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Table 59 shows the percentages of Indian River and Florida students, by gender and age group, who <br />reported using various drugs in their lifetimes. In Indian River, 55.0% of females and 43.0% of males <br />reported using alcohol or any illicit drug. These percentages are considerably higher than Florida's. <br />inhalants. In both the county and state, younger adolescents, ages 10-14, reported using inhalants at a <br />higher rate than older adolescents, ages 15-17. <br />Table 59: Students Who Reported Having Used Various drugs in Their Lifetimes, Indian River and Florida 2014 <br />Source: Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey, 2014 <br />The symbol "- -" indicates that data are not available. <br />Compiled by: Health Council of Southeast Florida, 2014 <br />49IPage - Indian River County Children's Assessment 2014 <br />X2--8 51 <br />Indian River <br />Florida <br />Female <br />Male <br />Ages <br />10-14 <br />Ages <br />15-17 <br />Total <br />Female <br />Male <br />Ages <br />10-14 <br />Ages <br />-17 <br />Total <br />Alcohol <br />49.6% <br />37.0% <br />25.2% <br />57.0% <br />43.0% <br />44.3% <br />40.9% <br />26.6% <br />56.5% <br />42.6% <br />Cigarettes <br />19.1% <br />17.6% <br />10.8% <br />23.0% <br />18.4% <br />17.2% <br />18.0% <br />10.1% <br />23.5% <br />17.6% <br />Marijuana or Hashish <br />24.4% <br />23.3% <br />8.8% <br />35.8% <br />23.3% <br />22.1% <br />23.0% <br />9.2% <br />34.1% <br />22.6% <br />Synthetic Marijuana <br />8.5% <br />9.3% <br />- - <br />9.1% <br />9.1% <br />7.7% <br />10.0% <br />- - <br />8.9% <br />8.8% <br />Inhalants <br />6.5% <br />4.0% <br />6.5% <br />3.7% <br />5.2% <br />7.2% <br />5.8% <br />8.3% <br />5.0% <br />6.5% <br />Club Drugs <br />2.8% <br />3.4% <br />1.2% <br />5.2% <br />3.2% <br />2.8% <br />3.2% <br />1.2% <br />4.2% <br />3.0% <br />LSD, PCP or Mushrooms <br />2.7% <br />5.7% <br />1.5% <br />5.9% <br />4.2% <br />2.8% <br />4.3% <br />1.4% <br />5.3% <br />3.6% <br />Methamphetamine <br />0.6% <br />0.6% <br />0.9% <br />0.3% <br />0.6% <br />0.8% <br />1.2% <br />0.8% <br />1.1% <br />1.0% <br />Cocaine or Crack Cocaine <br />1.4% <br />2.3% <br />0.9% <br />2.4% <br />1.9% <br />1.6% <br />2.1% <br />0.9% <br />2.4% <br />1.9% <br />Heroin <br />0.7% <br />0.4% <br />0.5% <br />0.5% <br />0.5% <br />0.4% <br />0.8% <br />0.6% <br />0.7% <br />0.6% <br />Depressants <br />5.9% <br />3.1% <br />2.1% <br />6.4% <br />4.5% <br />5.1% <br />3.6% <br />2.1% <br />6.3% <br />4.3% <br />Prescription Pain Killers <br />5.9% <br />5.2% <br />1.8% <br />8.1% <br />5.8% <br />5.9% <br />5.1% <br />3.3% <br />7.4% <br />5.5% <br />Prescription Amphetamines <br />3.5% <br />4.9% <br />1.4% <br />5.8% <br />4.2% <br />3.5% <br />3.2% <br />1.2% <br />5.0% <br />3.3% <br />Steroids (without a doctor's order) <br />0.0% <br />1.3% <br />0.2% <br />1.2% <br />0.6% <br />0.3% <br />1.0% <br />0.5% <br />0.8% <br />0.7% <br />Over -the -Counter Drugs <br />5.0% <br />3.8% <br />1.9% <br />6.1% <br />4.5% <br />5.1% <br />4.8% <br />3.5% <br />6.2% <br />5.0% <br />Any illicit drug <br />31.9% <br />26.3% <br />15.9% <br />40.0% <br />29.2% <br />30.7% <br />29.4% <br />18.7% <br />39.9% <br />30.0% <br />Any illicit drug other than <br />19.2% <br />15.7% <br />11.4% <br />20.5% <br />17.5% <br />17.9% <br />16.4% <br />13.9% <br />19.9% <br />17.1% <br />Alcohol only <br />23.7% <br />16.3% <br />15.6% <br />23.1% <br />19.7% <br />19.5% <br />17.8% <br />14.8% <br />22.0% <br />18.6% <br />Alcohol or any illicit drug <br />55.0% <br />43.0% <br />31.2% <br />63.2% <br />48.8% <br />50.1% <br />47.0% <br />33.3% <br />61.9% <br />48.5% <br />Any illicit drug, but not alcohol <br />6.1% <br />6.2% <br />6.3% <br />6.7% <br />6.2% <br />5.9% <br />6.3% <br />6.9% <br />5.5% <br />6.1% <br />Source: Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey, 2014 <br />The symbol "- -" indicates that data are not available. <br />Compiled by: Health Council of Southeast Florida, 2014 <br />49IPage - Indian River County Children's Assessment 2014 <br />X2--8 51 <br />