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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce the proportion of adolescents who drank alcohol in the past month — SU‑04

Status: Little or no detectable change

  
Little or no detectable change
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Most Recent Data:
9.4 percent (2019)

Target:
6.3 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
9.0 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years reported alcohol use in the past 30 days in 2018

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Reduce the proportion of adolescents reporting use of alcohol during the past 30 days

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Data Source:  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA

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Summary

Drinking alcohol is associated with risky behaviors like smoking and drug use. It’s also linked to the 3 leading causes of death in adolescents — accidental injury, suicide, and homicide. School-based programs are effective at preventing alcohol use, and screening and brief intervention programs can help reduce alcohol use disorder in adolescents.

Topics:  Drug and Alcohol Use, Adolescents

Workgroup: Substance Use Workgroup

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