title: Prevalence of alcohol and drug consumption among adolescents: data analysis of the National Survey of School Health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the prevalence of alcohol and other drugs consumption, among adolescent students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study with conglomerate samples of 60,973 students at freshman year high school in public and private schools in capitals and the Federal District in Brazil, in 2009. The 95% confidence interval and the prevalence of alcohol and drug consumption were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For the set of surveyed students, the following were identified: experimenting alcoholic beverages (71.4%; 95%CI 70.8-72.0); regular alcoholic beverage consumption (27.3%; 95%CI 26.7-28.0); drunkenness in lifetime (22.1%; 95%CI 21.6-22.7); family is worried when the student gets home drunk (93.8%; 95%CI 93.3-94.2); problems with alcohol use (9.0%; 95%CI 8.6-9.4); consumption of other drugs (8.7%; 95%CI 8.3-9.1).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study shows the extension of the alcohol and drugs problem among Brazilian adolescents, with special emphasis on the easy access of students to alcoholic beverages at parties, bars, stores, and at home.
authors: General Coordination of Non-Communicable Diseases (CGDANT), Health Surveillance Secretariat (SVS), Ministry of Health, Brasília (DF), Brazil. deborah.malta@saude.gov.br
authors: Deborah Carvalho
authors: DC
authors: Malta
authors: Márcio Dênis Medeiros
authors: MD
authors: Mascarenhas
authors: Denise Lopes
authors: DL
authors: Porto
authors: Eliane Aparecida
authors: EA
authors: Duarte
authors: Luciana Monteiro
authors: LM
authors: Sardinha
authors: Sandhi Maria
authors: SM
authors: Barreto
authors: Otaliba Libânio
authors: OL
authors: de Morais Neto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*