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Table 1 Weighted sample characteristics among Maryland High School Students, 2018 Maryland Youth Risk Behavior Survey

From: Electronic cigarette and cannabis use: results from the 2018 Maryland Youth Risk Behavior Survey

 

Total

Current cannabis use

No

Yes

N = 201,282

N = 168,909

N = 32,373

N

Weighted % (95% CI)

N

Weighted % (95% CI)

N

Weighted % (95% CI)

Sex

 Girls

102,631

51.0 (49.5–52.5)

85,064

50.4 (48.8–51.9)

17,567

54.3 (52.0–56.5)

 Boys

98,651

49.0 (47.5–50.5)

83,845

49.6 (48.1–51.2)

14,806

45.7 (43.5–48.0)

Grade

 9th

54,719

27.2 (24.3–30.3)

49,662

29.4 (26.3–32.7)

5057

15.6 (13.2–18.3)

 10th

52,473

26.1 (23.5–28.8)

44,986

26.6 (23.9–29.5)

7487

23.1 (20.5–25.9)

 11th

47,543

23.6 (21.5–25.9)

38,892

23.0 (20.8–25.4)

8651

26.7 (24.1–29.6)

 12th

46,547

23.1 (21.0–25.4)

35,369

20.9 (18.9–23.1)

11,177

34.5 (31.3–37.9)

Race/Ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic White

85,225

42.3 (40.5–44.2)

70,100

41.5 (39.6–43.5)

15,125

46.7 (43.7–49.8)

 Non-Hispanic Black

62,228

30.9 (28.7–33.2)

52,160

30.9 (28.7–33.2)

10,067

31.1 (27.9–34.5)

 Hispanic/Latinx, any race

29,437

14.6 (13.0–16.5)

25,243

14.9 (13.0–17.1)

4193

13.0 (11.7–14.4)

 Non-Hispanic Asian

13,873

6.9 (5.6–8.4)

12,948

7.7 (6.2–9.4)

924

2.9 (2.0–4.0)

 Non-Hispanic, all other races

10,520

5.2 (4.9–5.6)

8457

5.0 (4.7–5.3)

2063

6.4 (5.5–7.3)

Lifetime e-cigarette use

 Yes

71,259

35.4 (34.2–36.7)

45,376

26.9 (25.8–28.0)

25,883

80.0 (77.6–82.1)

 No

130,024

64.6 (63.3–65.8)

123,533

73.1 (72.0–74.2)

6490

20.0 (17.9–22.4)

Lifetime cigarette use

 Yes

13,830

6.9 (6.3–7.5)

25,064

3.9 (3.3–4.5)

7309

22.6 (20.8–24.5)

 No

187,452

93.1 (92.5–93.7)

162,388

96.1 (95.5 – 96.7)

25,064

77.4 (75.5–79.2)

Current alcohol use

 Yes

45,194

22.5 (21.2–23.7)

24,537

14.5 (13.6–15.5)

20,657

63.8 (60.9–66.6)

 No

156,088

77.5 (76.3–78.8)

144,372

85.5 (84.5–86.4)

11,716

36.2 (33.4–39.1)

Emotional distress

 Yes

61,924

30.8 (29.7–31.8)

46,741

27.7 (26.7–28.7)

15,183

46.9 (44.4–49.4)

 No

139,358

69.2 (68.2–70.3)

122,168

72.3 (71.3–73.3)

17,190

53.1 (50.6–55.6)

  1. Note: Excluding students missing responses to current cannabis use or covariates and those who reported ungraded. Data are rounded
  2. Sums within groups may slightly differ from sample size due to rounding weights
  3. All chi-squared results were statistically significant (p < .001)