YRBS- Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1997 & 1999
|
Alcohol & Other Drug Use
|
1997 Kentucky
|
1997 National
|
1999 Kentucky
|
1999 National
|
|
|
% |
% |
% |
% |
|
LIFETIME: First drink of alcohol
(more than a few sips) before age 13 |
30.4 |
31.1 |
36.5 |
32.2 |
|
LIFETIME: Consumed at least one
alcoholic drink |
78.4 |
79.1 |
81.9 |
81 |
|
LIFETIME: Used marijuana before age
13 |
9.3 |
9.7 |
10.4 |
11.3 |
|
LIFETIME: Ever used marijuana |
48.1 |
47.1 |
44.9 |
47.2 |
|
LIFETIME: Used cocaine before age
13 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
* |
* |
|
LIFETIME: Ever used cocaine |
8.3 |
8.2 |
8.5 |
9.5 |
|
LIFETIME: Ever sniffed glue or
other inhalants to get high |
24.7 |
16.0 |
18.0 |
14.6 |
|
LIFETIME: Ever used steroids or
shots to get high |
6.1 |
3.1 |
4.8 |
3.7 |
|
LIFETIME: Ever used other drugs to
get high |
17.7 |
17.0 |
* |
* |
|
LIFETIME: Ever injected drugs to
get high |
2.6 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
1.8 |
|
PAST YEAR: Has anyone sold, given,
or offered you illegal drugs at school |
34.2 |
31.7 |
26.9 |
30.2 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Consumed at least one
alcoholic drink |
49.3 |
50.8 |
47.2 |
50 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Consumed 5 or more
alcoholic drinks in a row |
37.1 |
33.4 |
35.7 |
31.5 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Consumed alcohol at
school |
6.5 |
5.6 |
5.8 |
4.9 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Used marijuana |
28.6 |
26.2 |
23.0 |
26.7 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Used marijuana at
school |
7.8 |
7.0 |
5.2 |
7.2 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Used cocaine |
4.4 |
3.3 |
4.0 |
4 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Rode with someone who
had been drinking |
35.9 |
36.6 |
30.0 |
33.1 |
|
PAST 30 DAYS: Drove after drinking |
15.8 |
16.9 |
12.1 |
13.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sample size: high school students
in grades 9-12 |
1465 |
16000 |
1492 |
15349 |
|
|
|
Note: 1999 National figures for the
YRBS are not yet available as of May 2000. |
|
*Similar question to 1997 YRBS not
asked in 1999 YRBS |
