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Monitoring the Future -- Inhalant Use
Trends Among 12th Grade Students (1979 - 2008)

Source: Monitoring the Future (2009), Vol I, Tables 5-1, 5-2, and 5-3, pp.191-199

Trends in Inhalant Use (adj) Among 12th Grade Students (1979 - 2007)
Year Lifetime Past Year Past Month
1979 18.2 8.9 3.2
1980 17.3 7.9 2.7
1981 17.2 6.1 2.5
1982 17.7 6.6 2.5
1983 18.2 6.2 2.5
1984 18.0 7.2 2.6
1985 18.1 7.5 3.0
1986 20.1 8.9 3.2
1987 18.6 8.1 3.5
1988 17.5 7.1 3.0
1989 18.6 6.9 2.7
1990 18.5 7.5 2.9
1991 18.0 6.9 2.6
1992 17.0 6.4 2.5
1993 17.7 7.4 2.8
1994 18.3 8.2 2.9
1995 17.8 8.4 3.5
1996 17.5 8.5 2.9
1997 16.9 7.3 2.9
1998 16.5 7.1 3.1
1999 16.0 6.0 2.4
2000 14.6 6.2 2.4
2001 13.8 4.9 2.1
2002 12.4 4.9 1.8
2003 12.2 4.5 2.3
2004 11.4 4.6 1.9
2005 11.9 5.4 2.3
2006 11.5 4.7 1.7
2007 11.0 4.1 1.6
2008 10.1 4.0 1.5
Averages: 16.1 6.6 2.6

Note: Adjusted for underreporting of amyl and butyl nitrites.

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