Policy and Prevention
Baseline: 28.3 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 reported that they rode, during the previous 30 days, with a driver who had been drinking alcohol in 2009
Target: 25.5 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC/NCHHSTP
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SA-2
Increase the proportion of adolescents never using substances
Baseline: 85.6 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years who had never used alcohol in their lives refrained from using alcohol for the first time in 2008
Target: 94.2 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 94.3 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years who had never used marijuana in their lives refrained from using marijuana for the first time in 2008
Target: 96.3 percent
Target-Setting Method: 2 percentage point improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 27.7 percent of high school seniors reported never using alcoholic beverages in 2009
Target: 30.5 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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Baseline: 53.3 percent of high school seniors reported never using illicit drugs in 2009
Target: 58.6 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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SA-3
Increase the proportion of adolescents who disapprove of substance abuse
Baseline: 78.5 percent of 8th graders reported that they disapproved of people having one or two alcoholic drinks nearly every day in 2009
Target: 86.4 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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Baseline: 77.6 percent of 10th graders reported that they disapproved of people having one or two alcoholic drinks nearly every day in 2009
Target: 85.4 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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Baseline: 70.5 percent of 12th graders reported that they disapproved of people having one or two alcoholic drinks nearly every day in 2009
Target: 77.6 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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Baseline: 75.3 percent of 8th graders reported that they disapproved of people trying marijuana or hashish once or twice in 2009
Target: 82.8 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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Baseline: 60.1 percent of 10th graders reported that they disapproved of people trying marijuana or hashish once or twice in 2009
Target: 66.1 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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Baseline: 54.8 percent of 12th graders reported that they disapproved of people trying marijuana or hashish once or twice in 2009
Target: 60.3 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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SA-4
Increase the proportion of adolescents who perceive great risk associated with substance abuse
Baseline: 40.0 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years reported that they perceived great risk associated with consuming five or more alcoholic drinks on a single occasion once or twice a week in 2008
Target: 44.0 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 33.4 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years reported that they perceived great risk associated with smoking marijuana once per month in 2008
Target: 36.7 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 49.4 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years reported that they perceived great risk associated with using cocaine once per month in 2008
Target: 54.3 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 13 States had mandatory ignition interlock laws for first and repeat impaired driving offenders in 2009
Target: 51 (50 States and the District of Columbia)
Target-Setting Method: Total coverage
Data Sources:
Status of State Ignition Interlock Laws, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
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Screening and Treatment
Baseline: 255,374 admissions to Level I and Level II trauma centers to substance abuse treatment programs for injection drug use were reported in 2006
Target: 280,911 admissions to Level I and Level II trauma centers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), SAMHSA
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SA-8
Increase the proportion of persons who need alcohol and/or illicit drug treatment and received specialty treatment for abuse or dependence in the past year
Baseline: 16.0 percent of persons aged 12 years and over who needed illicit drug treatment reported that they received specialty treatment for abuse or dependence in the past year in 2008
Target: 17.6 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 9.9 percent of persons aged 12 years and over who needed alcohol treatment and/or illicit drug treatment reported that they received specialty treatment for abuse or dependence in the past year in 2008
Target: 10.9 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 8.2 percent of persons aged 12 years and over who needed alcohol treatment reported that they received specialty treatment for abuse or dependence in the past year in 2008
Target: 9.0 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), CDC/NCHS
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Baseline: 325 Level I and Level II trauma centers met the criteria for implementing evidence-based alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in 2009
Target: 358 Level I and Level II trauma centers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Trauma Registry System (TRACS), American College of Surgeons (ACS)
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
Baseline: 9.1 cirrhosis deaths per 100,000 population occurred in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target: 8.2 deaths per 100,000 population
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Vital Statistics System-Mortality (NVSS-M), CDC/NCHS; Bridged-race Population Estimates, CDC/NCHS and Census
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Baseline: 12.6 drug-induced deaths per 100,000 population occurred in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target: 11.3 deaths per 100,000 population
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Vital Statistics System-Mortality (NVSS-M), CDC/NCHS; Bridged-race Population Estimates, CDC/NCHS and Census
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SA-13
Reduce past-month use of illicit substances
Baseline: 18.4 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years reported use of alcohol or any illicit drugs during the past 30 days in 2008
Target: 16.6 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 6.7 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years reported use of marijuana during the past 30 days in 2008
Target: 6.0 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 7.9 percent of adults aged 18 years and over reported use of any illicit drug during the past 30 days in 2008
Target: 7.1 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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SA-14
Reduce the proportion of persons engaging in binge drinking of alcoholic beverages
Baseline: 25.2 percent of high school seniors reported that they engaged in binge drinking during the past 2 weeks in 2009
Target: 22.7 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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Baseline: 41.1 percent of college students reported that they engaged in binge drinking during the past 2 weeks in 2008 2007 college students reported that they engaged in binge drinking during the past 2 weeks in 2008
Target: 37.0 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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Baseline: 27.1 percent of adults aged 18 years and over reported that they engaged in binge drinking during the past 30 days in 2008
Target: 24.4 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 9.5 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years reported that they engaged in binge drinking during the past month in 2008
Target: 8.6 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 28.2 percent of adults aged 18 years and over reported that they drank excessively in the previous 30 days in 2008
Target: 25.4 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 2.3 gallons of ethanol per person aged 14 years and over were consumed in 2007
Target: 2.1 gallons per person
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System (AEDS); Population Estimates, Census
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Baseline: 0.39 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled involved a driver or motorcycle rider with a BAC of .08 or greater in 2008
Target: 0.38 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled
Target-Setting Method: Maintain consistency with national programs, regulations, policies, and laws.
Data Sources:
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), DOT/NHTSA
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SA-18
Reduce steroid use among adolescents
Baseline: 0.78 percent of 8th graders reported that they used steroids in the past year in 2009
Target: Not applicable
Target-Setting Method: This measure is being tracked for informational purposes. If warranted, a target will be set during the decade.
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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Baseline: 0.79 percent of 10th graders reported that they used steroids in the past year in 2009
Target: Not applicable
Target-Setting Method: This measure is being tracked for informational purposes. If warranted, a target will be set during the decade.
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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Baseline: 1.49 percent of 12th graders reported that they used steroids in the past year in 2009
Target: Not applicable
Target-Setting Method: This measure is being tracked for informational purposes. If warranted, a target will be set during the decade.
Data Sources:
Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), NIH/NIDA
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SA-19
Reduce the past-year nonmedical use of prescription drugs
Baseline: 4.8 percent of persons aged 12 years and over reported nonmedical use of pain relievers in the past year in 2008
Target: Not applicable
Target-Setting Method: This measure is being tracked for informational purposes. If warranted, a target will be set during the decade.
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 2.0 percent of persons aged 12 years and over reported nonmedical use of tranquilizers in the past year in 2008
Target: Not applicable
Target-Setting Method: This measure is being tracked for informational purposes. If warranted, a target will be set during the decade.
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 1.06 percent of persons aged 12 years and over reported nonmedical use of stimulants in the past year in 2008
Target: Not applicable
Target-Setting Method: This measure is being tracked for informational purposes. If warranted, a target will be set during the decade.
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 0.25 percent of persons aged 12 years and over reported nonmedical use of sedatives in the past year in 2008
Target: Not applicable
Target-Setting Method: This measure is being tracked for informational purposes. If warranted, a target will be set during the decade.
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 6.1 percent of persons aged 12 years and over reported nonmedical use of any psychotherapeutic drug in 2008
Target: 5.5 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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Baseline: 79,646 deaths attributable to the harmful effects of excessive alcohol use occurred in 2001–05 (average annual number)
Target: 71,681 deaths
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Alcohol Related Disease Impact System (ARDI), CDC
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Baseline: 4.0 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years reported that they used inhalants in the past year in 2008
Target: Not applicable
Target-Setting Method: This measure is being tracked for informational purposes. If warranted, a target will be set during the decade.
Data Sources:
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA
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