Percentage of students at alternative high schools who rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol, who drove after drinking alcohol, who drank alcohol in the past 30 days, who drank alcohol before age 13, . . .

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Percentage of students at alternative high schools who rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol, who drove after drinking alcohol, who drank alcohol in the past 30 days, who drank alcohol before age 13, who had 5 or more drinks on 1 or more occasions in the past 30 days by sex, grade, and race/ethnicity: YRBS 1998
Survey Item, Race/Ethnicity/Grade	Total	Female	Male
Percentage of college students who during the past 30 days rode in a vehicle 1 or more times with a driver who had been drinking alcohol
Total	35.1	33.0	37.7
CI	(32.7-37.5)	(30.6-36.0)	(34.6-40.8)

Age group
18-24 years	38.9	36.6	41.4
CI	(36.2-41.6)	(33.2-40.0)	(38.2-44.6)
25 or more years	28.5	27.8	29.7
CI	(25.2-31.8)	(23.2-32.4)	(25.0-34.4)

Race/ethnicity[1]
White	38.3	36.0	41.2
CI	(35.6-41.0)	(32.5-39.5)	(37.2-45.2)
Black	27.5	24.8	31.6
CI	(24.0-31.0)	(20.3-29.3)	(24.5-38.7)
Hispanic	30.7	32.0	29.6
CI	(25.7-35.7)	(25.9-38.1)	(23.4-35.8)

Institution type
2-year	29.6	29.4	29.6
CI	(26.5-32.7)	(25.2-33.6)	(25.3-33.9)
4-year	39.7	36.2	43.8
CI	(36.2-43.2)	(32.0-40.4)	(39.6-48.0)
Percentage of college students who during the past 30 days drove a vehicle 1 or more times when they had been drinking alcohol
Total	27.4	22.8	33.2
CI	(25.3-29.5)	(20.4-25.2)	(30.3-36.1)

Age group
18-24 years	27.8	23.2	32.7
CI	(25.4-30.2)	(20.5-25.9)	(29.5-35.9)
25 or more years	26.7	22.2	34.1
CI	(23.6-29.8)	(17.8-26.6)	(29.7-38.5)

Race/ethnicity[1]
White	31.2	26.2	37.4
CI	(28.8-33.6)	(23.4-29.0)	(33.8-41.0)
Black	14.7	11.5	19.7
CI	(11.9-17.5)	(08.2-14.8)	(13.9-25.5)
Hispanic	24.8	19.2	31.8
CI	(20.0-29.6)	(13.9-24.5)	(24.9-38.7)

Institution type
2-year	24.6	20.5	30.0
CI	(21.5-27.7)	(16.9-24.1)	(26.7-33.3)
4-year	29.8	24.9	35.6
CI	(27.1-32.5)	(21.6-28.2)	(31.8-39.4)
Percentage of college students who at least had one drink of alcohol on 1 or more times in the past 30 days
Total	68.2	64.5	72.9
CI	(66.0-70.4)	(61.6-67.4)	(70.2-75.6)

Age group
18-24 years	70.0	67.0	73.2
CI	(67.4-72.6)	(63.8-70.2)	(70.0-76.4)
25 or more years	65.0	60.8	71.8
CI	(61.8-68.2)	(56.6-65.0)	(67.3-76.3)

Race/ethnicity[1]
White	72.4	69.7	75.7
CI	(69.9-74.9)	(66.7-72.7)	(72.5-78.9)
Black	54.2	49.0	62.6
CI	(49.7-58.7)	(43.9-54.1)	(55.1-70.1)
Hispanic	63.6	58.0	71.2
CI	(58.9-68.3)	(49.8-66.2)	(65.1-77.3)

Institution type
2-year	63.1	59.4	67.9
CI	(59.8-66.4)	(54.7-64.1)	(64.4-71.4)
4-year	72.5	69.0	76.6
CI	(69.4-75.6)	(65.4-72.6)	(72.9-80.3)
Percentage of college students who had their first drink of alcohol other than a few sips before the age of 13
Total	12.2	8.3	17.1
CI	(11.0-13.4)	(07.1-09.5)	(15.2-19.0)

Age group
18-24 years	13.2	9.3	17.4
CI	(11.8-14.6)	(07.7-10.9)	(15.2-19.6)
25 or more years	10.6	6.8	16.4
CI	(08.9-12.3)	(05.1-08.5)	(13.1-19.7)

Race/ethnicity[1]
White	12.0	8.2	16.7
CI	(10.5-13.5)	(06.6-09.8)	(14.3-19.1)
Black	11.6	9.4	15.0
CI	(08.7-14.5)	(06.6-12.2)	(09.5-20.5)
Hispanic	15.4	11.0	19.8
CI	(12.2-18.6)	(07.2-14.8)	(14.7-24.9)

Institution type
2-year	12.4	8.1	18.4
CI	(10.6-14.2)	(06.2-10.0)	(15.6-21.2)
4-year	12.1	8.5	16.1
CI	(10.6-13.6)	(06.9-10.1)	(13.9-18.7)
Percentage of college students who had 1 or more drinks of alcohol on 20 or more of the past 30 days
Total	4.2	2.2	6.6
CI	03.5-04.9)	(01.6-02.8)	(05.3-07.9)

Age group
18-24 years	3.4	1.6	5.4
CI	(02.7-04.1)	(00.9-02.3)	(04.1- 06.7)
25 or more years	5.4	3.1	9.2
CI	(03.9-06.9)	(01.9-04.3)	(06.3-12.1)

Race/ethnicity[1]
White	4.7	2.5	7.6
CI	(03.8-05.6)	(01.7-03.3)	(05.9-09.3)
Black	1.6	1.1	2.4
CI	(00.2-3.0)	(-0.5-02.7)	(-0.2-05.0)
Hispanic	2.0	1.1	3.0
CI	(00.7-03.3)	(00.1-02.1)	(00.7-05.3)

Institution type
2-year	4.2	2.5	6.6
CI	(03.0-05.4)	(01.6-03.4)	(04.4-08.8)
4-year	4.1	1.9	6.6
CI	(03.3-04.9)	(01.1-02.7)	(05.1-08.1)
Percentage of college students who had 5 or more drinks of alcohol in a row on at least one occasion in 1 or more of the past 30 days
Total	34.5	27.0	43.8
CI	(32.0-37.0)	(24.4-29.6)	(40.4-47.2)

Age group
18-24 years	41.5	34.8	48.7
CI	(38.5-44.5)	(31.5-38.1)	(44.8-52.6)
25 or more years	22.0	15.7	32.2
CI	(19.3-24.7)	(12.6-18.8)	(27.8-36.6)

Race/ethnicity[1]
White	39.5	31.6	49.4
CI	(36.3-42.7)	(28.3-34.9)	(45.4-53.4)
Black	12.5	6.1	22.8
CI	(09.5-15.5)	(03.8-08.4)	(15.3-30.3)
Hispanic	30.2	22.6	39.9
CI	(26.3-34.1)	(17.4-27.8)	(33.4-46.4)

Institution type
2-year	26.8	20.6	34.8
CI	(23.9-29.7)	(17.2-24.0)	(30.7-38.9)
4-year	41.0	32.8	50.7
CI	(37.0-45.0)	(28.6-37.0)	(46.1-55.3)

Source: Grunbaum, J.A.; Kann, L.; Kinchen, S.A.; Ross, J.A.; Gowda, V.R.; Collins, J.L.; and Kolbe, L.J. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance-- National Alternative High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 1998. MMWR 48:1-44 (October 29, 1999). [Selected items related to alcohol use. See source for complete data].

[1] White and Black categories are Non-Hispanic

Note. Alternative high schools serve students who are at risk for failing or dropping out of regular high school and students who have been removed from their regular high school because of drug use, violence, or other illegal activity or behavior problems.

CI indicates 95-percent confidence interval.