CDC Releases new Inhalant Data

Today, the CDC also released the results of the 2009 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Detailed survey findings can be found here:

The survey notes:

• 11.7% of students have used an inhalant to get high at least once in their lifetime (Table 44).
  
• Females (12.9%) used inhalants more often than males (10.6%)
  
• 9th grade female use (16.7%) was significantly higher than 9th grade male use (9.7%)
  
• Prevalence of having ever used inhalants was higher among Hispanic (14.0%) than white (11.5%) and black (8.2%) students
  
• Prevalence of having ever used inhalants was higher among Hispanic female (15.3%) than black female (9.4%) students
  
• Prevalence of having ever used inhalants was higher among white male (10.4%) and Hispanic male (12.8%) than black male (7.1%) students.
  
• Overall, the prevalence of having ever used inhalants was higher among 9th-grade (13.0%), 10th-grade (12.5%), and 11th-grade (11.5%) than 12th-grade (9.1%) students
  
• Overall, prevalence of having ever used inhalants was higher among 9th-grade female (16.7%) than 10th-grade female (13.1%), 11th-grade female (11.5%), and 12th-grade female (9.3%) students
  
• Prevalence of having ever used inhalants ranged from 8.7% to 16.8% across state surveys (median: 11.6%) and from 6.0% to 18.9% across local surveys (median: 9.9%) (Table 45).
  
• The percentage of students who ever used inhalants decreased during 1995–2003 (20.3%–12.1%) and then did not change significantly during 2003–2009 (12.1%–11.7%).
  
• The percentage of students who ever used inhalants also decreased during 2007–2009 (13.3%–11.7%).