2013 YRBS - Students who had five or more drinks of alcohol in a row on one or more of the past 30 days in New Hampshire

Definitions: This indicator reports the average percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 at high schools participating in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) who said they had five or more drinks in a row within a couple of hours on one or more of the past thirty days.[i],[ii] The latter definition is consistent with binge drinking, as a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or higher usually occurs after four or more drinks are consumed within two hours for women and five or more for men (NIAAA, 2012).

Data Source: Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
The YRBS is one component of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with representatives from state and local departments of education and health, other federal agencies, and national education and health organizations. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System was designed to focus the nation on behaviors among youth related to the leading causes of mortality and morbidity among both youth and adults and to assess how these risk behaviors change over time. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System measures behaviors that fall into six categories:

1. Behaviors that result in unintentional injuries and violence;
2. Tobacco use;
3. Alcohol and other drug use;
4. Sexual behaviors that result in HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended    pregnancies;
5. Dietary behaviors; and
6. Physical activity.

Definitions: This indicator reports the average percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 at high schools participating in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) who said they had five or more drinks in a row within a couple of hours on one or more of the past thirty days.[i],[ii] The latter definition is consistent with binge drinking, as a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or higher usually occurs after four or more drinks are consumed within two hours for women and five or more for men (NIAAA, 2012).

Data Source: Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
The YRBS is one component of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with representatives from state and local departments of education and health, other federal agencies, and national education and health organizations. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System was designed to focus the nation on behaviors among youth related to the leading causes of mortality and morbidity among both youth and adults and to assess how these risk behaviors change over time. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System measures behaviors that fall into six categories:

1. Behaviors that result in unintentional injuries and violence;
2. Tobacco use;
3. Alcohol and other drug use;
4. Sexual behaviors that result in HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended    pregnancies;
5. Dietary behaviors; and
6. Physical activity.