Delaware School Survey County Trend Charts New Castle

Delaware School Survey County Trend Charts New Castle 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. • 2018 New Castle County sample size was: – 5 th Grade – 3, 561 students – 8 th Grade- 3, 134 students – 11 th Grade- 2, 415 students New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2

New Castle County students' self reported alcohol use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999 -Present 50% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 5 th Grade 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 46% 8 th Grade 26% 5 th Grade 2% 2000 40% 27% 2% 2001 42% 24% 2% 2002 41% 23% 1% 2003 42% 23% 2% 2004 40% 24% 2% 2005 37% 21% 2% 2006 39% 21% 2% 2007 40% 21% 2% 2008 40% 22% 1% 2009 38% 22% 2% 2010 37% 19% 2% New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2011 34% 17% 1% 2012 38% 17% 1% 2013 36% 14% 1% 2014 31% 13% 1% 2015 29% 9% 1% 2016 24% 8% 0% 2017 28% 8% 1% 2018 19% 8% 1% 3

New Castle County students' self reported binge alcohol use in the past two weeks by grade, 1999 Present 30% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 11 th Grade 28% 24% 26% 25% 26% 24% 21% 24% 25% 22% 21% 20% 22% 21% 17% 15% 12% 16% 10% 8 th Grade 14% 12% 11% 12% 9% 10% 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 2% 3% 3% 3% Note: Measured by “Had 3 alcoholic drinks or more in a row in past 2 weeks” New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 4

New Castle County students' perceived "great risk"” of alcohol use by grade, 1999 -Present 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 29% 8 th Grade 22% 5 th Grade 34% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 5 th Grade 2000 38% 29% 34% 2001 32% 28% 29% 2002 32% 27% 34% 2003 31% 30% 39% 2004 34% 28% 45% 2005 34% 30% 45% 2006 36% 31% 43% 2007 36% 31% 47% 2008 44% 41% 43% 2009 40% 37% 42% 2010 42% 38% 42% 2011 39% 37% 42% 2012 40% 35% 45% 2013 37% 34% 40% 2014 39% 33% 43% 2015 38% 36% 42% 2016 42% 34% 44% 2017 41% 35% 45% Note: Question was not asked in 2018 New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 5

New Castle County students' perceived "great risk" of binge alcohol use by grade, 1999 -Present 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 11 th Grade 10% 8 th Grade 0% 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 11 th Grade 44% 50% 47% 48% 50% 52% 51% 56% 58% 55% 56% 54% 58% 54% 51% 8 th Grade 44% 46% 43% 47% 50% 51% 49% 50% 48% 54% 53% 52% 50% 49% 52% 51% 50% 46% New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 6

New Castle 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 20% 5 th Grade 2% 2000 25% 16% 2% 2001 20% 15% 1% 2002 19% 12% 1% 2003 18% 11% 1% 2004 17% 12% 1% 2005 15% 10% 1% 2006 16% 7% 1% 2007 14% 7% 1% 2008 14% 7% 1% 2009 14% 7% 1% 2010 14% 6% 1% New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2011 13% 7% 0% 2012 13% 5% 1% 2013 10% 4% 0% 2014 8% 2% 0% 2015 6% 2% 0% 2016 5% 1% 0% 2017 4% 1% 0% 2018 3% 1% 0% 7

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 68% 8 th Grade 49% 5 th Grade 45% 2000 71% 54% 46% 2001 68% 50% 41% Note: Answer option is “a lot of risk” and not great risk for 5 th graders 2002 69% 51% 49% 2003 70% 55% 56% 2004 73% 55% 60% 2005 71% 53% 60% 2006 68% 55% 62% 2007 68% 54% 63% 2008 73% 60% 61% 2009 72% 56% 61% 2010 70% 54% 57% 2011 68% 56% 59% New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2012 74% 58% 57% 2013 69% 54% 52% 2014 72% 54% 2015 68% 56% 53% 2016 70% 56% 54% 2017 65% 54% 58% 2018 67% 55% 56% 8

New Castle County students' self reported marijuana use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999 -Present 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 29% 8 th Grade 18% 5 th Grade 0% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 2000 27% 16% 1% 2001 28% 16% 0% 2002 25% 15% 0% 2003 25% 13% 0% 2004 24% 15% 1% 2005 22% 12% 0% 2006 22% 10% 0% 2007 21% 10% 0% 2008 22% 10% 0% 2009 23% 11% 0% 2010 25% 13% 0% 2011 26% 13% 0% 2012 29% 13% 1% New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2013 28% 11% 0% 2014 24% 9% 0% 2015 25% 7% 0% 2016 23% 7% 0% 5 th 2018 Grade 2017 23% 7% 0% 22% 8% 0% 9

New Castle County students' perceived "great risk" in smoking marijuana regularly by grade, 1999 -Present 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 11 th Grade 20% 8 th Grade 10% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 51% 8 th Grade 59% 5 th Grade 49% 5 th Grade 2000 49% 59% 47% 2001 46% 54% 44% Note: Answer option is “a lot of risk” and not great risk for 5 th graders 2002 45% 56% 49% 2003 48% 61% 58% 2004 51% 62% 2005 50% 59% 61% 2006 50% 59% 2007 49% 57% 61% 2008 55% 64% 58% 2009 52% 60% 57% 2010 50% 59% 53% 2011 46% 58% 52% New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2012 43% 57% 50% 2013 36% 54% 46% 2014 37% 51% 49% 2015 33% 52% 43% 2016 34% 49% 50% 2017 2018 33% 24% 47% 37% 52% 10

New Castle County students' reporting feeling safe in school by grade, 1999 -Present 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 5 th Grade 30% 20% 10% 0% 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 11 th Grade 77% 76% 79% 78% 79% 79% 80% 81% 80% 82% 81% 81% 82% 80% 84% 78% 8 th Grade 72% 71% 72% 77% 76% 77% 78% 75% 77% 80% 80% 81% 80% 77% 80% 79% 80% 76% 5 th Grade 86% 85% 87% 90% 89% 90% 88% 87% 88% 91% 85% 91% 92% 93% 94% New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 11

New Castle 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 41% 8 th Grade 45% 5 th Grade 58% 5 th Grade 2000 36% 42% 56% 2001 38% 41% 54% 2002 36% 46% 52% 2003 40% 48% 2004 43% 52% 51% 2005 40% 51% 50% 2006 42% 52% 48% 2007 39% 52% 44% 2008 34% 52% 41% 2009 43% 53% 41% 2010 44% 54% 42% 2011 46% 56% 40% New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2012 46% 50% 44% 2013 45% 46% 40% 2014 42% 51% 38% 2015 45% 34% 2016 44% 42% 37% 2017 36% 44% 38% 2018 37% 46% 40% 12

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

New Castle 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 2% 8 th Grade 1% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 2008 2% 1% 2009 2% 1% 2010 1% 1% 2011 1% 1% 2012 1% 1% 2013 1% 1% 2014 1% 1% 2015 0% 0% 2016 1% 0% 2017 0% 0% 2018 0% 0% Note: Question was first asked in 2007 New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 14

New Castle 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 11 th Grade 5% 5% 6% 7% 6% 5% 4% 5% 5% 4% 3% 2% 2% 2% 8 th Grade 3% 2% 2% 3% 2% 1% 1% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 15 g r a t h 5 a s k i n g S t o p p e d N o t e :

New Castle County students' self reported hallucinogen use 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 11 th Grade 9% 9% 7% 4% 4% 4% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 8 th Grade 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 16

New Castle 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 11 th Grade 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 8 th Grade 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 17

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

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

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

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

New Castle County students' self reported over the counter drugs use in the past year by grade, 2008 -Present 14% 11 th Grade 12% 8 th Grade 10% 5 th Grade 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 5 th Grade 2008 9% 8% 1% 2009 8% 7% 2% 2010 7% 7% 1% 2011 9% 6% 1% 2012 8% 7% 1% 2013 7% 6% 1% 2014 7% 5% 1% New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2015 6% 5% 1% 2016 5% 4% 1% 2017 5% 3% 1% 2018 5% 5% 1% 22