Current and Binge Drinking Among High School Students — United States, 1991–2015

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Esser, Marissa B. ; Clayton, Heather ; Demissie, Zewditu ; Kanny, Dafna ; Brewer, Robert D.
• Description:
  Excessive drinking accounted for approximately 4,300 deaths each year among persons aged <21 years during 2006-2010,* and underage drinking cost the United States $24.3 billion in 2010 (1). CDC analyzed data from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) for the years 1991-2015 to examine trends in drinking by U.S. high school students, and from the 2015 YRBS to assess the usual source of alcohol consumed| and binge drinking intensity (i.e., the average number of drinks consumed per binge drinking occasion).| During 1991-2007, the prevalence of current drinking| among high school students declined significantly, from 50.8% (1991) to 44.7% (2007), and then significantly declined to 32.8% in 2015. The prevalence of binge drinking** increased from 31.3% in 1991 to 31.5% in 1999, and then significantly declined to 17.7% in 2015. Most high school students who drank were binge drinkers (57.8%), and 43.8% of binge drinkers consumed eight or more drinks in a row. Despite progress, current drinking and binge drinking are common among high school students, and many students who binge drink do so at high intensity (i.e., eight or more drinks in a row). Widespread use of evidence-based strategies for preventing excessive drinking (e.g., increasing alcohol taxes, regulating alcohol outlet density, and having commercial host liability laws) could help reduce underage drinking and related harms.|.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Binge Drinking Cross-Sectional Studies Female Full Report Humans Male Prevalence Risk-Taking Students Underage Drinking

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 66(18):474-478.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6618a4
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  28493857
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5657986
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  18
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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