title: Prevalence and correlates of street racing among Ontario high school students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the prevalence and correlates of street racing among adolescents derived from the 2009 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS), an epidemiological survey of students in Ontario, Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  The key response variable, self-reported street racing in past year, was examined in relation to grade level, rural/urban, school marks, cannabis use, drinking and driving, cannabis use and driving, and property, physical, drugs, and weapons delinquencies. All survey estimates were weighted, and variance and statistical tests were corrected for the complex sampling design.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 3053 9th- to 12th-graders (66% response rate), 5.6 percent of high-schoolers (an estimated 42,000 in the province) and (20.4% of grade 11 and 12 students with an advanced-level or full license) reported driving a car, truck, or sport utility vehicle (SUV) in a street race in the 12 months before the survey. Logistic regression analysis of the advanced-level or fully licensed students in grades 11 and 12 found that males compared to females and students in grade 11 compared to students in grade 12 had significantly higher adjusted odds of street racing. Supportive of problem behavior theory, students who reported property and drug delinquencies compared to students not engaging in these delinquencies also had significantly higher adjusted odds of street racing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This first population-based study in North America suggested that the prevalence of street racing at 1 in 5 of advanced or fully licensed high-schoolers in grades 11 and 12 poses significant public health concerns, especially related to the potential for unintentional injury.
authors.affiliation: Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. evingili@uwo.ca
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vingilis
authors.forename: Reginald G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Smart
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paglia-Boak
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stoduto
authors.forename: Edward M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Adlaf
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology