[yrbs26.txt, dated 3/00] Percentage of students at alternative high schools 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 before age 13, who had 5 or more drinks on 1 or more occasions in the past 30 days by sex, grade, and race/ethnicity: YRBS 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Survey Item Race/Ethnicity Grade Total Female Male -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage of students who during the past 30 days rode in a vehicle 1 or more times with a driver who had been drinking alcohol Total 51.9 49.3 54.0 CI (48.8-55.0) (45.9-52.7) (50.2-57.8) Race/ethnicity[1] White 53.6 52.0 54.7 CI (49.3-57.9) (46.5-57.5) (49.9-59.5) Black 45.2 42.1 48.1 CI (40.8-49.6) (36.8-47.4) (42.7-53.5) Hispanic 53.5 50.2 56.2 CI (49.0-58.0) (45.6-54.8) (50.0-62.4) Grade 9th 53.3 55.9 51.5 CI (47.2-59.4) (49.4-62.4) (43.2-59.8) 10th 52.4 51.0 53.6 CI (48.7-56.1) (46.3-55.7) (48.3-58.9) 11th 50.3 47.1 52.8 CI (46.7-53.9) (42.7-51.5) (48.4-57.2) 12th 51.9 47.2 55.9 CI (48.6-55.2) (42.6-51.8) (52.4-59.4) Percentage of students who during the past 30 days drove a vehicle 1 or more times when they had been drinking alcohol Total 25.1 17.1 31.6 CI (22.7-27.5) (14.5-19.7) (28.2-35.0) Race/ethnicity[1] White 28.3 20.2 34.1 CI (24.6-32.0) (17.0-23.4) (29.2-39.0) Black 19.1 10.6 27.6 CI (16.7-21.5) (08.7-12.5) (23.2-32.0) Hispanic 23.4 15.2 30.2 CI (20.4-26.4) (12.8-17.6) (25.8-34.6) Grade 9th 20.2 11.7 26.1 CI (16.3-24.1) (08.1-15.3) (19.2-32.0) 10th 22.0 12.8 29.9 CI (19.4-24.6) (10.3-15.3) (25.0-34.8) 11th 23.8 18.3 28.1 CI (21.1-26.5) (15.0-21.3) (24.2-32.0) 12th 30.1 19.8 38.9 CI (26.1-34.1) (15.2-24.4) (34.6-43.2) Percentage of students who at least had one drink of alcohol on 1 or more times in the past 30 days Total 64.5 60.0 68.3 CI (59.9-69.1) (54.8-65.2) (62.5-74.1) Race/ethnicity[1] White 71.1 66.8 74.2 CI (64.9-77.3) (59.3-74.3) (67.2-81.2) Black 51.8 46.9 57.0 CI (46.7-56.9) (39.0-54.8) (51.2-62.8) Hispanic 63.9 60.1 67.2 CI (58.6-69.2) (55.8-64.4) (59.1-75.3) Grade 9th 58.0 54.2 60.9 CI (50.0-66.0) (45.9-62.5) (49.7-72.1) 10th 62.7 59.9 65.1 CI (57.5-67.9) (54.0-65.8) (57.7-72.5) 11th 66.2 62.5 69.2 CI (61.4-71.0) (56.0-69.0) (64.1-74.3) 12th 67.2 60.1 73.5 CI (62.7-71.7) (55.3-64.9) (67.7-79.3) Percentage of students who had their first drink of alcohol other than a few sips before the age of 13 Total 46.1 38.0 52.5 CI (43.8-48.4) (35.2-40.8) (50.0-55.0) Race/ethnicity[1] White 51.0 44.0 55.9 CI (48.2-53.8) (40.8-47.2) (52.2-59.6) Black 33.4 26.3 40.2 CI (29.6-37.2) (21.7-30.9) (36.1-44.3) Hispanic 47.1 36.7 55.6 CI (44.6-49.6) (33.0-40.4) (52.2-59.0) Grade 9th 55.3 49.1 59.6 CI (50.3-60.3) (41.6-56.6) (53.7-65.5) 10th 52.0 40.7 61.7 CI (48.3-55.7) (36.4-45.0) (56.5-66.9) 11th 44.7 37.1 50.6 CI (41.8-47.6) (32.6-41.6) (46.8-54.4) 12th 38.6 32.3 43.9 CI (35.7-41.5) (27.9-36.7) (40.5-47.3) Percentage of 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 49.8 42.9 55.4 CI (45.3-54.3) (37.8-48.0) (50.0-60.8) Race/ethnicity[1] White 58.7 52.2 63.3 CI (53.0-64.4) (46.4-59.0) (57.1-69.5) Black 28.4 22.2 34.7 CI (25.1-31.7) (17.3-27.1) (30.9-38.5) Hispanic 52.4 46.2 57.5 CI (47.2-57.6) (41.5-50.9) (50.0-55.0) Grade 9th 43.8 39.3 47.1 CI (37.2-50.4) (32.0-46.6) (37.7-56.5) 10th 48.1 43.1 52.3 CI (43.1-53.1) (37.7-48.5) (45.1-59.5) 11th 51.5 44.8 56.8 CI (47.4-55.6) (39.3-50.3) (52.1-61.5) 12th 51.7 41.8 60.3 CI (46.6-56.8) (35.7-47.9) (54.4-66.2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Grunbaum, J.A.; Kann, L.; Kinchen, S.A.; Ross, J.A.; Gowda, V.R.; Collins, J.L.; and Kolbe, L.J. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance-- National Alternative High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 1998. MMWR 48:1-44 (October 29, 1999). [Selected items related to alcohol use. See source for complete data]. [1] White and Black categories are Non-Hispanic Note. Alternative high schools serve students who are at risk for failing or dropping out of regular high school and students who have been removed from their regular high school because of drug use, violence, or other illegal activity or behavior problems. CI indicates 95-percent confidence interval.