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Saturday, March 27, 2010

State Estimates of Underage Alcohol Use and Self-Purchase of Alcohol



● Combined 2006 to 2008 data indicate that 27.6 percent of persons aged 12 to 20 drank alcohol in the past month

● Rates of underage past month alcohol use were among the lowest in Utah (13.7 percent) and among the highest in North Dakota (40.6 percent) and Vermont (40.4 percent)

● Approximately 8.6 percent of past month drinkers aged 12 to 20 purchased their own alcohol the last time they drank

● The percentages of past month drinkers aged 12 to 20 who bought their own alcohol were among the lowest in Alaska (3.1 percent) and New Mexico (3.7 percent) and among the highest in Louisiana and the District of Columbia (both at 18.8 percent)

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