Teen Alcohol Use
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a national survey of 10,904 high school students in grades 9-12. Following are the results of that survey, conducted in 1995.
Teen Lifetime Alcohol Use OVERALL: 80.4% of students had at least one drink of alcohol during their lifetime. RACE: White (81.7%) and Hispanic (82.9%) students were significantly more likely than black students (73.7%) to have had at least one drink of alcohol during their lifetime. AGE: Students in grades 11 (83.2%) and 12 (85.5%) were significantly more likely than students in grade 9 (72.4%) to have had at least one drink of alcohol during their lifetime. |
Teen Current Alcohol Use OVERALL: 51.6% of students had had at least one drink of alcohol during the 30 days preceding the survey (i.e., current alcohol use). RACE: White (54.1%) and Hispanic (54.7%) students were significantly more likely than black students (42.0%) to report current alcohol use. AGE: Students in grades 11 (53.7%) and 12 (56.5%) were significantly more likely than students in grade 9 (45.6%) to report current alcohol use. |
Teen Episodic Heavy Drinking OVERALL: 32.6% of students had had five or more drinks of alcohol on at least one occasion during the 30 days preceding the survey (i.e., episodic heavy drinking). GENDER: Males (36.2%) were significantly more likely than females (28.6%) to report episodic heavy drinking. RACE: Whites (35.6%) and Hispanics (37.7%) were significantly more likely than blacks (18.8%) to report episodic heavy drinking. AGE: The older the student, the more significantly likely to report episodic heavy drinking. Breakdown by age was: Grade 9 (24.5%); Grade 10 (30.3%); Grade 11 (34.9%); Grade 12 (39.0%). |
Source: Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance -- United States, 1995. MMWR; 45(No. SS-4), 1-86, 1996.
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