[yrbs25.txt, dated 3/00] Percentage of college students 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 1 or more times on 20 or more of the past 30 days, who had 5 or more drinks on 1 or more occasions in the past 30 days by sex, age, race/ethnicity, and type of institution: YRBS 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 08.1 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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Surveillance Summaries, November 14, 1997. MMWR 1997:46(No.SS-6). [Selected items related to alcohol use. See source for complete data]. [1] White and Black categories are Non-Hispanic. CI indicates 95-percent confidence interval.