Table 37. Alcohol use among high school students, by gender, race/ethnicity, grade, and on school property, in percent
		Lifetime Alcohol Use				Current Alcohol Use				Episodic Heavy Drinking				Current Alcohol Use on School Property
		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total		Female	Male	Total
Galveston*
	Race/ethnicity
	White	89.1	83.5	86.3		66.1	59.5	62.8		36.3	43.0	39.6		5.9	12.0	9.0
	Black	72.0	62.0	67.7		38.6	30.0	34.9		13.2	12.6	12.9		2.8	7.3	4.7
	Hispanic	74.9	78.7	76.5		51.1	56.0	53.2		31.2	35.2	32.9		5.3	11.9	8.1
	All other	60.9	69.9	66.4		47.8	49.3	48.7		35.6	28.2	31.0		17.8	21.1	19.8
	Grade
	9	70.8	69.3	70.1		44.0	39.8	42.1		20.2	19.8	20.0		7.8	6.5	7.2
	10	77.8	70.6	74.4		48.8	46.9	47.9		22.7	28.8	25.6		3.6	7.9	5.7
	11	77.4	82.1	79.5		52.3	52.6	52.4		33.5	35.1	34.2		3.7	14.0	8.2
	12	87.0	82.1	84.6		66.7	64.6	65.7		38.6	46.3	42.4		6.0	20.4	13.0
	2004 Total	77.5	75.3	76.5		51.8	50.1	51.0		27.8	31.5	29.5		5.4	11.6	8.3
	2002 Total	78.8	75.2	77.1		51.9	51.0	51.5		25.4	33.1	29.0		7.3	11.7	9.3
	2000 Total	83.0	82.4	82.5		53.1	54.9	54.0		27.5	37.7	32.4		5.8	9.5	7.5
Texas*		78.9	74.9	76.9		43.3	42.5	43.0		23.7	27.4	25.7		3.4	5.7	4.6
United States*		76.1	73.7	74.9		45.8	43.8	44.9		27.5	29.0	28.3		4.2	6.0	5.2
*Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2000, 2002, 2004, Texas, and United States 2003
"Current" use means in last 30 days.  "Episodic Heavy Drinking," also called binge drinking, means 5 or more drinks of alcohol within a few hours on at least one day in the past thirty days.
Percents may not add up to 100% due to missing values.
White = non-Hispanic white,  Hispanic = any race,  Black = non-Hispanic black, All other  = non-Hispanic
N/A = Not Available