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TABLE 3.5 Relative Prevalence of Diagnoses of Psychiatric Disorders Associated with Drug Use Among Childrena


  Relative Prevalence Estimatesb
Drug Use Boys Girls
Weekly alcohol use 6.1 1.6 (n.s.)
Daily cigarette smoking 9.8 2.1 (n.s.)
Any illicit substance use 3.2 5.3


    aSubjects were from 9 to 18 years old (average, 13 years old).

    bAn estimate of 1 means that the relative prevalence of the disorder is equal in those who do and those who do not use the particular type of drug; that is, there is no measurable association. An estimate greater than 1 indicates that the factor is associated. Substance abuse was excluded because the subjects were already grouped by high drug use. Except where noted (n.s.), all values are statistically significant.

    SOURCE: Data from Table 4 in Kandel and co-workers (1997).79