DATA TABLE REVIEW

TABLE 155. Percentage of high school students who drank alcohol or used drugs before last sexual intercourse,* by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts† — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017

Category

Sex

Total Female Male

% CI§ % CI % CI Total 15.9 (14.1–17.9) 21.6 (19.3–24.2) 18.8 (17.1–20.5)

Race/Ethnicity

White¶ 16.6 (14.2–19.4) 20.9 (17.6–24.7) 18.7 (16.6–21.0)

Black¶ 16.0 (10.7–23.1) 23.9 (19.3–29.2) 20.1 (16.8–23.8)

Hispanic 12.6 (9.7–16.2) 22.6 (18.0–27.8) 17.7 (14.5–21.4)

Grade

9 17.8 (12.2–25.3) 24.2 (17.2–32.9) 21.3 (15.9–27.8)

10 14.1 (10.3–19.1) 25.6 (20.1–31.9) 19.7 (16.6–23.2)

11 13.8 (10.9–17.3) 14.8 (11.4–19.0) 14.2 (12.1–16.6)

12 17.5 (15.0–20.3) 23.3 (18.9–28.5) 20.3 (17.8–23.2)

Sexual identity

Heterosexual (straight) 14.1 (12.1–16.4) 21.3 (18.8–24.2) 18.0 (16.0–20.1)

Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 20.2 (15.4–26.1) 21.5 (10.1–39.8) 20.3 (16.0–25.3)

Not sure 30.7 (17.8–47.6) 35.1 (14.2–63.9) 34.6 (22.5–49.1)

Sex of sexual contacts

Opposite sex only 13.2 (11.2–15.4) 21.7 (19.0–24.7) 17.7 (15.7–20.0)

Same sex only or both sexes 26.1 (19.6–33.7) 20.0 (9.4–37.5) 24.8 (18.7–32.1)

* Among the 28.7% of students nationwide who were currently sexually active. † Students who had no sexual contact are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts. § 95% confidence interval. ¶ Non-Hispanic.