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Monitoring the Future -- Trends in Lifetime Alcohol Use
HS Senior Class Cohorts of 1995 through 2008


Overview of MTF data 8th Grade Drug Use Trends 10th Grade Drug Use Trends 12th Grade Drug Use Trends

Source: Monitoring the Future, 2009, Table 5-5a, pp.202-04

Lifetime Alcohol Use Within HS Senior Cohorts -- Classes of 1995 through 2008
Class of: 8th Grade 10th Grade 12th Grade
1995 70.1 71.6 80.7
1996 69.3 71.1 79.2
1997 55.7 70.5 81.7
1998 55.8 71.8 81.4
1999 54.5 72.0 80.0
2000 55.3 69.8 80.3
2001 53.8 70.6 79.7
2002 52.5 71.4 78.4
2003 52.1 70.1 76.6
2004 51.7 66.9 76.8
2005 50.5 66.0 75.1
2006 47.0 64.2 72.7
2007 45.6 63.2 72.2
2008 43.9 61.5 71.9

Note: Data has been adjusted chronologically to reflect changes in drug use patterns within each senior class cohort. That is, the 10th grade and 8th grade data are taken from the corresponding 2 years and 4 years prior respectively to the year shown, for each cohort class.


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