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Monitoring the Future -- Trends in Past Year 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 5-5b, pp.206-9

Past Year Alcohol Use Within HS Senior Cohorts -- Classes of 1995 through 2008
Class of: 8th Grade 10th Grade 12th Grade
1995 54.0 63.4 73.7
1996 53.7 63.9 72.5
1997 45.4 63.5 74.8
1998 46.8 65.0 74.3
1999 45.3 65.2 73.8
2000 46.5 62.7 73.2
2001 45.5 63.7 73.3
2002 43.7 65.3 71.5
2003 43.5 63.5 70.1
2004 43.1 60.0 70.6
2005 41.9 59.3 68.6
2006 38.7 58.2 66.5
2007 37.2 56.7 66.4
2008 36.7 55.8 65.5

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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