Delaware School Survey County Trend Charts Sussex County

Delaware School Survey County Trend Charts Sussex 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. • 2017 Sussex County sample size was: – 5 th Grade - 1, 132 students – 8 th Grade - 770 students – 11 th Grade - 594 students Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2

Sussex County Students' self reported alcohol use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999 -Present 60% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 50% 5 th Grade 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 47% 8 th Grade 28% 5 th Grade 2% 2000 52% 27% 2% 2001 48% 25% 2% 2002 49% 25% 2% 2003 49% 25% 1% 2004 45% 24% 2% 2005 43% 26% 2% 2006 48% 26% 2% 2007 43% 24% 2% 2008 44% 21% 2% 2009 47% 23% 1% 2010 36% 19% 1% 2011 39% 18% 1% 2012 37% 16% 1% 2013 40% 13% 0% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2014 34% 12% 1% 2015 35% 12% 1% 2016 32% 9% 0% 2017 31% 10% 0% 2018 29% 14% 1% 3

Sussex County Students' self reported binge alcohol use in the past two weeks by grade, 1999 -Present 40% 35% 11 th Grade 30% 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 31% 34% 35% 33% 31% 25% 34% 27% 29% 31% 24% 23% 18% 21% 20% 18% 8 th Grade 17% 14% 13% 14% 14% 12% 10% 11% 10% 8% 5% 6% 3% 4% 5% 7% Note: Binge alcohol use measured by “Had 3 alcoholic drinks or more in a row in past 2 weeks” Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 4

Sussex 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 25% 8 th Grade 25% 5 th Grade 38% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 5 th Grade 2000 30% 26% 30% 2001 27% 28% Note: Question was not asked in 2018 2002 27% 24% 36% 2003 26% 38% 2004 27% 28% 44% 2005 27% 24% 44% 2006 26% 29% 44% 2007 32% 27% 44% 2008 38% 34% 42% 2009 36% 33% 26% 2010 37% 36% 39% 2011 39% 35% 37% 2012 38% 31% 44% 2013 31% 28% 40% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2014 35% 30% 41% 2015 32% 28% 39% 2016 35% 30% 45% 2017 37% 31% 43% 5

Sussex County Students' perceived "great risk" of binge alcohol use by grade, 1999 -Present 60% 50% 40% 30% 11 th Grade 20% 8 th Grade 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 40% 42% 41% 43% 40% 44% 43% 42% 46% 49% 52% 55% 52% 45% 49% 44% 53% 54% 44% 8 th Grade 41% 46% 45% 44% 47% 49% 43% 48% 43% 50% 51% 52% 49% 48% 44% 43% 44% 42% 39% Note: Binge alcohol use measured by “Had 3 alcoholic drinks or more in a row in past 2 weeks” Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 6

Sussex County Students' self reported cigarette use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999 -Present 40% 35% 11 th Grade 30% 8 th Grade 25% 5 th Grade 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 36% 8 th Grade 24% 5 th Grade 2% 2000 31% 18% 2% 2001 30% 16% 2% 2002 24% 13% 1% 2003 23% 1% 2004 22% 1% 2005 20% 13% 1% 2006 23% 12% 1% 2007 21% 10% 1% 2008 19% 10% 1% 2009 21% 1% 2010 18% 9% 1% 2011 16% 7% 0% 2012 17% 7% 0% 2013 15% 5% 0% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2014 13% 3% 0% 2015 10% 3% 0% 2016 6% 2% 0% 2017 6% 1% 0% 2018 4% 2% 0% 7

Sussex 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 58% 8 th Grade 49% 5 th Grade 49% 2000 66% 51% 46% 2001 62% 50% 39% 2002 64% 51% 53% Note: Answer option is “a lot of risk” and not great risk for 5 th graders 2003 65% 52% 59% 2004 69% 56% 62% 2005 63% 49% 60% 2006 66% 53% 60% 2007 64% 51% 64% 2008 71% 58% 61% 2009 69% 54% 61% 2010 66% 55% 2011 73% 52% 57% 2012 68% 51% 54% 2013 65% 44% 50% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2014 67% 52% 50% 2015 64% 51% 49% 2016 66% 51% 54% 2017 65% 47% 51% 2018 67% 53% 52% 8

Sussex County Students' self reported marijuana use in the past month 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 30% 8 th Grade 17% 5 th Grade 0% 2000 26% 16% 0% 2001 29% 13% 1% 2002 28% 13% 0% 2003 25% 13% 0% 2004 26% 11% 0% 2005 25% 14% 0% 2006 26% 13% 0% 2007 28% 10% 0% 2008 23% 10% 0% 2009 26% 10% 1% 2010 23% 11% 0% 2011 24% 8% 0% 2012 26% 10% 0% 2013 27% 7% 0% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2014 26% 7% 0% 2015 30% 8% 0% 2016 23% 8% 0% 2017 24% 7% 0% 2018 24% 11% 0% 9

Sussex 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 50% 8 th Grade 58% 5 th Grade 53% 5 th Grade 2000 52% 61% 47% 2001 49% 62% 40% Note: Answer option is “a lot of risk” and not great risk for 5 th graders 2002 49% 63% 54% 2003 49% 64% 59% 2004 51% 64% 65% 2005 51% 56% 62% 2006 49% 60% 62% 2007 48% 58% 63% 2008 57% 65% 59% 2009 55% 64% 60% 2010 53% 62% 53% 2011 51% 58% 52% 2012 46% 58% 52% 2013 36% 47% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2014 37% 49% 2015 36% 51% 46% 2016 34% 50% 53% 2017 2018 32% 22% 43% 34% 53% 10

Sussex 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 69% 8 th Grade 68% 5 th Grade 89% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 5 th Grade 2000 80% 71% 90% 2001 76% 75% 91% 2002 84% 80% 95% 2003 83% 80% 94% 2004 81% 83% 95% 2005 82% 84% 94% 2006 83% 93% 2007 80% 92% 2008 77% 80% 92% 2009 80% 81% 93% 2010 82% 80% 91% 2011 84% 89% 2012 84% 80% 93% 2013 82% 81% 93% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2014 84% 83% 92% 2015 83% 82% 92% 2016 81% 83% 94% 2017 85% 82% 95% 2018 75% 77% 94% 11

Sussex County Students' reporting fighting/ violence is a problem in school by grade, 1999 -Present 60% 50% 40% 30% 11 th Grade 20% 8 th Grade 10% 0% 1999 11 th Grade 35% 8 th Grade 42% 5 th Grade 46% 5 th Grade 2000 35% 41% 39% 2001 29% 44% 39% 2002 27% 35% 2003 31% 41% 35% 2004 34% 42% 39% 2005 31% 44% 40% 2006 44% 47% 37% 2007 43% 45% 31% 2008 46% 47% 34% 2009 50% 53% 31% 2010 44% 54% 42% 2011 43% 46% 31% 2012 45% 50% 38% 2013 43% 45% 35% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2014 44% 36% 39% 2015 38% 41% 34% 2016 35% 41% 2017 26% 38% 2018 37% 36% 39% 12

Sussex 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 11 th Grade 9% 5% 6% 4% 6% 7% 7% 6% 6% 6% 4% 4% 2% 3% 6% 4% 3% 1% 8 th Grade 3% 2% 3% 3% 4% 4% 5% 5% 4% 3% 2% 5% 4% 2% 2% 1% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 13

Sussex 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% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 2007 4% 1% 2008 1% 2% Note: Question was first asked in 2007 2009 3% 1% 2010 2% 1% 2011 1% 1% 2012 1% 0% 2013 1% 1% 2014 1% 0% 2015 1% 0% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2016 1% 0% 2017 1% 0% 2018 0% 0% 14

Sussex County Students' self reported downer 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 5% 4% 4% 6% 5% 6% 2% 3% 4% 4% 5% 5% 3% 3% 3% 2% 3% 1% 3% 2% 8 th Grade 2% 2% 2% 3% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 0% 0% 1% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 15

Sussex 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 11 th Grade 12% 9% 7% 4% 4% 5% 4% 4% 3% 3% 3% 4% 4% 8 th Grade 5% 4% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 16

Sussex 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% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 8 th Grade 1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 2% 1% 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 17

Sussex County Students' self reported crack or cocaine use in the past year by grade, 2005 -Present 14% 12% 10% 8% 11 th Grade 6% 8 th Grade 4% 2% 0% 2005 11 th Grade 4% 8 th Grade 3% 2006 6% 3% Note: Question first asked in 2005 2007 4% 2% 2008 3% 2% 2009 3% 2% 2010 3% 1% 2011 2% 1% 2012 3% 1% 2013 2% 1% 2014 1% 1% 2015 2% 2% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2016 1% 1% 2017 2% 0% 2018 1% 1% 18

Sussex County Students' self reported pain killer use in the past year by grade 18% 16% 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 11 th Grade 16% 13% 14% 12% 14% 13% 12% 14% 11% 10% 8% 7% 3% 4% 3% 8 th Grade 8% 6% 7% 8% 6% 4% 5% 6% 4% 4% 5% 3% 2% 2% 3% Note: Question first asked in 2002 Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 19

Sussex 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 0% 0% 2009 0% 0% 2010 1% 1% 2011 1% 1% 2012 1% 0% 2013 0% 1% 2014 0% 0% 2015 1% 0% 2016 1% 0% 2017 2% 0% 2018 0% 0% Note: Question first asked in 2008 Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 20

Sussex County Students' self reported ADHD medicine 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 5 th Grade 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 11 th Grade 3% 4% 4% 4% 5% 5% 3% 4% 2% 2% 2% 8 th Grade 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 1% 5 th Grade 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% Note: Question first asked in 2002 and 2003 for 5 th graders Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 21

Sussex 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 5 th Grade 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% 11 th Grade 8 th Grade 5 th Grade 2008 9% 8% 1% 2009 9% 8% 2% 2010 7% 6% 1% 2011 9% 7% 2% 2012 9% 7% 1% 2013 6% 6% 1% 2014 5% 5% 1% 2015 6% 4% 2% 2016 5% 5% 1% Sussex County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018 2017 6% 4% 1% 2018 5% 4% 1% 22