Delaware School Survey County Trend Charts Kent County

Delaware School Survey County Trend Charts Kent County Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice University of Delaware

Summary of the Delaware School Survey (DSS) • The DSS is an annual survey of 5 th, 8 th, and 11 th grade public school students in Delaware. The survey is used to estimate students attitudes and experiences with tobacco, drugs, alcohol, bullying, depression, and a variety of issues facing Delaware's youth. • 2019 Kent County sample size was: – 5 th Grade – 217 students – 8 th Grade- Not surveyed in 2019 – 11 th Grade- 605 students Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 2

Kent County students' self reported alcohol use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999 -Present 60% 11 th Grade 50% 8 th Grade 40% 5 th Grade 30% 20% 10% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 44% 8 th Grade 23% 5 th Grade 3% 2000 44% 27% 2% 2001 48% 23% 3% 2002 43% 25% 2% 2003 43% 2% 2004 46% 25% 2% 2005 44% 24% 3% 2006 42% 24% 2% 2007 42% 2% 2008 41% 26% 2% 2009 36% 21% 2% 2010 38% 1% 2011 37% 15% 1% 2012 35% 1% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 2013 31% 16% 1% 2014 30% 13% 1% 2015 29% 10% 1% 2016 27% 10% 1% 2017 31% 7% 0% 2018 2019 25% 9% 1% 0% 3

Kent County students' self reported binge alcohol use in the past two weeks by grade, 1999 -Present 40% 30% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 20% 10% 0% 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 11 th Grade 29% 27% 34% 27% 28% 30% 26% 27% 28% 25% 21% 23% 21% 19% 17% 18% 16% 15% 18% 13% 8 th Grade 12% 15% 12% 11% 15% 10% 8% 6% 6% 7% 5% 4% 5% 3% 4% Note: *Binge alcohol use measured by “Had 3 alcoholic drinks or more in a row in past 2 weeks” Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 4

Kent County students' perceived “great risk” of alcohol use by grade, 1999 -Present 60% 50% 40% 30% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 20% 5 th Grade 10% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 25% 8 th Grade 23% 5 th Grade 34% 2000 33% 30% 29% 2001 27% 28% 2002 29% 25% 34% 2003 28% 29% 38% Note: Question was not asked in 2018 for all grades and 2019 for 8 th a d 11 th graders; answer option is “a lot of risk” and not great risk for 5 th graders 2004 30% 26% 45% 2005 30% 47% 2006 33% 29% 44% 2007 33% 31% 44% 2008 41% 35% 48% 2009 39% 38% 48% 2010 40% 37% 43% 2011 40% 38% 44% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 2012 37% 35% 51% 2013 35% 32% 47% 2014 34% 29% 45% 2015 38% 36% 46% 2016 37% 35% 47% 2017 2019 32% 33% 46% 44% 5

Kent County students' perceived “great risk” of binge alcohol use by grade, 1999 -Present 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 11 th Grade 41% 46% 40% 43% 45% 48% 47% 52% 46% 57% 54% 53% 57% 54% 52% 50% 56% 51% 46% 51% 8 th Grade 42% 47% 40% 44% 47% 49% 47% 46% 51% 55% 52% 49% 44% 50% 45% 49% 40% Note: Binge alcohol use measured by “Had 3 alcoholic drinks or more in a row in past 2 weeks” Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 6

Kent County students' self reported cigarette use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999 -Present 35% 30% 25% 11 th Grade 20% 8 th Grade 15% 5 th Grade 10% 5% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 29% 8 th Grade 16% 5 th Grade 3% 2000 24% 15% 2% 2001 25% 13% 2% 2002 20% 12% 2% 2003 20% 1% 2004 18% 10% 1% 2005 17% 10% 2% 2006 17% 10% 1% 2007 19% 8% 1% 2008 15% 9% 0% 2009 14% 8% 1% 2010 13% 9% 1% 2011 13% 7% 1% 2012 12% 4% 0% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 2013 11% 5% 0% 2014 8% 3% 0% 2015 7% 1% 1% 2016 6% 1% 0% 2017 4% 2% 0% 2018 2019 4% 3% 1% 1% 0% 7

Kent County students' perceived “great risk”* in smoking a pack of cigarettes daily by grade, 1999 -Present 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 11 th Grade 30% 8 th Grade 20% 5 th Grade 10% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 61% 8 th Grade 49% 5 th Grade 44% 2000 67% 54% 44% 2001 66% 50% 40% 2002 65% 47% 49% Note: Answer option is “a lot of risk” and not great risk for 5 th graders 2003 69% 50% 56% 2004 69% 53% 62% 2005 65% 51% 64% 2006 67% 52% 59% 2007 62% 52% 61% 2008 72% 58% 66% 2009 69% 58% 65% 2010 67% 52% 63% 2011 74% 53% 61% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 2012 69% 56% 62% 2013 67% 50% 54% 2014 65% 48% 57% 2015 70% 53% 2016 66% 48% 59% 2017 58% 55% 56% 2018 2019 66% 67% 48% 51% 8

Kent County students' self reported marijuana use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999 -Present 11 th Grade 30% 8 th Grade 25% 5 th Grade 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 26% 8 th Grade 11% 5 th Grade 0% 2000 20% 12% 0% 2001 27% 12% 1% 2002 21% 10% 0% 2003 23% 10% 0% 2004 20% 10% 0% 2005 21% 1% 2006 20% 10% 0% 2007 20% 9% 0% 2008 19% 10% 0% 2009 18% 11% 0% 2010 21% 11% 0% 2011 24% 9% 0% 2012 23% 8% 0% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 2013 21% 8% 0% 2014 20% 9% 0% 2015 17% 6% 0% 2016 18% 7% 1% 2017 19% 6% 0% 2018 2019 22% 23% 6% 1% 1% 9

Kent County students' perceived “great risk” in smoking marijuana regularly by grade, 1999 -Present 80% 11 th Grade 70% 8 th Grade 60% 5 th Grade 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 50% 8 th Grade 64% 5 th Grade 46% 2000 55% 62% 44% 2001 48% 59% 43% 2002 49% 51% Note: Answer option is “a lot of risk” and not great risk for 5 th graders 2003 55% 63% 57% 2004 57% 60% 67% 2005 53% 59% 66% 2006 55% 60% 62% 2007 50% 59% 62% 2008 58% 62% 65% 2009 55% 66% 2010 54% 58% 60% 2011 52% 61% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 2012 48% 61% 60% 2013 45% 54% 52% 2014 37% 50% 52% 2015 40% 57% 45% 2016 34% 46% 56% 2017 2018 2019 31% 26% 25% 44% 36% 53% 10

Kent County students' reporting feeling safe in school by grade, 1999 -Present 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 80% 8 th Grade 72% 5 th Grade 87% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 5 th Grade 2000 73% 68% 86% 2001 79% 64% 86% 2002 79% 75% 87% 2003 83% 77% 93% 2004 83% 76% 92% 2005 85% 77% 93% 2006 82% 79% 92% 2007 78% 91% 2008 77% 75% 88% 2009 82% 78% 88% 2010 82% 80% 91% 2011 84% 81% 90% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 2012 85% 79% 89% 2013 80% 77% 88% 2014 80% 90% 2015 83% 79% 87% 2016 79% 71% 85% 2017 79% 80% 93% 2018 2019 77% 81% 77% 90% 93% 11

Kent County students' reporting fighting/violence is a problem in school by grade, 1999 -Present 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 11 th Grade 20% 8 th Grade 10% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 32% 8 th Grade 46% 5 th Grade 52% 5 th Grade 2000 32% 39% 46% 2001 27% 46% 2002 30% 45% 50% 2003 29% 47% 42% 2004 36% 51% 41% 2005 28% 53% 46% 2006 38% 42% 2007 46% 50% 41% 2008 44% 52% 41% 2009 51% 60% 43% 2010 44% 54% 42% 2011 47% 61% 46% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 2012 45% 56% 43% 2013 49% 53% 44% 2014 46% 55% 43% 2015 34% 50% 2016 41% 61% 48% 2017 50% 51% 35% 2018 2019 45% 31% 50% 44% 37% 12

Kent County students' reporting taking a weapon to school in the past year by grade, 1999 -Present 14% 12% 11 th Grade 10% 8 th Grade 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 11 th Grade 8% 7% 4% 5% 6% 7% 5% 7% 6% 5% 4% 4% 3% 3% 6% 3% 4% 3% 2% 8 th Grade 2% 5% 4% 3% 6% 5% 6% 4% 4% 5% 3% 3% 3% 2% 3% 4% 4% 2% 1% 1% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 13

Kent County students' self reported prescription upper use in the past year by grade, 2007 -Present 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0% 2007 11 th Grade 1% 8 th Grade 1% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 2008 2% 1% 2009 3% 1% Note: Question was first asked in 2007 2010 3% 1% 2011 2% 0% 2012 1% 1% 2013 1% 1% 2014 0% 0% 2015 0% 0% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 2016 1% 0% 2017 0% 0% 2018 1% 0% 2019 1% 14

Kent County students' self reported downer use in the past year by grade, 1999 -Present 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 11 th Grade 3% 4% 4% 3% 6% 6% 3% 4% 4% 4% 5% 4% 4% 3% 2% 1% 1% 2% 1% 8 th Grade 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 15

Kent County students' self reported hallucinogen use in the past year by grade, 1999 -Present 14% 12% 10% 8% 11 th Grade 6% 8 th Grade 4% 2% 0% 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 11 th Grade 8% 7% 9% 3% 3% 2% 4% 2% 3% 1% 1% 2% 8 th Grade 2% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 16

Kent County students' self reported heroin use in the past year by grade, 1999 -Present 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 11 th Grade 1% 1% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0% 0% 8 th Grade 1% 1% 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 17

Kent County students' self reported crack or cocaine use in the past year by grade, 2005 -Present 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 11 th Grade 4% 8 th Grade 3% 2% 1% 0% 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 11 th Grade 3% 2% 4% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 8 th Grade 2% 1% 1% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 18

Kent County students' self reported pain killer use in the past year by grade, 2002 -Present 14% 12% 10% 11 th Grade 8% 8 th Grade 6% 4% 2% 0% 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 11 th Grade 9% 12% 11% 10% 11% 8% 11% 10% 8% 6% 5% 3% 4% 4% 4% 3% 8 th Grade 5% 5% 5% 4% 7% 2% 6% 6% 5% 4% 4% 4% 3% 2% 3% Note: Question first asked in 2002 Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 19

Kent County students' self reported steroid use in the past year by grade, 2008 -Present 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 11 th Grade 4% 8 th Grade 3% 2% 1% 0% 2008 11 th Grade 1% 8 th Grade 1% 2009 0% 0% Note: Question first asked in 2008 2010 0% 1% 2011 0% 1% 2012 1% 1% 2013 0% 0% 2014 0% 0% 2015 0% 0% 2016 0% 1% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 2017 0% 0% 2018 0% 0% 2019 1% 20

Kent County students' self reported ADHD medicine use in the past year by grade, 2008 -Present 14% 12% 10% 8% 11 th Grade 6% 8 th Grade 4% 5 th Grade 2% 0% 2002 2003 2004 11 th Grade 5% 6% 4% 8 th Grade 2% 2% 2% 5 th Grade 1% 0% 2005 6% 2% 1% 2006 5% 3% 1% 2007 7% 1% 0% 2008 6% 2% 1% 2009 7% 2% 0% 2010 6% 1% 1% 2011 7% 1% 0% 2012 5% 1% 0% 2013 4% 1% 0% 2014 2% 3% 0% 2015 2% 0% 0% 2016 2% 0% 0% 2017 1% 1% 1% 2018 2019 2% 1% 0% 1% 1% Note: Question first asked in 2002 and 2003 for 5 th graders Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 21

Kent County students' self reported over the counter drugs use in the past year by grade, 2008 -Present 12% 10% 11 th Grade 8% 5 th Grade 8 th Grade 6% 4% 2% 0% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 5 th Grade 2008 9% 8% 0% 2009 10% 7% 2% 2010 9% 8% 1% 2011 10% 7% 2% 2012 7% 6% 2% 2013 6% 6% 1% 2014 5% 6% 1% 2015 5% 5% 1% Kent County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2019 2016 6% 6% 2% 2017 5% 4% 1% 2018 6% 5% 1% 2019 5% 2% 22