[ythdrk5.htm, dated 11/07]
Sex,Race/Hispanic origin,and Year
Age
12–20
12–14
15–17
18–20
Drinks
S.E.
Both Sexes
All races
2005
35.3
1.1
13.6
1.7
28.9
1.4
40.4
1.5
2004
37.0
1.3
14.9
2.6
29.3
43.6
2.1
2003
35.4
18.6
2.7
29.7
2002
37.9
1.0
18.7
2.0
33.4
1.8
42.5
2001
39.3
18.5#
3.9
34.9
43.9
2000
48.8
27.5#
5.7
44.9
53.3
2.4
1999
50.7
28.3
4.4
46.1
3.0
55.3
1998
31.9
14.5#
26.4
36.7
3.3
1997
32.1
3.1
19.4#
5.4
25.4
2.3
37.6
4.9
1996
30.9
1.6
24.1#
6.3
24.6
2.5
1995
28.4
26.6#
9.2
27.5
4.1
1994
26.5
15.5#
4.2
18.4
31.6
1993
32.3
3.2
26.9#
14.4
24.4#
4.3
5.2
1992
15.1#
7.5
33.9
1991
34.4
2.2
11.7
32.9
2.8
37.3
2.9
Non-Hispanic White
37.4
15.6
42.2
38.9
16.2#
3.5
32.0
45.2
1.2
17.7
32.5
42.8
40.5
19.4
34.3
42.0
21.0#
5.1
36.8
47.2
49.8
1.9
31.2#
7.4
44.6
54.6
51.5
4.8
46.9
56.2
34.2
17.2#
3.6
27.3
39.7
33.6
19.8#
7.3
25.6
39.8
6.1
25.8#
7.9
24.2
38.0
27.8
25.9#
11.6
22.3
31.4
26.8
14.9#
5.3
20.0
31.3
35.1
30.0#
20.3
26.3#
5.6
39.9
6.7
30.8
18.4#
10.2
19.0
37.2
11.4#
35.6
3.7
40.0
Non-Hispanic Black
23.0#
6.0#
15.0#
29.2#
10.6
21.7
8.5#
4.7
13.8
26.0
19.2
7.2#
24.9#
4.5
24.0
5.5
32.6#
10.1
20.8
6.2#
18.0#
31.7#
6.9
43.5#
8.8
10.1#
45.7#
14.2
46.4#
43.8
7.2
32.8#
8.7
49.6#
9.5
19.6
3.4
18.3#
21.7#
21.1#
7.7
17.6
23.6#
21.5
13.0#
25.1#
18.6#
4.0
21.2#
10.3
9.6
16.4#
29.3#
6.6
18.9#
6.5
8.9#
41.7#
11.4
4.0#
19.5#
17.0#
4.3#
13.6#
19.6#
25.8
8.3#
27.4#
27.6
Hispanic
35.2
12.4#
28.2
41.8
41.5
11.9#
26.7
53.8
9.1
36.4
42.9
35.7
13.5#
50.1
48.9#
8.6
55.0
52.6
25.3#
40.2
6.4
64.7#
8.2
27.0#
40.1
29.5
21.8#
5.9
31.0
20.1#
31.3#
32.3#
5.8
25.0#
11.2
30.6#
7.1
26.6
9.7#
5.0
30.2
29.8#
14.8
39.2
6.0
25.0
7.5#
23.6
28.8
4.6
17.6#
23.3
32.2
Native American/Alaska Native
38.4#
–
65.6#
32.0#
39.8#
8.4
51.0#
17.2
41.3#
29.1#
34.2#
8.3
47.5#
14.5
77.1#
38.3
28.5#
54.3#
17.1
74.1#
25.5
34.1#
10.4
42.3#
38.5#
9.9
53.5#
23.2
27.7
38.3#
7.8
18.1
Asian, Native HI/Other PI
14.6
17.0
18.8#
14.8#
14.2#
30.8#
17.7#
6.8
25.2#
16.3#
28.8#
17.8#
20.7#
20.9#
31.1#
7.0
34.7#
48.5#
19.9
More than one race
45.8#
10.0
51.3#
34.8
10.8#
33.0#
39.0#
22.0
3.8
7.6
39.9#
26.2
10.5
53.7#
40.4#
12.3
22.7#
53.2#
20.1
43.2#
13.4
13.3#
46.5#
22.2
46.3#
70.7#
111.1#
80.3
44.1#
Male
45.0
50.9
47.5
16.1#
33.7
57.4
45.7
51.9
47.7
19.3#
41.3
53.6
50.4
16.0
42.4
57.6
61.6
36.5#
11.3
55.6
67.1
64.5
28.3#
58.2
71.1
39.6
17.9#
24.8#
40.1#
12.0
46.6
40.7
35.3#
43.1
20.5#
9.0
54.4#
35.7#
48.0
8.0
34.5
12.8
22.4
41.0
11.1#
39.0
46.8
47.4
13.4#
38.7
49.5
18.2#
58.7
48.1
22.6#
38.8
55.4
51.7
21.5#
58.1
54.3
44.2
62.7
62.2
14.3
67.8
65.0
58.6
72.2
45.9
12.7
55.1
45.1
43.6#
36.6#
28.1
12.5
40.9
49.1
64.9#
48.9
40.2#
51.9#
37.5
23.8
44.5
8.4#
50.2
32.9#
12.4
41.0#
16.0#
32.4
5.7#
10.3#
34.4#
14.7#
22.0#
29.5#
29.2
4.7#
23.1#
34.0
62.0#
16.1
10.0#
79.5#
62.5#
20.4
51.2#
60.0#
14.7
26.8#
31.8#
34.3#
10.7
24.6#
12.6
18.0
28.4#
16.8
20.6#
45.1#
10.9
22.2#
9.3
12.5#
22.9#
5.5#
13.8#
27.2#
35.1#
38.6
39.5#
50.3
9.7
8.7#
78.8#
15.0
48.4
39.4#
23.0
52.5
37.2#
45.4
44.0
42.0#
8.1
63.8
8.9
24.0#
11.0
52.8#
73.4#
13.5
71.7
10.8
37.8#
19.7
54.6#
85.2#
16.5
9.4#
38.7#
50.6
44.6#
21.4#
45.3#
11.8
38.0#
8.2#
35.2#
6.2
37.9#
4.6#
38.5
22.5#
30.5#
51.6#
102.5#
49.6
41.5#
37.1#
29.7#
13.3
47.3#
62.3#
20.7
31.6#
15.4
11.5
77.0#
22.9
93.0#
29.1
55.2#
19.8
53.4#
9.4
40.9#
14.1
20.6
20.8#
15.4#
25.4#
13.9#
19.2#
34.5#
36.7#
14.0
39.3#
20.2#
19.7#
21.9#
41.2#
33.8#
18.5
41.6#
46.8#
58.5#
28.0
43.4#
17.8
30.4#
11.1
45.4#
5.3#
48.2#
48.6#
23.8#
9.1#
27.1#
64.6#
39.2#
79.9#
15.2
27.9
87.6#
46.7
44.4#
11.7#
64.2#
101.1#
207.9#
149.2
Female
21.3
24.8
0.9
13.1
22.7
27.1
18.3
26.9
27.0
34.7
28.2#
33.5
22.8#
11.5#
19.1
26.4#
16.3
12.6#
15.9
10.5#
14.6#
16.9#
11.6#
13.0
23.2#
5.8#
24.9
12.7#
25.1
27.2
29.0
24.2#
28.7
36.5
21.0
33.8
25.7#
30.2#
15.5
9.6#
16.4
17.3
19.5
4.1#
0.8
25.5#
5.2#
13.7
16.5#
28.6
27.4
3.7#
9.5#
15.8#
4.4#
8.1#
23.3#
8.0#
13.2
10.2#
33.5#
7.9#
34.0#
12.1#
18.1#
9.9#
16.8#
11.2#
12.0#
6.3#
0.7
3.2#
10.6#
12.8#
13.2#
21.9
9.0#
17.9
13.7#
21.4
24.4
20.9
26.2#
25.3
7.8#
32.1#
32.2#
44.0#
15.6#
24.7#
17.4
7.7#
16.6#
19.1#
15.7
13.9
8.6#
15.7#
22.4#
10.7#
12.9#
17.5
41.4#
52.6#
88.7#
22.3#
78.6#
7.1#
15.2#
23.5#
30.7#
14.0#
49.7#
10.4#
57.5#
25.6#
20.3#
30.1#
41.8#
78.2#
43.2
33.3#
12.9
Note: Due to survey design modifications, comparisons of results from before 1999 to 1999–2001 and 2002–2005 need to be made with caution.
– Fewer than 10 respondents in this cell.
# Estimates are unreliable due to relative standard errors > 17.5%.
Source: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Newes-Adeyi, G.; Chen, C.M.; Williams, G.D.; and Faden, V.B. Surveillance Report #81: Trends in Underage Drinking in the United States, 1991–2005. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research (October 2007).