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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, . . .


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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

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: 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.

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