Table 232.20.

Percentage distribution of students in grades 9-12, by number of days they reported using alcohol anywhere during the previous 30 days and selected student characteristics: Selected years, 2013 through 2019

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Year and student characteristic	0 days			1 or 2 days			3 to 29 days			All 30 days
1	2			3			4			5
2013
Total	65.1		(1.08)	17.3		(0.56)	16.9		(0.78)	0.8		(0.12)
Sex
Male	65.6		(1.30)	15.7		(0.75)	17.4		(0.90)	1.2		(0.19)
Female	64.5		(1.39)	18.8		(0.98)	16.3		(0.88)	0.3		(0.09)
Race/ethnicity
White	63.7		(1.63)	17.6		(0.87)	18.0		(1.11)	0.6		(0.13)
Black	70.4		(1.65)	15.5		(0.90)	13.6		(1.46)	0.6		(0.16)
Hispanic	62.5		(2.11)	18.0		(1.30)	18.3		(1.27)	1.2		(0.35)
Asian	78.3		(1.80)	14.8		(2.26)	6.3		(1.27)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	73.2		(5.84)	18.2		(4.71)	7.5		(2.24)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	66.6		(5.13)	14.8		(4.41)	17.4	!	(5.62)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	63.9		(2.87)	18.7		(1.71)	16.4		(2.12)	1.0	!	(0.42)
Grade
9th	75.6		(1.13)	13.6		(0.89)	10.0		(0.85)	0.7		(0.22)
10th	69.1		(1.84)	15.9		(1.17)	14.5		(1.22)	0.6		(0.16)
11th	60.8		(1.52)	18.6		(1.01)	19.7		(1.26)	0.9		(0.23)
12th	53.2		(1.85)	21.5		(0.93)	24.6		(1.31)	0.7		(0.17)
2015
Total	67.2		(1.18)	17.6		(0.67)	14.5		(0.85)	0.7		(0.12)
Sex
Male	67.8		(0.89)	16.1		(0.76)	15.1		(0.87)	1.0		(0.23)
Female	66.5		(1.89)	19.3		(1.09)	13.9		(1.12)	0.3		(0.13)
Race/ethnicity
White	64.8		(2.00)	18.5		(0.83)	16.2		(1.40)	0.5		(0.11)
Black	76.2		(2.82)	14.4		(1.82)	8.6		(1.24)	‡		(†)
Hispanic	65.6		(1.28)	18.9		(1.25)	14.4		(0.76)	1.1		(0.25)
Asian	86.9		(1.83)	7.1		(1.48)	4.9		(0.88)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	63.1		(10.62)	22.1	!	(8.78)	13.5	!	(5.64)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	54.0		(8.12)	16.3	!	(5.91)	29.3	!	(8.96)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	60.4		(2.68)	20.2		(2.17)	19.0		(2.32)	‡		(†)
Sexual identity1
Heterosexual	67.9		(1.30)	17.5		(0.74)	13.9		(0.99)	0.6		(0.11)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual	59.5		(2.07)	21.7		(1.84)	18.1		(1.54)	‡		(†)
Not sure	65.4		(2.81)	14.6		(2.03)	16.6		(2.32)	3.4	!	(1.16)
Grade
9th	76.6		(1.28)	14.2		(1.20)	8.5		(0.98)	0.6		(0.16)
10th	71.0		(2.49)	16.0		(1.53)	12.2		(1.25)	0.8		(0.21)
11th	62.0		(1.68)	19.9		(1.49)	17.8		(1.39)	0.3	!	(0.12)
12th	57.6		(2.00)	21.0		(1.22)	20.4		(1.49)	0.9		(0.26)
2017
Total	70.2		(1.27)	16.4		(0.66)	12.8		(0.74)	0.6		(0.10)
Sex
Male	72.4		(1.24)	14.6		(0.73)	12.0		(0.77)	0.9		(0.17)
Female	68.2		(1.57)	18.1		(0.94)	13.5		(0.94)	0.3		(0.08)
Race/ethnicity
White	67.6		(1.73)	16.9		(0.90)	15.0		(0.96)	0.5		(0.17)
Black	79.2		(2.27)	13.8		(1.45)	6.5		(0.94)	0.6		(0.21)
Hispanic	68.7		(1.53)	17.5		(0.85)	13.2		(1.09)	0.6		(0.18)
Asian	87.8		(1.74)	8.2		(1.44)	2.9	!	(0.97)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	81.3		(3.17)	9.5		(2.45)	9.0	!	(3.20)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	68.2		(8.15)	14.6		(3.29)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	67.3		(2.50)	20.5		(2.37)	11.5		(1.66)	‡		(†)
Sexual identity1
Heterosexual	70.3		(1.02)	16.6		(0.58)	12.7		(0.64)	0.4		(0.09)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual	62.6		(2.39)	18.9		(1.63)	17.6		(1.49)	0.8	!	(0.25)
Not sure	78.5		(2.77)	11.7		(1.64)	6.5		(1.15)	3.4	!	(1.59)
Grade
9th	81.2		(1.23)	11.6		(0.69)	7.0		(0.83)	0.1	!	(0.06)
10th	73.0		(1.60)	15.2		(0.92)	11.3		(0.93)	0.6	!	(0.26)
11th	65.6		(1.68)	18.5		(1.07)	15.4		(1.15)	0.5	!	(0.20)
12th	59.2		(1.92)	21.3		(1.15)	18.5		(1.35)	1.1	!	(0.33)
2019
Total	70.8		(0.96)	16.0		(0.58)	12.6		(0.55)	0.6		(0.11)
Sex
Male	73.6		(1.03)	13.4		(0.55)	12.2		(0.66)	0.8		(0.15)
Female	68.1		(1.16)	18.7		(0.87)	12.8		(0.66)	0.4	!	(0.12)
Race/ethnicity
White	65.8		(1.25)	17.9		(0.74)	16.0		(0.81)	0.3		(0.09)
Black	83.2		(1.78)	9.9		(1.09)	6.1		(1.07)	0.8	!	(0.28)
Hispanic	71.6		(1.17)	16.5		(1.01)	10.7		(0.57)	1.2		(0.33)
Asian	86.1		(2.01)	9.4		(1.51)	4.2		(1.08)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	57.9		(9.09)	29.1	!	(9.30)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	67.4		(5.35)	17.7		(4.49)	11.5		(3.24)	3.4	!	(1.63)
Two or more races	74.0		(2.39)	13.3		(1.89)	12.7		(1.57)	‡		(†)
Sexual identity1
Heterosexual	71.2		(1.00)	15.7		(0.65)	12.6		(0.58)	0.5		(0.10)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual	66.1		(2.11)	19.0		(1.65)	13.9		(1.36)	‡		(†)
Not sure	74.7		(2.80)	13.9		(1.97)	8.6		(1.68)	2.7	!	(1.09)
Grade
9th	81.0		(1.41)	11.0		(1.00)	7.5		(0.74)	0.5	!	(0.20)
10th	73.3		(1.60)	15.8		(0.96)	10.4		(0.85)	0.6	!	(0.23)
11th	67.7		(1.25)	18.4		(1.04)	13.4		(0.79)	0.5		(0.15)
12th	60.1		(1.45)	19.5		(0.93)	19.8		(1.19)	0.6	!	(0.23)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 Students were asked which of the following--"heterosexual (straight)," "gay or lesbian," "bisexual," or “not sure"--best described them.

NOTE: The term "anywhere" is not used in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) questionnaire; students were simply asked how many days during the previous 30 days they had at least one drink of alcohol. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and the suppression of cells that do not meet National Center for Education Statistics reporting standards.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2013 through 2019. (This table was prepared September 2020.)