Patterns and Trends in Inhalant Use by Adolescent Males and Females: 2002-2005. The NSDUH Report

摘要

Inhalant use in the past year among youths aged 12 to 17 remained stable overall and for males between 2002 and 2005; however, the rate of past year inhalant use among females increased from 4.1 percent in 2002 to 4.9 percent in 2005. Combined data from 2002 to 2005 indicate that recent female inhalant initiates aged 12 to 17 were more likely than their male counterparts to have used glue, shoe polish, or toluene (34.9 vs. 25.8 percent); spray paints (26.1 vs. 20.8 percent); aerosol sprays other than spray paints (23.0 vs. 16.4 percent); correction fluid, degreaser, or cleaning fluid (23.4 vs. 13.6 percent); and amyl nitrite, poppers, locker room odorizers, or rush (18.2 vs. 11.6 percent). Recent male inhalant initiates were more likely than their female counterparts to have used nitrous oxide or whippets (29.0 vs. 19.3 percent).