Facts about Drinking

Facts about underage drinking:

• 74% had at least one drink of alcohol on one or more days during their life
• 26% had their first drink of alcohol, other than a few sips, before age 13
• 43% had at least one drink of alcohol on one or more occasion in the past 30 days
• 26% had five or more drinks of alcohol in a row in the past 30 days.
• 4% had at least one drink of alcohol on school property on one or more of the past 30 days

In 2005, underage teen drinking consumed 15 percent of all alcohol sold in the United States, totaling $19.8 billion in sales.

Teens and young adults between 16 and 24 years old take in only 20 percent of the total licensed population; they cause 42 percent of all fatal alcohol related crashes.