Table 43. Middle school students who used drugs for the first time before the age 11 years by gender, race/ethnicity, grade, and middle school, in percent
		Smoked a Whole Cigarette Before Age 11 Yrs				Drank Alcohol Before Age 11 Yrs				Tried Marijuana Before Age 11 Yrs
		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total
Galveston*
	Race/ethnicity
	White	4.4	7.1	5.9		18.4	22.6	20.5		1.3	7.7	4.3
	Black	7.4	6.0	6.6		14.4	19.9	18.2		3.6	5.8	5.4
	Hispanic	5.0	4.5	4.5		17.6	23.6	20.8		3.6	7.0	5.2
	All other	10.7	10.3	10.3		21.4	33.3	27.0		5.9	13.6	8.8
	Grade
	6	5.6	4.1	5.1		15.9	21.7	19.6		2.9	4.0	3.6
	7	4.6	4.5	4.4		15.6	23.2	19.5		1.8	5.8	3.9
	8	7.7	9.8	8.6		20.4	24.4	22.6		4.9	12.1	8.4
	Middle School
	Austin	5.3	5.4	5.8		16.3	21.1	19.0		3.7	7.2	6.0
	Central	6.3	4.5	5.2		14.1	16.7	15.7		3.5	7.0	5.2
	Crenshaw					17.4	16.0	16.0
	Weis	7.0	7.9	7.4		20.5	30.2	25.7		3.3	7.9	5.5
	2007 Total*	6.2	6.0	6.1		17.3	23.1	20.2		3.3	7.3	5.3
	Dallas ISD,TX*	8.3	14.2	11.2		22.3	28.3	25.2		3.4	7.7	5.5
*Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2007, and Dallas ISD, Texas 2003.
White = non-Hispanic white,  Hispanic = any race,  Black = non-Hispanic black, All other  = any other non-Hispanic
Numbers too small or not available