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Sex,Race/Hispanic origin,and Year
Age
12–20
12–14
15–17
18–20
Percent
S.E.
Both Sexes
All races
2005
8.2
0.2
0.4#
0.1
5.5
0.4
18.3
0.6
2004
8.8
0.3
6.8
19.2
0.8
2003
8.6
6.4
19.1
2002
9.4
7.0
20.9
2001
8.0
0.3#
5.3
18.1
2000
7.8
17.2
0.5
1999
8.7
0.5#
6.1
18.9
1998
0.2#
1.8
1997
7.2
5.2
0.7
16.4
1.5
1996
6.7
15.2
1.4
1995
0.1#
6.2
14.9
1.2
Non-Hispanic White
10.4
7.1
22.7
10.5
23.0
1.0
10.6
23.4
0.9
11.8
25.6
9.5
6.6
21.0
9.2
20.0
7.3
10.1
23.5
2.6
5.9
20.5
2.1
6.5
19.0
2.0
8.3
7.4
18.4
1.6
Non-Hispanic Black
3.2
1.2#
8.4
4.4
2.9#
10.3
3.9
1.4#
3.7
2.6#
3.8
1.9#
9.6
4.0
1.8#
2.3#
10.0
2.7
5.7#
1.1
2.1#
0.0
1.5#
4.6#
3.0#
1.1#
7.6#
2.5#
5.0#
Hispanic
13.3
7.6
0.6#
6.5#
16.0
0.7#
5.1
12.7
4.5
13.5
6.3
3.3#
15.4
1.9
5.0
13.6
5.8
12.0
1.3
3.1#
12.1
4.5#
9.8#
4.8
9.6#
4.7#
8.7#
Native American/Alaska Native
8.1#
6.1#
2.4
17.8#
7.9#
2.3
4.9
19.0#
10.5#
2.7#
12.8#
4.3
16.1#
11.1#
14.2#
16.9#
8.0#
0.8#
15.4#
6.9#
10.1#
2.9
9.3#
25.3#
14.7#
0.9#
19.5#
5.4
32.1#
9.1
Asian, Native HI/Other PI
>0
5.6#
5.2#
12.2#
2.5
6.4#
0.0#
4.2#
10.2#
1.7
4.3#
3.3
More than one race
3.1
15.6#
3.5
2.2
25.9#
9.1#
22.1#
4.2
8.3#
4.8#
23.7#
5.5#
12.5#
3.6
6.0#
2.4#
1.0#
4.1
Male
20.6
9.8
21.7
21.8
24.3
22.1
8.9
5.6
20.4
9.9
22.5
19.4
19.9
11.1
24.7
11.5
25.5
11.3
26.0
12.8
8.1
29.7
10.7
25.0
11.4
26.3
29.2
11.0
25.7
7.3#
24.4
9.3
23.1
1.7#
4.4#
12.5
4.7
12.3
3.5#
12.6
14.6
3.7#
1.3#
8.8#
7.1#
2.8
2.2#
12.1#
3.9#
2.8#
7.7
16.9
18.6
6.7#
5.3#
16.3
20.2
15.1
4.1#
17.1
6.0
10.3#
4.9#
14.4#
8.5#
16.7#
3.4#
13.4#
19.4#
23.6#
9.0
9.2#
13.3#
14.6#
11.4#
19.7#
24.7#
10.2
34.6#
3.0
9.5#
14.3#
6.2#
19.6#
11.7#
12.3#
4.0#
5.4#
3.4
8.9#
25.6#
9.0#
21.8#
5.7
24.3#
7.2#
23.0#
9.4#
26.0#
15.1#
2.0#
28.5#
Female
15.8
16.5
17.4
14.0
15.3
13.8
6.9
9.7
20.7
20.3
21.4
17.0
5.9#
17.6#
8.5
6.3#
6.6#
1.6#
12.9#
3.8#
7.7#
3.2#
7.0#
18.7#
7.5
10.9#
16.8#
13.9#
4.6
34.2#
18.2#
16.3#
38.1#
12.4
12.6#
27.5#
9.9#
16.2#
26.1#
22.4#
23.1#
5.1#
13.8#
Note: Due to survey design modifications, comparisons of results from before 1999 to 1999–2001 and 2002–2005 need to be made with caution.
# Estimates are unreliable due to relative standard errors > 17.5%.
>0 Value too small to display
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).