Figure 7.4 is titled "Past Year Illicit Drug or Alcohol Dependence or Abuse, by Age and Gender: 2003." It is a bar graph, where the horizontal axis represents age category, and the vertical axis represents the percentage dependent or abusing in the past year. There are three age categories: Aged 12 or Older, Aged 12 to 17, and Aged 18 or Older. Within each age category there is a bar for male and a bar for female. For each age and gender combination, the percentage with past year illicit drug or alcohol dependence or abuse is as follows:
The percentage of persons aged 12 or older with past year illicit drug or alcohol abuse or dependence was 12.2% for males and 6.2% for females.
The percentage of persons aged 12 to 17 with past year illicit drug or alcohol abuse or dependence was 8.7% for males and 9.1% for females.
The percentage of persons aged 18 or older with past year illicit drug or alcohol abuse or dependence was 12.6% for males and 5.9% for females.