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26-11. Binge drinking

Substance Use and Abuse

ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE
26-11. Reduce the proportion of persons engaging in binge drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Target and baseline:
Objective Reduction in Students Engaging in Binge Drinking During Past 2 Weeks 1998
Baseline
2010
Target
Percent
26-11a. High school seniors 32 11
26-11b. College students 39 20

Target setting method: Better than the best for 26-11a; 49 percent improvement for 26-11b. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)

Data source: Monitoring the Future Study, NIH, NIDA.


Target and baseline:
Objective Reduction in Adults and Adolescents Engaging in Binge Drinking During Past Month 1998
Baseline
2010
Target
Percent
26-11c. Adults aged 18 years and older 16.6 6.0
26-11d. Adolescents aged 12 to 17 years 7.7 2.0

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), SAMHSA.


OBJECTIVE WITH REVISIONS
26-11. Reduce the proportion of persons engaging in binge drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Target and baseline:
Objective Reduction in Students Engaging in Binge Drinking During Past 2 Weeks 1998
Baseline
2010
Target
Percent
26-11a. High school seniors 32 11
26-11b. College students 39 20

Target setting method: Better than the best for 26-11a; 49 percent improvement for 26-11b. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)

Data source: Monitoring the Future Study, NIH, NIDA.


Target and baseline:
Objective Reduction in Adults and Adolescents Engaging in Binge Drinking During Past Month 19982002
Baseline
2010
Target
Percent
26-11c. Adults aged 18 years and older 16.624.3 6.013.4
26-11d. Adolescents aged 12 to 17 years 7.710.7 2.03.1

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), SAMHSA.

REVISED OBJECTIVE
26-11. Reduce the proportion of persons engaging in binge drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Target and baseline:
Objective Reduction in Students Engaging in Binge Drinking During Past 2 Weeks 1998
Baseline
2010
Target
Percent
26-11a. High school seniors 32 11
26-11b. College students 39 20

Target setting method: Better than the best for 26-11a; 49 percent improvement for 26-11b. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)

Data source: Monitoring the Future Study, NIH, NIDA.


Target and baseline:
Objective Reduction in Adults and Adolescents Engaging in Binge Drinking During Past Month 2002
Baseline
2010
Target
Percent
26-11c. Adults aged 18 years and older 24.3 13.4
26-11d. Adolescents aged 12 to 17 years 10.7 3.1

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA.



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