Marijuana legalization and historical trends in marijuana use among US residents aged 12–25: results from the 1979–2016 National Survey on drug use and health

Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample, overall, by gender and by race/ethnicity, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 1979–2016

Period	Total	Gender		Race/Ethnicity
Period	Total	Male	Female	White	Black	Hispanic	Others
1979	4209	2063	2146	3350	490	244	125
1982	2864	1404	1460	2263	358	169	74
1985	4042	1919	2123	1790	1049	1158	45
1988	4600	2199	2401	2218	1067	1217	98
1990	4229	2028	2201	2262	862	974	131
1991	15,942	7465	8477	7335	4068	3946	593
1992	14,975	7124	7851	6668	3606	4053	648
1993	12,509	6121	6388	5516	2914	3573	506
1994	10,425	5072	5353	4950	2313	2892	270
1995	8558	4074	4484	3979	2048	2260	271
1996	8904	4017	4887	3950	2207	2438	309
1997	14,083	6627	7456	6936	2408	3949	790
1998	14,096	6658	7438	6017	3172	4056	851
1999	35,766	17,514	18,252	24,182	4705	4785	2094
2000	37,293	18,351	18,942	25,035	4794	5206	2258
2001	35,090	17,182	17,908	23,400	4557	4841	2292
2002	35,437	17,320	18,117	23,534	4698	4946	2259
2003	36,587	18,210	18,377	23,162	4934	5597	2894
2004	36,769	17,991	18,778	23,344	4843	5579	3003
2005	37,154	18,067	19,087	23,080	4938	6062	3074
2006	36,246	17,974	18,272	22,137	5060	6041	3008
2007	36,044	17,851	18,193	21,908	4719	6168	3249
2008	36,495	18,021	18,474	21,546	4998	6523	3428
2009	36,288	17,793	18,495	21,404	4959	6426	3499
2010	37,469	18,512	18,957	22,331	5003	6602	3533
2011	38,447	19,165	19,282	22,564	5306	6907	3670
2012	36,014	17,720	18,294	20,640	4901	6909	3564
2013	35,878	17,642	18,236	20,114	4999	6938	3827
2014	26,669	13,176	13,493	14,691	3533	5426	3019
2015	28,138	13,688	14,450	14,940	3834	6118	3246
2016	27,932	13,822	14,110	15,140	3809	5876	3107

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