ALCOHOL USE – MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS Percentage of Massachusetts Middle School Ever drinking Drinking alcohol, Binge drinking, Students who reported: alcohol past 30 days past 30 days Overall 12.9 4.4 1.5 (95% Confidence Interval) (10.9 - 14.8) (3.2 - 5.6) (1.0 - 2.1) 5.9 6th Grade - - (4.3 - 7.5) 12.4 3.9 1.6 Grade 7th Grade (9.9 - 14.9) (2.3 - 5.4) (0.7 - 2.4) 19.8 7.7 2.6 8th Grade (15.8 - 23.7) (5.2 - 10.1) (1.4 - 3.7) 12.2 3.6 1.4 Male (10.0 - 14.4) (2.3 - 4.9) (0.6 - 2.1) Gender 13.4 5.1 1.7 Female (11.1 - 15.8) (3.5 - 6.7) (1.0 - 2.5) 11.0 3.4 0.9 White, NH (9.0 - 13.1) (2.2 - 4.5) (0.4 - 1.3) 11.1 Black, NH - - (6.1 - 16.0) 22.8 8.6 3.6 Race/Ethnicity Hispanic (18.3 - 27.4) (5.6 - 11.6) (1.8 - 5.5) Asian, NH - - - Multiracial, 16.9 - - NH (9.6 - 24.2) Data source: Massachusetts Youth Health Survey 2015. Footnote: Statistically significant difference between percentages can be assessed if their 95% confidence intervals do not overlap. White, Black, Asian, and Multiracial categories refer to non-Hispanic (NH). Categories of American Indian or Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander were not presented due to insufficient sample sizes for a majority of survey questions. Estimates and their 95% confidence intervals were suppressed (-) if the underlying sample size was <100 respondents and/or the relative standard error was >30%. TOBACCO USE – MASSACHUSETTS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (PART 1 OF 3)
ALCOHOL USE – MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS Percentage of Massachusetts Middle School Students who reported: Ever drinking alcohol Drinking alcohol, past 30 days Binge drinking, past 30 days Overall (95% Confidence Interval) 12.9 (10.9 - 14.8) 4.4 (3.2 - 5.6) 1.5 (1.0 - 2.1) Grade 6th Grade 5.9 (4.3 - 7.5) - - 7th Grade 12.4 (9.9 - 14.9) 3.9 (2.3 - 5.4) 1.6 (0.7 - 2.4) 8th Grade 19.8 (15.8 - 23.7) 7.7 (5.2 - 10.1) 2.6 (1.4 - 3.7) Gender Male 12.2 (10.0 - 14.4) 3.6 (2.3 - 4.9) 1.4 (0.6 - 2.1) Female 13.4 (11.1 - 15.8) 5.1 (3.5 - 6.7) 1.7 (1.0 - 2.5) Race/Ethnicity White, NH 11.0 (9.0 - 13.1) 3.4 (2.2 - 4.5) 0.9 (0.4 - 1.3) Black, NH 11.1 (6.1 - 16.0) - - Hispanic 22.8 (18.3 - 27.4) 8.6 (5.6 - 11.6) 3.6 (1.8 - 5.5) Asian, NH - - - Multiracial, NH 16.9 (9.6 - 24.2) - - Data source: Massachusetts Youth Health Survey 2015. Footnote: Statistically significant difference between percentages can be assessed if their 95% confidence intervals do not overlap. White, Black, Asian, and Multiracial categories refer to non-Hispanic (NH). Categories of American Indian or Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander were not presented due to insufficient sample sizes for a majority of survey questions. Estimates and their 95% confidence intervals were suppressed (-) if the underlying sample size was <100 respondents and/or the relative standard error was >30%. TOBACCO USE – MASSACHUSETTS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (PART 1 OF 3)
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