Table 2-3

**Table 2-3.** YRBS: Prevalence of initiating drinking at age 12 years or younger, by sex, among ever drinkers, United States, 1991–2005.
Sex and Year	Both Sexes		Male		Female
Sex and Year	Percent	S.E.	Percent	S.E.	Percent	S.E.
2005	34.2	0.9	39.3	1.4	29.2	1.0
2003	36.8	1.2	43.2	1.3	30.4	1.6
2001	37.0	1.0	43.2	1.1	31.0	1.2
1999	39.7	1.5	46.3	2.4	32.8	1.4
1997	39.2	0.9	44.5	1.3	32.6	1.3
1995	40.1	1.2	47.5	1.4	32.0	1.7
1993	40.5	0.9	47.1	1.0	33.4	1.2
1991	40.0	1.4	45.3	1.4	34.3	1.5