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Youth Current Cocaine Use

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The New Mexico rate of current cocaine use decreased from 2003 (8.9%) to 2007 (5.4%) and has not shown significant change since then. The US rate decreased from 4.1% in 2003 to 2.8% in 2009, and has not significantly changed from 2009 to 2011. The New Mexico rate (5.2%) was higher than the US rate (3.0%) in 2011, and has been consistently higher than the US rate since 2003. The New Mexico rate in 2013 (5.3%) was higher than the US rate (3.0%) in 2011, and has been consistently higher than the US rate since 2003.
The difference in the rate between males (6.3%) and females (2.6%) was statistically significant. The rate of current cocaine use increased in prevalence with increasing grade levels Asian or Pacific Islander (11.8%) and Black (9.6%) students (11.0%) had higher rates of current cocaine use than Hispanic (5.1%), American Indian (3.4%), or White (2.5%) students. Differences between racial/ethnic groups were not statistically significant.

Youth Current Cocaine Use by County, Grades 9-12, New Mexico, 2019

Why Is This Important?

Substance abuse among youth remains a major public health problem. Substance use and abuse can increase the risk for injuries, violence, HIV infection, and other diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/alcoholdrug).

Definition

Youth current cocaine use is defined as a youth in grades 9-12 in a NM public school who reported using cocaine at least one time in the past 30 days.

Data Sources

  • U.S. data source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data
    (https://nccd.cdc.gov/Youthonline)
  • New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey, New Mexico Department of Health and Public Education Department.

How the Measure is Calculated

Numerator:Number of youth reporting current cocaine use in the past month
Denominator:Total number of youth participating in the YRRS

Other Objectives

Substance Abuse Epidemiology Report Indicator

Indicator Data Last Updated On 05/19/2021, Published on 05/28/2021
Substance Use Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Response Division, New Mexico Department of Health, 1190 S. Saint Francis Drive, Room N-1103, Santa Fe, NM, 87502. Contact Annaliese Mayette, Alcohol Epidemiologist, by telephone at (505) 476-1788 or email to Annaliese.Mayette@state.nm.us.