Alcohol Use among Youth in Delaware by County with addi9onal informa9on on Hispanics in Sussex County

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1 Alcohol Use among Youth in Delaware by County with addi9onal informa9on on Hispanics in Sussex County Prepared for La Esperanza Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies University of Delaware April, 2014

2 Data for: Context of Review Youth from the Delaware School Survey and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey Delaware Highway Safety sta9s9cs DDATA count of exis9ng Preven9on and other Programming by Substate planning area

3 Overview of Conclusions In general Sussex County youth and show levels of substance consump9on and consequences similar to those in the other Delaware substate planning areas with the excep9on of alcohol (and tobacco), where Sussex County is higher. For Hispanic youth in Sussex County, age of first use of alcohol is younger and past month use greater than for Sussex County in general. Alcohol- related driving consequences are higher in Sussex County for both youth and adults (Hispanic origin cannot be determined) Despite having a popula9on more than four 9mes that of Wilmington, each of Sussex and Kent Coun9es have far less Preven9on Service agencies as do Wilmington and New Castle County, poin9ng to a large gap in service availability

4 Some Youth Specifics Sussex 11 th graders are more likely to report first drinking before age 13 and Hispanics in Sussex County even more so Sussex 11 th graders report more past month drinking than others in the State, with Hispanics in Sussex County even higher. Sussex high school age youth report more binge drinking than in other parts of the State Sussex 11 th graders are more likely to report driving while drunk Sussex youth are less likely to see a great risk from regular drinking

5 More Youth Specifics for all of Sussex County Sussex youth are more likely to get someone else to buy alcohol for them Sussex youth are more likely to drink at a someone else s house Sussex youth are more likely to drink beer and hard liquor than youth in other parts of the State Sussex youth are more likely to have parents or other adults buy alcohol for their par9es and also to have no parents present at par9es

6 A Poten9al Correlate of higher drinking among Sussex youth Sussex youth are more likely to have had sex than youth in the other coun9es Sussex youth are more likely to report mul9ple sexual partners than youth in other coun9es

7 Driving Consequences* Both Alcohol and Drug arrests for DUI are considerably higher in Sussex than in New Castle or Kent Coun9es per 100,000 pop. Alcohol- related crashes and fatali9es are much more likely in Kent and Sussex Coun9es than in New Castle County per 100,000 pop. Traffic fatali9es are greater in Kent and Sussex Coun9es, while traffic- related injuries are greater in New Castle County per 100,000 pop. *Ethnicity not available for Highway Safety data

8 Exis9ng Preven9on Resources There are more than twice as many exis9ng agencies providing preven9on services in Wilmington, as compared to each of the rest of New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County This is true even though the popula9on of Wilmington is one- fourth or less than that of Kent and Sussex Coun9es

9 Percent of Delaware High School Students Self- repor9ng Alcohol Use Before the Age of 13 50% 40% 30% 18% 22% 26% 23% 23% % 0% New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Sussex Hispanic Source: 2011 and 2013 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Health Studies

10 Percent of 11 th Grade Delaware Students Self- repor9ng Alcohol Use in the Past 30 Days 50% 40% 30% 34% 36% 37% 31% 39% 40% 35% 37% 41% 26% % 0% New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Wilmington Sussex Hispanic Source: 2011 and 2013 Delaware School Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Health Studies

11 Percent of 11 th Grade Delaware Students Self- repor9ng Binge Alcohol Use in the Past 30 Days 50% 40% 30% 21% 21% 17% 24% 23% 19% 19% 14% % 0% New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Wilmington Sussex Hispanics Source: 2011 and 2013 Delaware School Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Health Studies

12 Delaware 11 th Grade Students Who Report Driving Drunk in the past 30 Days 10% 9% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 4% 5% 4% 4% 6% 5% 4% 4% 5% % 1% 0% New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Wilmington Sussex Hispanics Source: 2011 and 2013 Delaware School Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Health Studies

13 Percent of Delaware 11 th Grade Students Self- repor9ng Perceiving Great Risk in Drinking Alcohol Daily 50% 40% 30% 37% 31% 34% 29% 31% 26% 32% 28% % 0% New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Sussex Hispanics Source: 2011 and 2013 Delaware School Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Health Studies

14 Delaware High School Students Who Report Giving Someone Money to Buy Alcohol For Them 18% 16% 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 10% 12% 10% 10% 12% 6% 6% % 2% 0% New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Sussex Hispanics Source: 2011 and 2013 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Health Studies

15 Delaware High School Students Who Report They Drank at Someone Else s House 35% 30% 31% 27% 25% 22% 22% 22% 22% 22% 15% 10% % 0% New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Sussex Hispanics Source: 2011 and 2013 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Health Studies

16 Delaware High School Students Self- Report Having Had Sexual Intercourse 70% 60% 50% 61% 54% 48% 47% 62% 65% 51% 52% 40% 30% % 0% New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Sussex Hispanics Source: 2011 and 2013 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Health Studies

17 Delaware High School Students Self- Report Having Had Sexual Intercourse With Four or More Partners 30% 26% 25% 22% 22% 15% 14% 19% 16% 18% 15% All Races 10% Hispanics 5% 0% New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Sussex Hispanics Source: 2011 and 2013 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Health Studies

18 Alcohol and Drug DUI Arrests per 100,000 in Popula9on New Castle Kent Sussex Alcohol and Drug DUI Source: 2011 Fatality Analysis Repor9ng System (FARS), Na9onal Highway Traffic Safety Administra9on

19 Drug DUI Arrests per 100,000 in Popula9on New Castle Kent Sussex Drug DUI Source: 2011 Fatality Analysis Repor9ng System (FARS), Na9onal Highway Traffic Safety Administra9on

20 Alcohol DUI Arrests per 100,000 in Popula9on New Castle Kent Sussex 0.00 Alcohol DUI Source: 2011 Fatality Analysis Repor9ng System (FARS), Na9onal Highway Traffic Safety Administra9on

21 Alcohol- Involved Traffic Related Crashes per 100,000 in Popula9on Alcohol Related Crashes New Castle Kent Sussex Source: 2011 Fatality Analysis Repor9ng System (FARS), Na9onal Highway Traffic Safety Administra9on

22 Alcohol- Involved Traffic Related Deaths per 100,000 in Popula9on New Castle Kent Sussex 0.00 Alcohol Related Deaths Source: 2011 Fatality Analysis Repor9ng System (FARS), Na9onal Highway Traffic Safety Administra9on

23 All Traffic Related Fatali9es per 100,000 in Popula9on New Castle Kent Sussex 0.00 Fatali9es Source: 2011 Fatality Analysis Repor9ng System (FARS), Na9onal Highway Traffic Safety Administra9on

24 Distribu9on of Delaware Preven9on, Treatment and Referral Resources Preven9on Programs are more than twice as likely to exist in Wilmington than in each of the other Substate Planning areas (rest of New Castle County, Kent County, Sussex County)