[ythdrk6a.htm, dated 11/07]
Sex,Race/Hispanic origin,and Year
Age
12–20
12–14
15–17
18–20
Percent
S.E.
Both Sexes
All races
2005
18.6
0.4
2.7
0.2
16.5
0.5
36.3
0.9
2004
19.2
2.8
0.3
18.7
0.6
36.5
1.0
2003
18.9
3.3
17.1
0.8
2002
19.1
17.9
2001
17.4
35.4
2000
18.1
16.7
34.2
1999
17.8
16.2
33.9
1998
15.2
2.5
13.2
30.1
1.8
1997
14.8
2.4
14.1
28.3
1996
13.8
2.0
12.3
28.4
1995
13.9
0.7
12.6
27.6
1.6
1994
14.6
1.4
10.7
31.3
1993
12.1
1.0#
10.9
24.8
1992
12.2
1.1#
9.6
26.1
1991
1.2#
12.7
30.0
1.7
Non-Hispanic White
22.3
19.6
43.5
1.1
22.6
3.0
21.3
43.3
1.2
22.5
3.8
20.9
42.9
22.7
3.6
21.1
43.0
21.4
3.1
20.4
39.9
21.0
3.7
19.5
39.0
18.5
40.3
18.4
3.0#
15.9
1.3
17.6
2.3#
16.4
34.7
2.3
16.0
14.0
34.4
3.6#
14.4
32.1
2.2
37.6
3.2
12.4
30.3
2.1
1.3#
31.6
18.0
15.0
35.5
Non-Hispanic Black
9.2
8.2
9.4
8.6
19.8
1.9
8.4
1.9#
5.6
18.2
1.5#
8.5
19.7
1.5
10.0
8.3
20.3
9.7
1.4#
6.5
21.5
7.7
5.9
4.7#
11.8
6.2#
6.4#
10.5#
7.4
6.1
15.3
6.4
2.0#
4.0#
5.7#
2.9#
13.7#
4.2#
0.1#
0.1
9.6#
2.6
5.0
0.4#
5.9#
9.0
5.8#
12.0
Hispanic
30.5
3.7#
20.0
32.4
17.0
3.2#
32.6
16.1
4.6
28.1
2.7#
15.4
32.9
27.8
3.3#
25.3
11.0
24.7
3.5#
11.6
2.6#
13.6
11.7
12.9
10.1
6.3#
22.0
11.2
1.6#
11.5
10.5
21.7
Native American/Alaska Native
7.1#
12.4#
39.6#
7.3
17.2
6.0#
3.4
23.7#
5.8
23.3#
6.0
21.9#
33.2#
23.7
5.0#
29.0#
7.9
36.6#
17.9#
4.1
30.1#
19.1#
6.8
18.6#
3.4#
16.4#
4.8
42.9#
10.6
21.7#
4.0
5.6#
30.5#
38.8#
Asian, Native HI/Other PI
7.8
1.8#
4.5#
16.8
2.8#
7.2#
13.7
10.8
23.8
8.8
0.7#
0.2#
8.4#
22.7#
0.9#
6.9#
16.7#
6.8#
6.6#
More than one race
3.9#
16.6#
34.6
5.4
38.7
4.7
15.9#
20.4#
6.9
30.2
20.5
3.1#
17.5#
4.2
48.3
11.4#
2.9
15.1
15.4#
5.1
30.9#
6.3
2.4#
15.1#
33.5
Male
21.2
17.3
43.2
42.6
21.6
43.6
18.8
19.0
43.1
20.6
18.3
40.4
41.2
38.3
2.5#
36.9
15.7
36.2
1.7#
14.9
32.2
35.1
16.3
50.0
21.9
50.2
25.2
50.9
49.8
24.4
22.1
47.8
23.6
45.4
24.3
48.4
44.6
45.8
44.4
4.3#
41.3
48.8
4.5
38.1
13.4
22.8
45.3
9.9#
23.3
11.1
9.0#
7.4#
22.9
2.1#
25.6
7.0
25.5
4.8#
17.5
8.8#
8.3#
16.5#
22.6#
5.3#
20.9#
23.9#
4.9
14.5#
7.6
0.8#
7.6#
9.7#
19.9
4.4#
20.7
40.6
34.8
17.7
40.2
34.9
13.1#
34.3
27.3
25.9
29.9#
14.5
16.6
29.3
9.5#
29.8
14.9#
31.5
26.8
7.7#
6.2
18.5#
57.2
13.8#
5.1#
4.4
22.0#
9.8
6.5#
27.7#
37.1#
20.2#
13.5#
57.9
28.2#
42.0#
36.2#
12.3#
3.9
0.0#
>0
12.7#
5.7
35.0#
25.0#
5.2
34.9#
40.3#
7.0#
10.7#
18.1#
11.6#
27.2#
11.1#
31.1
5.3
12.2#
31.8#
11.0#
22.2#
0.5#
8.6#
17.7#
12.8#
42.5#
18.7#
22.3#
44.2#
18.0#
27.8#
29.6#
6.7
22.4
55.7
20.5#
4.9#
13.9#
53.3#
0.0
40.8#
8.7
15.3#
34.7#
Female
15.6
29.1
3.5
29.0
15.5
15.8
27.5
14.7
26.9
9.9
9.5
10.2
10.3
20.1
36.6
36.0
19.4
31.8
13.5
11.4
7.8#
10.4
8.0#
13.0
6.6
11.9
3.8#
8.1
7.1
4.1#
5.2#
8.9#
0.3#
2.2#
4.6#
13.1
28.2
12.8
12.5
23.2
24.0
7.5#
14.7#
8.1#
13.2#
10.6#
9.1#
25.6#
7.3#
5.5
29.8#
30.2#
27.5#
10.2#
49.2#
22.5#
26.9#
10.4#
50.1#
8.2#
24.5#
36.1#
8.5#
15.2#
9.8#
4.3
16.1#
11.3#
7.9#
28.4#
7.5
17.2#
12.6#
30.8#
5.5#
12.5#
24.6#
31.9#
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).