substance*use,*misuse*and*abuse*in* sussex*county
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Substance Use, Misuse and Abuse in Sussex County, Delaware and Resources for Preven=on and Treatment: A Brief
Report from Exis=ng Data to DSAMH
Delaware Drug and Alcohol Tracking Alliance (DDATA)
Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies University of Delaware
June, 2012
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Context of Review
• We examined exis=ng data for: – youth from the Delaware School Survey and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
– Adults from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for Delaware
– Adults from Highway Safety and Criminal Jus=ce sta=s=cs
– DDATA count of exis=ng Preven=on and other Programming by Substate planning area
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Overview of Conclusions • In general Sussex County youth and show levels of substance consump=on and consequences similar to those in the other Delaware substate planning areas with the excep=on of cigareTes and alcohol
• For adults, alcohol-‐related consequences are higher in Sussex County
• Despite having a popula=on more than four =mes that of Wilmington, each of Sussex, Kent, and the rest of New Castle County have less than half as many exis=ng preven=on Service agencies as does Wilmington poin=ng to a gap in service availability
• Extensive summary data are included in the Appendix document 2012 Delaware Substate Profile
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Some Youth Specifics • Sussex high school youth report more past month drinking than others in the State
• Sussex high school age youth report more binge drinking than in other parts of the State
• Sussex 11th graders are more likely to report driving while drunk
• Sussex high school youth are more likely to report first drinking before age 13
• Sussex youth are less likely to see a great risk from regular drinking
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More Youth Specifics • Sussex youth are more likely to get someone else to buy alcohol for them
• Sussex youth are more likely to drink at a someone else’s house
• Sussex youth are more likely to drink beer and hard liquor than youth in other parts of the State
• Sussex youth are more likely to have parents or other adults buy alcohol for their par=es and also to have no parents present at par=es
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A Poten=al Correlate of higher drinking among Sussex youth
• Sussex youth are more likely to have had sex than youth in the other coun=es
• Sussex youth are more likely to report mul=ple sexual partners than youth in other coun=es
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Adult Consump=on in Sussex County
• Sussex County adults are less likely to drink than those in New Castle County
• Sussex County Adults are less likely to binge drink than those in New Castle County
• Sussex County adults are as likely to be heavy drinkers as those in New Castle County
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Adult Consequences
• Both Alcohol and Drug arrests for DUI are considerably higher in Sussex than in New Castle or Kent Coun=es per 100,000 pop.
• Alcohol-‐related crashes and fatali=es are much more likely in Kent and Sussex Coun=es than in New Castle County per 100,000 pop.
• Traffic fatali=es are greater in Kent and Sussex Coun=es, while traffic-‐related injuries are greater in New Castle County per 100,000 pop.
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Poten=al Correlate of Alcohol use in Sussex and Kent Coun=es
• There are higher rates of drug and narco=c offenses in Sussex and Kent Coun=es compared to New Castle County
• The rate of Type A offenses (violent) is increasing most sharply in Sussex, next in Kent, and slowest in New Castle County. The rate of increase in Sussex is 5 =mes the rate in New Castle County
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Exis=ng Preven=on Resources
• There are more than twice as many exis=ng agencies providing preven=on services in Wilmington, as compared to each of the rest of New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County
• This is true even though the popula=on of Wilmington is one-‐fourth or less than that of the other three Substate planning areas
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Suppor=ng Data • Youth • Adults – Alcohol Consump=on – DUIs – Car Crashes, Fatali=es, Injuries, Damage – Crime Increases
• Exis=ng Preven=on Programming
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Percent of Delaware High School Students Self-‐Repor=ng Alcohol Use in
the Past 30 Days
40% 40%
47%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Source: 2011 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Percent of 11th Grade Delaware Students Self-‐repor=ng Alcohol Use in
the Past 30 Days
32%
37% 39%
35%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Wilmington Source: 2011 Delaware School Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Percent of 11th Grade Delaware Students Self-‐repor=ng Binge Alcohol
Use in the Past 30 Days
19% 21%
24%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Source: 2011 Delaware School Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Percent of Delaware High School Students Self-‐repor=ng Binge Alcohol
Use in the Past 30 Days
21%
26% 30%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
New Castle Kent Sussex Source: 2011 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Delaware 11th Grade Students Who Report Driving Drunk
4
5
6
4
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Wilmington
Source: 2011 Delaware School Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Percent of Delaware High School Students Self-‐repor=ng Alcohol Use
Before the Age of 13
20% 20% 23%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
New Castle Kent Sussex Source: 2011 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Percent of Delaware High School Students Self-‐repor=ng Perceiving Great Risk in Drinking Alcohol Daily
37% 34%
31%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
New Castle Kent Sussex
Source: 2011 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Delaware High School Students Who Report Giving Someone Money to Buy
Alcohol For Them
10
12
16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County
Source: 2011 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Delaware High School Students Who Report They Drank at Someone Else’s House
22 22
31
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County
Source: 2011 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Delaware High School Students Report Types of Alcohol Drunk
6 8
10
21
18
25
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County
Beer
Liquor
Source: 2011 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Delaware 11th Grade Students Report Sources of Alcohol
17
22 26
13
37 38 40
31
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
New Castle County
Kent County Sussex County
Wilmington
Party Where Parents Bought Alcohol for Teens
Party with Alcohol/ No Parents Present
Someone Over 21 Bought For Them
Source: 2011 Delaware School Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Delaware High School Students Self-‐Report Having Had Sexual Intercourse
61%
54%
62%
50%
52%
54%
56%
58%
60%
62%
64%
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County
Source: 2011 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Delaware High School Students Self-‐Report Having Had Sexual Intercourse
With Four or More Partners
22%
19%
26%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County
Source: 2011 Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey, University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
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Delawareans Self-‐Repor=ng Having Drunk Alcohol in the Past 30 Days
64%
50% 53%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County
Source: 2010 Delaware Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System
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Delawareans Self-‐Repor=ng Binge Drinking
21%
14%
17%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County
Source: 2010 Delaware Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System Note: Binge drinking is defined as five or more drinks at a =me for a male and four or more for a woman
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Delawareans Self-‐Repor=ng Heavy Drinking
6%
4%
6%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County
Source: 2010 Delaware Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System Note: Heavy drinking is defined as more than 2 drinks per day for a male and more than one per day for a female
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Alcohol and Drug DUI Arrests per 100,000 in Popula=on
79.48
153.41
203.91
0.00
50.00
100.00
150.00
200.00
250.00
Alcohl and Drug DUI
New Castle
Kent
Sussex
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Drug DUI Arrests per 100,000 in Popula=on
38.63 47.44
107.03
0.00
20.00
40.00
60.00
80.00
100.00
120.00
Drug DUI
New Castle
Kent
Sussex
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Alcohol DUI Arrests per 100,000 in Popula=on
277.82
490.42
640.14
0.00
100.00
200.00
300.00
400.00
500.00
600.00
700.00
Alcohol DUI
New Castle
Kent
Sussex
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Alcohol-‐Involved Traffic Related Crashes per 100,000 in Popula=on
2.79
6.78
5.58
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
Alcohol Related Crashes
New Castle
Kent
Sussex
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Alcohol-‐Involved Traffic Related Deaths per 100,000 in Popula=on
2.97
6.78 6.09
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
Alcohol Related Deaths
New Castle
Kent
Sussex
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Traffic Related Fatali=es per 100,000 in Popula=on
8.91
14.79 15.72
0.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
12.00
14.00
16.00
18.00
Fatali=es
New Castle
Kent
Sussex
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Traffic Related Injuries per 100,000 in Popula=on
929.28
854.54
816.66
760.00
780.00
800.00
820.00
840.00
860.00
880.00
900.00
920.00
940.00
Fatali=es
New Castle
Kent
Sussex
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Drug and Narco=c Offenses per 100,000 People Received by Police by County
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
New Castle
Kent
Sussex
Source: Crime in Delaware 2003-‐2008 Report prepared by the Office of Management and Budget and Sta=s=cal Analysis Center
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Increases in Group A Offenses 2003-‐2008
4.20%
11%
21.50%
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Note: Group A Offenses include 22 crimes ranging from arson through assault, burglary, vandalism, drug offenses, homicides and forcible sex offenses Source: Crime in Delaware 2003-‐2008 report of Delaware Sta=s=cal Analysis Center hTp://cjc.delaware.gov/sac/publica=ons/documents/crime_in_delaware_2008.pdf
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Distribu=on of Delaware Preven=on, Treatment and Referral Resources
Preven=on Programs are more than twice as likely to exist in Wilmington than in each of the other Substate Planning areas (rest of New Castle County, Kent County, Sussex County)