Effects of a Comprehensive, Multiple Risky Behavior Prevention Program on High School Students

Table 3

Local versus national risk behavior as a percentage of the sample: Pretest year (2009), Year 2 (2011), and Year 4 (2013).

Risk behavior	Pretest year (2009)			Year 2 (2011)			Year 4 (2013)
	Local ()	National (,410)	Difference	Local ()	National (,425)	Difference	Local ()	National (,583)	Difference
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Lifetime alcohol use	76.2	73.9	2.3	71.0	68.4	2.6	67.0	67.7	−0.7
Drinking in the last 30 days	54.2	42.0	12.2	43.7	39.0	4.7	43.4	35.6	7.8
Drinking 5 or more times in the last 30 days	38.3	24.0	14.3	27.5	21.9	5.6	27.8	20.1	7.7
Drinking and driving in the last year	21.0	9.9	11.1	10.7	8.3	2.4	10.3	9.7	0.6
Lifetime marijuana use	38.3	38.3	0.0	27.7	39.9	−12.2	28.7	43.7	−15.0
Marijuana in the last 30 days	24.6	20.9	3.7	16.0	23.6	−7.6	9.9	25.3	−15.4
Lifetime cocaine use	7.7	7.3	0.4	5.3	7.2	−1.9	2.5	5.6	−3.1
Cigarettes in the last 30 days	19.4	18.9	0.5	11.7	17.2	−5.5	14.9	14.5	0.4
Fasting in the last 30 days	5.4	11.1	−5.7	7.0	12.7	−5.7	6.9	13.3	−6.4
Bullied last year	9.9	19.0	−9.1	17.5	18.0	−0.5	20.0	18.6	1.4
Suicide attempts in the last year	1.3	7.2	−5.9	3.4	8.7	−5.3	4.3	8.5	−4.2
Sex/oral sex in the last year	38.1	50.4	−12.3	31.1	50.5	−19.4	32.4	49.7	−17.3
Dating violence	8.5	11.1	−2.6	6.6	10.5	−3.9	4.6	10.7	−6.1

Note. The national survey is administered every two years, thereby limiting the comparison between local and national data to every two years.
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