Region 5
Students Reporting Frequency of Drinking Hard Liquor
Source: School Climate Survey
Grade 6 2000 2002 2004 2006
Never 97% 98% 95% 97%
Some 2% 2% 4% 3%
Monthly 1% 0% 0% 0%
Weekly 0% 0% 0% 0%
Daily 0% 0% 0% 0%
Grade 8 2000 2002 2004 2006
Never 82% 83% 84% 78%
Some 12% 14% 11% 16%
Monthly 4% 2% 2% 4%
Weekly 2% 1% 2% 1%
Daily 1% 0% 0% 1%
Grade 10 2000 2002 2004 2006
Never 55% 61% 61% 57%
Some 27% 25% 23% 26%
Monthly 11% 8% 10% 10%
Weekly 5% 5% 5% 6%
Daily 2% 1% 2% 1%
Grade 12 2000 2002 2004 2006
Never 42% 47% 50% 49%
Some 32% 28% 28% 30%
Monthly 15% 14% 14% 11%
Weekly 9% 10% 6% 9%
Daily 1% 1% 2% 1%
*Measured for use in past 30 days
*Data is only for grades 6, 8, 10, and 12.  Comparing Health and Welfare Regions to School Regions, H&W regions 3 and 4 are combined to make region 3 for school regions. 
Thus region 3 & 4 are same data when comparing data to State regions.
*Never=never used in lifetime
*Some=used at least once in lifetime
*Monthly=used about once a month (or at least 6 times) in last 12 months
*Weekly=used about once a week (or at least 3 times) in last 30 days
*Daily=used about every day (or at least 5 times a week) in last 30 days