The estimated odds of attaining the milestones for Black and Hispanic youth were lower than the odds for White youth. The odds ratio for first drink for Blacks was 0.43 (95% CI:0.39,0.48) and the odds ratio for Hispanics was 0.68 (95% CI:0.61,0.76). For getting drunk, OR=0.44 (95% CI:0.39,0.50) for Blacks and OR=0.63 (95% CI:0.56,0.72) for Hispanics, and for monthly drinking, OR=0.76 (95% CI:0.67,0.86) for Blacks. For weekly HED, OR=0.57 (95% CI:0.48,0.68) for Blacks and OR=0.82 (95% CI:0.70,0.97). There was no race difference in the odds of HED on a daily basis.