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"Parents must understand that they are the first line of defense in raising healthy children." —Peggy Sapp, President, National Family Partnership
• Almost 42% of ninth grade students reported having consumed alcohol before they were 13.1
• About 44% of ninth grade students reported drinking in the past month. In contrast, only 33% of ninth graders reported smoking in the past month.1
• One fourth (25%) of ninth grade students reported binge drinking (having had five or more drinks on one occasion) in the past month.1
• Rates of drinking differ among racial and ethnic minority groups. Among ninth graders, binge drinking was reported by 27% of non-Hispanic white students and 30% of Hispanic students, but only 15% of African American students and 5% of Asian-Pacific Islander students.2
• The gap between alcohol use by boys and girls has closed. Girls consume alcohol and binge drink at rates equal to boys.1
• Forty percent of children who start drinking before the age of 15 will become alcoholics at some point in their lives. If the onset of drinking is delayed by 5 years, a child’s risk of serious alcohol problems is decreased by 50%.3
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 1997. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: CDC Surveillance Summaries 47(No. SS-3):1-89.
2 Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. [Racial/ethnic breakdown of youth alcohol rates.] Unpublished data, 1999. Based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, 1997.
3 Grant, B.F., & Dawson, D.A. Age at onset of alcohol use and association with DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence: Results from the National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Survey. Journal of Substance Abuse 9:103-110, 1997.
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