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NSDUH: Prevalence of binge drinking in the past 30 days, by age, sex, and race/Hispanic origin, among 12–20 year olds, United States, 1991–2005.

[ythdrk6a.htm, dated 11/07]

Sex,
Race/Hispanic origin,
and Year

Age

12–20

12–14

15–17

18–20

Percent

S.E.

Percent

S.E.

Percent

S.E.

Percent

S.E.

Both Sexes

All races

2005

18.6

0.4

2.7

0.2

16.5

0.5

36.3

0.9

2004

19.2

0.4

2.8

0.3

18.7

0.6

36.5

1.0

2003

18.9

0.4

3.3

0.2

17.1

0.5

36.5

0.8

2002

19.1

0.4

3.3

0.2

17.9

0.5

36.5

0.8

2001

18.6

0.4

2.8

0.2

17.4

0.5

35.4

0.8

2000

18.1

0.4

3.3

0.2

16.7

0.4

34.2

0.8

1999

17.8

0.4

2.8

0.2

16.2

0.5

33.9

0.8

1998

15.2

0.8

2.5

0.4

13.2

0.9

30.1

1.8

1997

14.8

0.8

2.4

0.4

14.1

1.0

28.3

1.8

1996

13.8

0.9

2.0

0.4

12.3

1.0

28.4

2.0

1995

13.9

0.7

3.3

0.6

12.6

0.7

27.6

1.6

1994

14.6

1.4

2.0

0.3

10.7

1.0

31.3

2.8

1993

12.1

0.7

1.0#

0.2

10.9

0.8

24.8

1.6

1992

12.2

0.7

1.1#

0.3

9.6

0.7

26.1

1.8

1991

15.2

0.8

1.2#

0.2

12.7

1.0

30.0

1.7

Non-Hispanic White

2005

22.3

0.5

2.4

0.2

19.6

0.7

43.5

1.1

2004

22.6

0.6

3.0

0.3

21.3

0.7

43.3

1.2

2003

22.5

0.5

3.8

0.3

20.9

0.7

42.9

1.0

2002

22.7

0.5

3.6

0.3

21.1

0.7

43.0

0.9

2001

21.4

0.5

3.1

0.3

20.4

0.6

39.9

1.0

2000

21.0

0.5

3.7

0.3

19.5

0.6

39.0

0.9

1999

20.9

0.4

3.1

0.3

18.5

0.6

40.3

1.0

1998

18.4

1.2

3.0#

0.6

15.9

1.3

36.5

2.5

1997

17.6

1.0

2.3#

0.5

16.4

1.3

34.7

2.3

1996

16.0

1.2

2.3#

0.4

14.0

1.2

34.4

2.8

1995

16.0

1.0

3.6#

0.7

14.4

1.0

32.1

2.2

1994

17.9

1.7

2.3#

0.4

13.8

1.4

37.6

3.2

1993

14.4

0.9

1.1#

0.3

12.4

1.1

30.3

2.1

1992

14.6

1.0

1.3#

0.4

10.9

0.9

31.6

2.3

1991

18.0

1.1

1.2#

0.2

15.0

1.4

35.5

2.2

Non-Hispanic Black

2005

9.2

0.7

2.3#

0.6

8.2

1.2

17.6

1.6

2004

9.4

0.7

1.2#

0.4

8.6

1.1

19.8

1.9

2003

8.4

0.6

1.9#

0.4

5.6

0.8

18.2

1.6

2002

9.6

0.6

1.5#

0.4

8.5

1.0

19.7

1.5

2001

10.0

0.7

1.9#

0.5

8.3

1.0

20.3

1.6

2000

9.7

0.7

1.4#

0.4

6.5

0.8

21.5

1.8

1999

9.4

0.7

1.2#

0.4

7.7

0.9

18.6

1.8

1998

5.9

1.0

1.2#

0.6

4.7#

1.2

11.8

2.0

1997

6.2#

1.1

1.5#

0.6

6.4#

1.3

10.5#

2.8

1996

7.4

0.8

1.0#

0.5

6.1

1.0

15.3

2.5

1995

6.4

0.8

2.0#

0.7

4.0#

1.0

13.9

2.3

1994

5.7#

1.0

1.1#

0.5

2.9#

0.9

13.7#

2.5

1993

4.2#

0.9

0.1#

0.1

3.0#

1.1

9.6#

2.6

1992

5.0

0.6

0.4#

0.4

5.9#

1.4

9.0

1.5

1991

6.5

0.7

1.4#

1.0

5.8#

1.2

12.0

1.5

Hispanic

2005

16.7

1.0

4.0#

0.9

15.9

1.3

30.5

2.3

2004

18.4

0.9

3.7#

0.8

20.0

1.5

32.4

2.2

2003

17.0

0.9

3.2#

0.7

14.8

1.2

32.6

2.1

2002

16.1

0.8

4.6

0.8

15.9

1.4

28.1

1.8

2001

17.0

1.0

2.7#

0.6

15.4

1.4

32.9

2.1

2000

16.1

0.9

3.8

0.6

16.7

1.4

27.8

2.0

1999

15.0

0.8

3.3#

0.6

16.2

1.4

25.3

1.9

1998

12.3

0.9

2.0#

0.6

11.0

1.6

24.7

2.1

1997

11.0

0.9

3.5#

0.8

11.6

1.6

18.1

2.5

1996

12.7

1.3

2.6#

0.6

13.6

2.0

20.9

2.8

1995

11.7

1.3

2.3#

0.8

12.9

1.9

20.9

3.3

1994

10.1

1.2

1.5#

0.6

6.3#

1.3

22.0

3.2

1993

11.2

1.3

1.4#

0.6

11.6

1.9

19.6

2.8

1992

9.4

1.0

1.6#

0.8

8.2

1.2

19.7

2.2

1991

11.5

1.1

1.6#

0.5

10.5

1.5

21.7

2.3

Native American/Alaska Native

2005

19.8

3.1

7.1#

3.6

12.4#

3.6

39.6#

7.3

2004

17.2

2.6

6.0#

3.4

23.7#

5.8

23.3#

6.0

2003

20.0

2.7

6.4#

3.0

21.9#

5.8

33.2#

5.9

2002

23.7

3.4

5.0#

2.3

29.0#

7.9

36.6#

8.2

2001

17.9#

4.1

3.6#

2.4

30.1#

7.7

19.1#

6.8

2000

18.6#

3.8

3.4#

2.4

16.4#

4.8

42.9#

10.6

1999

21.7#

4.0

5.6#

3.2

30.5#

5.9

38.8#

9.4

Asian, Native HI/Other PI

2005

7.8

1.1

1.8#

1.2

4.5#

1.7

16.8

2.4

2004

8.3

1.4

2.8#

1.6

7.2#

2.6

13.7

2.1

2003

10.8

1.5

1.0#

1.0

4.7#

1.4

23.8

3.4

2002

8.8

1.3

0.7#

0.5

4.2#

1.5

21.4

3.2

2001

10.5

1.6

0.2#

0.1

8.4#

2.2

22.7#

4.0

2000

7.9

1.3

0.9#

0.5

6.9#

1.4

16.7#

3.6

1999

6.8#

1.3

1.6#

0.8

6.6#

1.8

12.4#

3.3

More than one race

2005

17.2

2.1

3.9#

1.1

16.6#

3.4

34.6

5.4

2004

17.2

1.8

1.6#

0.6

19.7

3.2

38.7

4.7

2003

15.9#

2.8

3.4#

1.2

20.4#

6.9

30.2

5.0

2002

20.5

2.8

3.1#

2.2

17.5#

4.2

48.3

6.1

2001

16.0

2.3

3.4#

1.7

11.4#

2.9

34.4

5.9

2000

15.1

2.6

4.2#

1.8

15.4#

5.1

30.9#

6.3

1999

16.8

2.3

2.4#

1.2

15.1#

3.7

33.5

5.6

Male

All races

2005

21.2

0.6

2.4

0.3

17.3

0.7

43.2

1.2

2004

21.5

0.7

2.7

0.4

19.5

0.9

42.6

1.4

2003

21.6

0.6

3.2

0.3

18.4

0.7

43.6

1.2

2002

21.6

0.5

3.2

0.3

18.8

0.7

42.9

1.1

2001

21.6

0.5

2.6

0.3

19.0

0.7

43.1

1.1

2000

20.6

0.5

3.1

0.3

18.3

0.6

40.4

1.1

1999

20.9

0.5

3.3

0.3

18.4

0.7

41.2

1.2

1998

18.6

1.0

2.6#

0.5

15.4

1.2

38.3

2.2

1997

19.5

1.3

3.2#

0.7

16.4

1.6

38.7

2.9

1996

17.8

1.3

2.5#

0.5

15.1

1.5

36.9

2.9

1995

17.6

1.1

3.4#

0.7

15.7

1.2

36.2

2.5

1994

18.7

2.0

1.7#

0.4

12.9

1.4

42.6

3.8

1993

16.1

1.0

1.5#

0.4

14.9

1.4

32.2

2.4

1992

16.0

1.0

1.5#

0.5

12.0

1.0

35.1

2.2

1991

19.5

1.1

1.4#

0.4

16.3

1.3

38.3

2.1

Non-Hispanic White

2005

24.8

0.8

1.7

0.3

21.1

0.8

50.0

1.6

2004

25.3

0.8

3.0

0.4

21.9

1.0

50.2

1.6

2003

25.2

0.6

3.6

0.4

21.7

0.9

50.9

1.4

2002

25.3

0.6

3.3

0.4

22.7

0.9

49.8

1.4

2001

24.4

0.7

2.8

0.4

22.1

0.9

47.8

1.4

2000

23.6

0.6

3.8

0.4

21.1

0.8

45.4

1.2

1999

24.3

0.7

4.0

0.4

20.9

0.9

48.4

1.4

1998

21.9

1.4

3.2#

0.8

18.3

1.8

44.6

2.9

1997

22.7

1.7

3.6#

1.0

18.4

2.1

45.8

3.7

1996

20.5

2.0

3.1#

0.7

16.3

2.0

44.4

4.1

1995

20.0

1.5

4.3#

1.0

17.2

1.5

41.3

3.3

1994

21.7

2.6

1.7#

0.5

15.9

1.9

48.8

4.5

1993

18.9

1.2

2.0#

0.6

17.1

1.8

38.1

3.3

1992

18.5

1.4

1.7#

0.7

13.4

1.4

40.4

2.9

1991

22.8

1.5

1.1#

0.4

18.7

1.9

45.3

2.6

Non-Hispanic Black

2005

11.6

1.1

2.5#

0.8

9.9#

1.8

23.3

2.7

2004

11.1

1.0

1.0#

0.5

9.0#

1.7

25.2

2.8

2003

10.5

1.0

1.4#

0.6

7.4#

1.4

22.8

2.3

2002

10.5

0.9

1.2#

0.5

8.2

1.4

22.9

2.2

2001

11.8

1.0

2.1#

0.7

8.2

1.4

25.6

2.4

2000

10.9

1.0

1.3#

0.5

7.0

1.1

25.5

2.6

1999

10.8

1.1

0.9#

0.4

8.4

1.3

22.9

2.8

1998

7.8

1.0

1.9#

1.1

4.8#

1.4

17.5

2.4

1997

8.8#

1.9

1.7#

0.9

8.3#

2.0

16.5#

4.8

1996

9.6

1.4

1.0#

0.8

7.1#

1.8

22.6#

4.1

1995

9.2

1.4

2.5#

1.0

5.3#

1.5

20.9#

3.8

1994

9.6#

2.0

1.8#

1.0

3.6#

1.3

23.9#

4.9

1993

5.9#

1.7

0.2#

0.2

3.4#

1.8

14.5#

4.7

1992

7.6

1.3

0.8#

0.8

7.6#

2.1

15.9#

2.8

1991

9.4

1.4

2.5#

1.9

9.7#

2.3

16.0

2.8

Hispanic

2005

19.9

1.4

4.4#

1.1

14.4

1.6

39.9

3.3

2004

19.8

1.2

2.9#

1.0

21.7

2.6

36.2

2.9

2003

20.7

1.4

3.5#

1.2

17.1

2.0

40.6

2.8

2002

19.2

1.2

5.6#

1.4

16.0

1.8

34.8

2.8

2001

20.6

1.4

3.0#

0.9

17.7

2.0

40.2

3.1

2000

19.2

1.4

2.8#

0.7

19.7

2.2

34.9

3.0

1999

18.5

1.2

4.0#

1.0

19.5

2.0

32.6

3.0

1998

16.0

1.5

1.7#

0.7

13.1#

2.4

34.3

3.2

1997

15.3

1.6

3.5#

1.2

15.2

2.3

27.3

4.1

1996

16.4

1.8

2.3#

0.9

19.7

3.1

25.9

3.7

1995

15.3

2.0

0.4#

0.3

19.0

3.1

29.9#

5.8

1994

14.5

2.1

0.7#

0.3

9.0#

1.8

34.4

5.4

1993

16.2

2.1

0.8#

0.5

16.6

2.4

29.3

4.5

1992

12.9

1.6

1.7#

1.2

9.5#

1.8

29.8

3.2

1991

16.7

1.6

2.0#

0.8

14.9#

2.7

31.5

3.6

Native American/Alaska Native

2005

26.8

4.5

7.7#

6.2

18.5#

6.2

57.2

7.9

2004

13.8#

4.0

5.1#

4.4

22.0#

7.4

15.9#

9.8

2003

21.9#

4.5

6.5#

5.0

27.7#

9.2

37.1#

9.4

2002

20.2#

4.1

1.6#

1.2

13.5#

5.8

57.9

7.7

2001

28.2#

7.6

3.9#

4.5

42.0#

11.6

36.2#

8.8

2000

12.3#

3.9

0.0#

>0

12.7#

5.7

35.0#

14.0

1999

25.0#

5.2

2.1#

2.0

34.9#

10.5

40.3#

11.1

Asian, Native HI/Other PI

2005

7.0#

1.4

0.9#

0.8

2.0#

0.9

18.6#

3.6

2004

10.7#

2.4

3.1#

3.0

9.5#

4.0

18.1#

3.9

2003

11.6#

2.1

0.2#

0.2

4.5#

1.9

27.2#

4.9

2002

11.1#

2.0

1.1#

0.8

3.0#

1.2

31.1

5.3

2001

12.2#

2.3

0.2#

0.2

8.4#

3.0

31.8#

6.0

2000

11.0#

2.0

1.8#

1.0

9.6#

2.3

22.2#

5.8

1999

8.8#

2.2

0.5#

0.4

8.6#

2.9

17.5#

6.0

More than one race

2005

17.7#

3.0

4.2#

1.7

12.8#

4.2

42.5#

7.6

2004

18.7#

3.2

1.6#

0.9

22.3#

4.5

44.2#

9.8

2003

18.0#

4.9

3.6#

1.9

27.8#

11.8

29.6#

6.7

2002

22.4

3.4

0.5#

0.4

18.6#

5.8

55.7

8.8

2001

20.5#

3.8

4.9#

2.9

13.9#

4.8

53.3#

9.8

2000

18.1#

4.1

0.0

0.0

11.6#

5.1

40.8#

8.7

1999

17.7#

3.6

1.1#

0.9

15.3#

5.6

34.7#

8.7

Female

All races

2005

16.0

0.5

3.0

0.3

15.6

0.7

29.1

1.2

2004

16.8

0.5

3.0

0.4

17.8

0.8

30.1

1.2

2003

16.1

0.5

3.5

0.4

15.7

0.7

29.0

1.0

2002

16.6

0.4

3.4

0.3

16.8

0.8

29.8

1.0

2001

15.5

0.4

3.0

0.3

15.8

0.7

27.5

1.0

2000

15.6

0.5

3.5

0.3

15.0

0.6

27.8

1.0

1999

14.7

0.4

2.3

0.2

13.9

0.6

26.9

0.9

1998

11.7

1.3

2.4#

0.6

10.9

1.3

21.7

2.9

1997

9.9

0.7

1.5#

0.3

11.8

0.9

16.7

1.8

1996

9.5

0.8

1.5#

0.4

9.5

1.2

18.5

1.8

1995

10.2

0.9

3.2#

0.8

9.4

1.1

18.9

2.1

1994