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26-11.

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Reduce the proportion of persons engaging in binge drinking of alcoholic beverages.

Target and baseline:

Objective

Reduction in Students Engaging in Binge Drinking During Past 2 Weeks

1998
Baseline

2010
Target

 

 

Percent

26-11a.

High school seniors

32

11

26-11b.

College students

39

20

Target setting method: Better than the best for 26-11a; 49 percent improvement for 26-11b. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)

Data source: Monitoring the Future Study, NIH, NIDA.

High School Seniors and College
Students, 1998

Engaged in Binge Drinking
During Past 2 Weeks

26-11a.
High School Seniors

26-11b.
College
Students

Percent

TOTAL

32

39

Race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

DSU

DSU

Asian or Pacific Islander

DNC

DNC

Asian

DSU

DSU

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

DNC

DNC

Black or African American

12

DNA

White

36

DNA

 

Hispanic or Latino

28

DNA

Not Hispanic or Latino

DNC

DNC

Black or African American

DNC

DNC

White

DNC

DNC

Gender

Female

24

31

Male

39

52

Family income level

Poor

DNC

DNC

Near poor

DNC

DNC

Middle/high income

DNC

DNC

Sexual orientation

DNC

DNC

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.

Target and baseline:

Objective

Reduction in Adults and Adolescents Engaging in Binge Drinking During Past Month 

1998
Baseline

2010
Target

 

 

Percent

26-11c.

Adults aged 18 years and older

16.6

6.0

26-11d.

Adolescents aged 12 to 17 years

7.7

2.0

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), SAMHSA.

Select Age Groups, 1998

Engaged in Binge Drinking During Past Month

26-11c.
Adults Aged 18 Years and Older

26-11d.
Adolescents Aged 12 to 17 Years

Percent

TOTAL

16.6

7.7

Race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

DSU

11.1

Asian or Pacific Islander

10.1

2.4

Asian

DNC

DNC

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

DNC

DNC

Black or African American

13.3

3.2

White

17.2

6.8

 

Hispanic or Latino

17.2

6.3

Not Hispanic or Latino

16.5

7.9

Black or African American

12.7

2.9

White

17.3

9.3

Gender

Female

8.8

6.6

Male

25.0

8.7

Family income level

Poor

20.2

8.7

Near poor

14.5

5.3

Middle/high income

16.7

8.0

Sexual orientation

DNC

DNC

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.