30.2 (1.23) 28.5 (1.01) 28.7 (1.95) 25.4 (1.05) 22.3 (1.04) 22.7 (1.04) 25.6 (0.99) 22.1 (0.96) 21.7   (1.18) 19.8 (0.78) 21.8   (0.77)
Sex                                                    
Male 28.5 (1.50) 34.7 (1.69) 34.6 (1.20) 31.9 (2.07) 28.8 (1.23) 25.7 (1.15) 25.9 (1.36) 29.2 (1.10) 24.5 (1.21) 24.2   (1.29) 20.9 (0.77) 22.8   (0.97)
Female 19.1 (1.31) 25.7 (1.26) 22.7 (1.03) 25.0 (1.92) 21.8 (1.03) 18.7 (1.16) 19.3 (1.01) 21.7 (1.17) 19.7 (0.89) 19.1   (1.29) 18.7 (0.98) 20.8   (0.92)
Race/ethnicity                                                    
White 24.1 (1.69) 28.8 (1.50) 28.3 (1.31) 27.5 (2.68) 23.6 (1.32) 20.8 (1.23) 19.8 (1.13) 22.7 (0.96) 20.4 (1.11) 19.8   (1.66) 17.7 (1.04) 19.8   (0.96)
Black 17.5 (1.49) 25.3 (2.03) 21.9 (1.72) 23.1 (1.42) 23.9 (2.22) 19.2 (1.36) 22.2 (1.42) 22.8 (1.82) 18.6 (1.11) 20.6   (2.54) 18.9 (1.45) 21.5   (1.17)
Hispanic 34.1 (1.58) 36.9 (2.10) 34.2 (1.17) 36.5 (1.91) 33.5 (1.18) 29.1 (1.94) 31.2 (1.53) 33.2 (1.70) 27.4 (1.42) 27.2   (1.25) 25.4 (1.22) 26.7   (1.08)
Asian1 --- (†) 25.7 (2.65) 25.7 (2.92) 22.5 (3.71) 15.9 (2.68) 21.0 (2.78) 18.3 (2.03) 23.3 (2.46) 22.6 (2.57) 15.3   (2.42) 17.7 (1.63) 14.5   (2.17)
Pacific Islander1 --- (†) 46.9 (4.33) 50.2 (5.73) 34.7 (6.19) 41.3 (5.75) 38.5 (5.45) 27.6 (5.10) 38.9 (5.01) 27.7 (3.68) 30.1 ! (9.25) 25.7 (4.57) 17.0 ! (7.86)
American Indian/Alaska Native 20.9 (4.55) 30.6 (5.90) 34.5 (5.15) 31.3 (5.64) 24.4 (3.57) 25.1 (2.04) 34.0 (4.81) 40.5 (2.80) 25.5 (4.10) 19.8   (3.87) 17.1 (3.42) 24.2   (5.02)
Two or more races1 --- (†) 36.0 (2.72) 34.5 (3.22) 36.6 (3.99) 31.6 (3.13) 24.6 (3.55) 26.9 (2.62) 33.3 (2.79) 26.4 (2.67) 24.7   (2.45) 19.2 (2.56) 27.8   (2.18)
Sexual identity2                                                    
Heterosexual --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 20.8   (1.24) 18.9 (0.65) 20.8   (0.76)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 29.3   (2.03) 28.2 (2.00) 30.3   (1.93)
Not sure --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 28.4   (3.03) 19.6 (2.65) 23.6   (2.21)
Grade                                                    
9th 21.8 (1.24) 27.6 (2.51) 29.0 (1.59) 29.5 (2.39) 24.0 (1.21) 21.2 (1.23) 22.0 (1.32) 23.7 (1.22) 22.4 (1.15) 21.6   (1.28) 18.9 (1.18) 21.6   (1.13)
10th 23.7 (1.86) 32.1 (1.94) 29.0 (1.39) 29.2 (2.02) 27.5 (1.68) 25.3 (1.29) 23.7 (1.11) 27.8 (1.21) 23.2 (1.54) 21.9   (1.96) 20.3 (1.32) 23.7   (1.16)
11th 27.5 (1.61) 31.1 (2.16) 28.7 (1.39) 29.9 (2.33) 24.9 (1.03) 22.8 (1.42) 24.3 (1.44) 27.0 (1.51) 23.2 (1.32) 22.7   (1.42) 20.0 (1.15) 22.0   (1.11)
12th 23.0 (1.82) 30.5 (1.11) 26.9 (1.30) 24.9 (2.24) 24.9 (1.40) 19.6 (1.26) 20.6 (1.21) 23.8 (1.13) 18.8 (1.11) 20.3   (1.41) 19.6 (1.04) 19.6   (1.35)
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
1 Before 1999, Asian students and Pacific Islander students were not categorized separately, and students could not be classified as Two or more races. Because the response categories changed in 1999, caution should be used in comparing data on race from 1993 with data from later years.
2 Students were asked which of the following--"heterosexual (straight)," "gay or lesbian," "bisexual," or “not sure"--best described them.
NOTE: Students were asked if anyone offered, sold, or gave them an illegal drug on school property during the previous 12 months. "On school property" was not defined for respondents. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 1993 through 2019. (This table was prepared September 2020.)

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