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83%

17%

Current Drinking Among Adolescents

83% of 12-17 year-olds do NOT drink

Source: 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual survey representative of the U.S. population age 12 and older conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2007: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k6nsduh/2k6Results.cfm#Ch3 The 2006 survey is based on interviews with approximately 67,500 respondents ages 12 and older who were interviewed in their homes. The survey covers residents of households (living in houses/townhouses, apartments, condominiums, etc.), persons in noninstitutional group quarters (e.g., shelters, rooming/boarding houses, college dormitories, migratory workers‘ camps, halfway houses), and civilians living on military bases. Persons that are excluded from the survey include homeless people who do not use shelters, active military personnel, and residents of institutional group quarters, such as correctional facilities, nursing homes, mental institutions, and long-term hospitals. Current use is use in the past 30 days. Adolescents are those ages 12 through 17.

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28%

72%

Current Drinking Among Underage Youth

72% of 12-20 year-olds do NOT drink

Source: 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual survey representative of the U.S. population age 12 and older conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2007: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k6nsduh/2k6Results.cfm#Ch3 The 2006 survey is based on interviews with approximately 67,500 respondents ages 12 and older who were interviewed in their homes. The survey covers residents of households (living in houses/townhouses, apartments, condominiums, etc.), persons in noninstitutional group quarters (e.g., shelters, rooming/boarding houses, college dormitories, migratory workers‘ camps, halfway houses), and civilians living on military bases. Persons that are excluded from the survey include homeless people who do not use shelters, active military personnel, and residents of institutional group quarters, such as correctional facilities, nursing homes, mental institutions, and long-term hospitals. Current use is use in the past 30 days.

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22.4

17.2

25.1

Alcohol Use Among 8th GradersPercent Who Drank In The Past 30 Days

Source: The University of Michigan Monitoring the Future Study, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Surveys of nationally representative samples of American high school seniors were begun in 1975, making the class of 2006 the 32 nd such class surveyed. Surveys of 8th and 10th graders were added to the design in 1991, making the 2006 nationally representative samples the 16 th such classes surveyed. The sample sizes in 2006 are 17,026 eighth graders in 151 schools, 16,620 tenth graders in 123 schools, and 14,814 twelfth graders in 136 schools, for a total of 48,460 students in 410 secondary schools. The samples are drawn separately at each grade level to be representative of students in that grade in public and private secondary schools across the coterminous United States. Schools are selected with probability proportionate to their estimated class size. The findings are located at http://www.monitoringthefuture.org. Accessed 12/21/06.

23 percent lower in 2006 than in 2000

31 percent lower in 2006 than in 1991

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42.841

33.8

Alcohol Use Among 10th GradersPercent Who Drank In The Past 30 Days

18 percent lower in 2006 than in 2000

21 percent lower in 2006 than in 1991

Source: The University of Michigan Monitoring the Future Study, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Surveys of nationally representative samples of American high school seniors were begun in 1975, making the class of 2006 the 32 nd such class surveyed. Surveys of 8th and 10th graders were added to the design in 1991, making the 2006 nationally representative samples the 16 th such classes surveyed. The sample sizes in 2006 are 17,026 eighth graders in 151 schools, 16,620 tenth graders in 123 schools, and 14,814 twelfth graders in 136 schools, for a total of 48,460 students in 410 secondary schools. The samples are drawn separately at each grade level to be representative of students in that grade in public and private secondary schools across the coterminous United States. Schools are selected with probability proportionate to their estimated class size. The findings are located at http://www.monitoringthefuture.org. Accessed 12/21/06.

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Drinking Among High School SeniorsPercent Who Have Consumed Alcohol in the Last Month

45.3%

50.0%

69.7% 9 percent lower in 2006 than in 200035 percent lower in 2006 than in 1982

Lowest level since tracking began in 1975

Source: The University of Michigan Monitoring the Future Study, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Surveys of nationally representative samples of American high school seniors were begun in 1975, making the class of 2006 the 32 nd such class surveyed. Surveys of 8th and 10th graders were added to the design in 1991, making the 2006 nationally representative samples the 16 th such classes surveyed. The sample sizes in 2006 are 17,026 eighth graders in 151 schools, 16,620 tenth graders in 123 schools, and 14,814 twelfth graders in 136 schools, for a total of 48,460 students in 410 secondary schools. The samples are drawn separately at each grade level to be representative of students in that grade in public and private secondary schools across the coterminous United States. Schools are selected with probability proportionate to their estimated class size. The findings are located at http://www.monitoringthefuture.org. Accessed 12/21/06.

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Percentage of College Freshmen Who Drink Beer Frequently or Occasionally

42.3%

73.7%

48.3%

12 percent lower in 2006 than in 2000

43 percent lower in 2006 than in 1982Lowest level since tracking began in 1966

Source: The American Freshman Survey, sponsored by UCLA and the American Council on Education and conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. Now in its 41st year, the UCLA survey is the nation’s longest running and most comprehensive assessment of student attitudes and plans. The 2006 freshman norms are based on the responses of 271,441 first-time, full-time students at 393 of the nation’s baccalaureate colleges and universities. The data have been statistically adjusted to reflect the responses of the 1.3 million first-time, full-time students entering four-year colleges and universities as freshmen in 2006. Respondents self-reported whether they engaged in a list of activities (including “drank beer”) frequently, occasionally, or not at all in the past year. http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/norms06.php

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Percentage of High School Students Who Had Their First Drink of Alcohol Before Age 13*

* Other than a few sips1 Significant linear decrease, p < .05

Source: Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The YRBS is an in-school survey of students in grades 9 through 12. Students completed self-administered questionnaires in their classrooms. In 2005, the national sample consisted of 13,917 responses from 159 schools. In 1991, the national sample consisted of 12,272 responses from 137 schools.

http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/yrbss/QuestYearTable.asp?path=byHT&ByVar=CI&cat=3&quest=Q40&year=2005&loc=XX

32.7% 32.9%32.4%

31.1%32.2%

25.6%1

29.1%

27.8%

1991

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

22% Decline Since 1991

Lowest level since tracking began in 1991

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13,470

21,113

Total Fatalities in Drunk-Driving Crashes

36 percent lower in 2006 than in 1982

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Drunk-driving fatalities represent the total number of people (occupants and nonoccupants) killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes in which at least one driver/motorcycle operator had a BAC of .08 or higher.

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Total Drunk-Driving Fatalities Per Billion Vehicle Miles Traveled

4.50

13.24

4.85

7 percent lower in 2006 than in 2000

66 percent lower in 2006 than in 1982

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Federal Highway Administration Annual Highway Statistics ;

Drunk-driving fatalities represent the total number of people (occupants and nonoccupants) killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes in which at least one driver had a BAC of .08 or higher.http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/nhtsa_static_file_downloader.jsp?file=/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/NCSA/Content/PDF/810837.pdf, http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/tvtw/07juntvt/index.htm, http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/qfvehicles.htm, http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/TSF2005.PDF

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Total Fatalities in Teen Drunk-Driving Crashes

1,552

4,214

1,720

10 percent lower in 2006 than in 2000

63 percent lower in 2006 than in 1982

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Teen drunk-driving crashes represent the total number of people (occupants and nonoccupants) killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes in which at least one teenage (16-20) driver had a BAC of .08 or higher.