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Monitoring the Future -- Trends in Past Month 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 5-5c, pp.210-13

Past Month Alcohol Use Within HS Senior Cohorts -- Classes of 1995 through 2008
Class of: 8th Grade 10th Grade 12th Grade
1995 25.1 38.2 51.3
1996 26.1 39.2 50.8
1997 24.3 38.8 52.7
1998 25.5 40.4 52.0
1999 24.6 40.1 51.0
2000 26.2 38.8 50.0
2001 24.5 40.0 49.8
2002 23.0 41.0 48.6
2003 24.0 39.0 47.5
2004 22.4 35.4 48.0
2005 21.5 35.4 47.0
2006 19.6 35.2 45.3
2007 19.7 33.2 44.4
2008 18.6 33.8 43.1

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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