Table 38. Alcohol use among middle school students, by gender, race/ethnicity, grade, and middle school, in percent
		Lifetime Alcohol Use**				Current Alcohol Use†				Episodic Heavy Drinking§
		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total
Galveston*
	Race/ethnicity
	White	52.2	49.7	50.8		23.9	22.3	23.1		10.7	10.9	11.1
	Black	33.7	37.6	36.7		14.9	15.4	15.4		7.2	8.4	7.8
	Hispanic	48.2	47.7	47.4		26.6	23.3	24.7		13.4	11.3	12.3
	All other	38.8	54.1	46.7		18.8	25.4	22.3		7.1	15.3	10.9
	Grade
	6	29.8	30.0	30.5		13.7	10.4	12.4		5.9	5.0	5.7
	7	40.5	48.0	44.4		20.0	19.5	20.0		10.1	5.4	7.9
	8	57.7	56.9	56.7		31.4	33.0	31.7		14.7	21.5	17.9
	Middle School
	Austin	40.0	46.7	43.8		19.1	16.1	18.2		8.8	11.3	10.4
	Central	33.8	36.9	35.5		16.2	17.0	16.7		7.9	5.3	6.7
	Crenshaw	40.0	48.0	42.3		16.7	16.0	15.7		8.3	16.0	11.8
	Weis	54.7	52.2	53.6		28.3	27.2	27.5		13.1	14.2	13.7
	2007 Total*	44.0	45.7	44.8		21.8	20.9	21.3		10.3	10.6	10.5
	Dallas ISD,TX*	66.9	69.7	68.2
*Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2007, and Dallas ISD, Texas 2003.
** Had at least one drink of alcohol on ≥ 1 day during their life.
† Had at least one drink of alcohol on ≥ 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey.
§ Had ≥ 5 drinks of alcohol in a row (i.e., within a couple of hours) on ≥ 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey.
Percents may not add up to 100% due to missing values.
White = non-Hispanic white, Hispanic = any race, Black = non-Hispanic black, All other  = any other non-Hispanic
Not available