Figure 15.2. |
Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported using alcohol during the previous 30 days, by location and grade: 2005 |
NOTE: "On school property" was not defined for survey respondents. The term
"anywhere" is not used in the YRBS questionnaire; students are simply asked
how many days did they have at least one drink of alcohol during the past
30 days. Population size from the Digest of Education Statistics, 2005 (NCES
2006-030) for students in grades 9–12 is 16,286,000 (projected) in 2005.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2005.