Table 41. Middle school students' 'ever in lifetime' use of inhalants, methamphetamines, steroids, and cocaine, by gender, race/ethnicity, grade, and middle school in percent
                         
    Lifetime Inhalant Use Lifetime Methamphetamine Use   Lifetime Steroid Use**   Lifetime Cocaine Use
    Female  Male  Total Female Male  Total Female Male  Total   Female  Male  Total
                               
Galveston*
Race/ethnicity
   White  12.6 12.3 12.7 2.5 4.0 3.5 0.6 3.3 2.2 1.9 5.8 3.7
   Black 6.7 9.0 8.4 2.4 4.0 3.4 2.4 4.0 3.4 3 5.9 4.7
   Hispanic  13.7 12.0 12.6 4.0 5.9 4.8 3.2 5.8 4.4 6.4 5 5.6
   All other  15.3 10.0 14.1 3.6 6.7 5.4 3.6 8.3 6.8 3.5 10 6.7
Grade
6 9.3 11.8 10.7 3.9 2.8 3.4 2.0 4.1 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.2
7 11.4 10.3 11.4 3.2 4.1 3.8 2.7 4.9 4.2 4.1 4 4.2
8 13.8 10.3 12.1 2.7 7.6 5.4 2.7 5.2 4.2 4.9 9.8 7.3
Middle School
Austin 11.9 10.4 12.0 3.0 4.6 4.4 3.0 3.3 3.7 2.9 5.2 4.3
 Central 7.9 7.6 7.6 2.2 5.0 3.5 1.8 7.2 4.3 3.5 5.8 4.6
     Crenshaw        
Weis   15.7 14.7 15.4 4.0 5.0 4.7 2.9 4.1 3.9 5.5 6.3 5.9
2007 Total* 11.8 10.9 11.4 3.2 4.9 4.0 2.4 4.8 3.6 4.1 5.8 5.0
  Dallas ISD,TX* 16.7 14.6 15.6           3.9 4.4 4.2   9.4 10.5 10.0
*Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2007, and Dallas ISD, Texas 2003.
** Ever took steroid pills or shots without a doctor's prescription.
White = non-Hispanic white,  Hispanic = any race,  Black = non-Hispanic black, All other  = any other non-Hispanic
Numbers too small or not available