• In 2001, 47 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 had at least one drink of alcohol anywhere⁹ in the 30 days before being surveyed (table 17.1). A small percentage (5 percent) had at least one drink on school property during the same period.
• There were no consistent patterns of increase or decrease found in the percentage of students who had consumed alcohol between 1993 and 2001-both anywhere and on school property (figure 17.1 and table 17.1).
• In every survey year except for 1995, males were more likely than females to have used alcohol anywhere (figure 17.1 and table 17.1). Furthermore, in every survey year, males were more likely than females to use alcohol on school property. For example, in 2001, 6 percent of males had used alcohol on school property, compared with 4 percent of females.
• In every survey year, students in higher grades were more likely to report drinking alcohol anywhere than were students in lower grades (figure 17.2 and table 17.1). However, no differences were found among grade levels for students' reports of drinking alcohol on school property in every survey year.
• Asian students were less likely to use alcohol anywhere than White, Hispanic or Latino, and American Indian or Alaska Native students in 2001 (28 percent compared to 50, 49, and 51 percent, respectively) (table 17.1). However, when comparing Asian students' use of alcohol on school property to these groups' use, no difference could be detected (7 percent compared to 4, 7, and 8 percent, respectively).¹⁰

*This indicator has been updated to include 2001 data.
9 The term "anywhere" is not used in the YRBS questionnaire. Rather, students are simply asked during the past 30 days, on how many days did they have at least one drink of alcohol.
10 While there appear to be large differences among racial/ethnic groups, these differences are associated with large standard errors and should be interpreted with caution.