Results indicate that the prevalence of the adolescents’ participation in various risky behaviors is high. The prevalence of their participation in various alcohol-related risky behaviors is higher, or almost identical, when compared with those in the YRBS. It may be this design, administering the interview to the adolescents via telephone, captures those (i.e., dropouts, those absent from school the day of the survey, and those attending alternative schools) omitted from the in-school design of the YRBS, who may have a higher prevalence of participating in the behaviors. Binge drinking was a common activity among the drinkers in this research, with a prevalence of 66%, but even more cause for concern is the prevalence among those who reported ever binge drinking (96%).
