title: Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages and Liquor Consumption by Michigan High School Students, 2011.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Excessive alcohol consumption was responsible for approximately 4,300 annual deaths in the United States among people younger than 21 from 2006 through 2010. Underage drinking cost the United States $24.6 billion in 2006. Previous studies have shown that liquor is the most common type of alcohol consumed by high school students. However, little is known about the types of liquor consumed by youth or about the mixing of alcohol with energy drinks.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 2011 Michigan Youth Tobacco Survey was used to assess usual alcohol beverage consumption and liquor consumption and the mixing of alcohol with energy drinks by Michigan high school students. Beverage preferences were analyzed by demographic characteristics and drinking patterns.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 34.2% of Michigan high school students consumed alcohol in the past month, and 20.8% reported binge drinking. Among current drinkers, liquor was the most common type of alcohol consumed (51.2%), and vodka was the most prevalent type of liquor consumed by those who drank liquor (53.0%). The prevalence of liquor consumption was similar among binge drinkers and nonbinge drinkers, but binge drinkers who drank liquor were significantly more likely than nonbinge drinkers to consume vodka and to mix alcohol with energy drinks (49.0% vs 18.2%, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Liquor is the most common type of alcoholic beverage consumed by Michigan high school students; vodka is the most common type of liquor consumed. Mixing alcohol and energy drinks is common, particularly among binge drinkers. Community Guide strategies for reducing excessive drinking (eg, increasing alcohol taxes) can reduce underage drinking.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Disease Control, Prevention and Epidemiology, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, Michigan.
authors.forename: Katherine R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Disease Control, Prevention and Epidemiology, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, Michigan.
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Largo
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Disease Control, Prevention and Epidemiology, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, Michigan.
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS F-78, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717. E-mail: dkanny@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: Dafna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kanny
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Program, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Brewer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D061215:Energy Drinks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires