Or in shorter terms known as the YRBSS.. is an American biennial survey of adolescent health risk and health protective behaviors such as smoking, drinking, drug use, diet, and physical activity conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This survey monitors six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults. It includes behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence, sexual behaviors related to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including HIV infection, alcohol and other drug use, tobacco use, unhealthy dietary behaviors, and inadequate physical activity.
Ok that was a lot…but pretty much this is an important survey that covers all of the risky behavior in youth.
According to the YRBSS survey in 2015, nationwide 63.2% of students had had at least one drink of alcohol on at least 1 day during their life. The prevalence of having ever drunk alcohol was higher among female (65.3%) than male (61.4%) students; higher among black female (57.9%) and Hispanic female (68.6) than black male (51%) and Hispanic male (63.4%) students, respectively; and higher among 9th-grade female (53%) than 9th-grade male (48.9%) students. More so, 10th-12th grade students had a higher prevalence of having ever drunk alcohol compared to 9th grade students.
An even more important survey outcome was discovering that nationwide, 17.7% of students had had five or more drinks of alcohol in a row on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey. Also to be noted, 4.3% of students reported that the largest number of drinks that they had had in a row during the 30 days before the survey was 10 or more (YRBSS, 2015). According to the YRBSS (2015), “The prevalence of reporting 10 or more as the largest number of drinks in a row was higher among male (6.1%) than female (2.5%) students; higher among white male (6.6%), black male (3.2%), and Hispanic male (6.5%) than white female (2.4%), black female (1.0%), and Hispanic female (3.6%) student, respectively; and higher among 10th-grade male (6.3%), 11th-grade male (7.3%), and 12th-grade male (8.8%) than 10th-grade female (2.2%), 11th-grade female 2.5%, and 12th-grade female (3.0% students, respectively”.
In summary, as students progress from 9th to 12th grade, they also drink more each year. Also, this survey found results that youth are binge drinking, more so in males.
Mandating Alcoholics Anonymous for High School Students 