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Table 55 shows the percentage of high school students in Indian River and Florida in 2004-2014, who <br /> reported alcohol use. Similar to middle school students, the rate of high school students in Indian River <br /> and Florida who reported using alcohol in the past 30 days decreased from 2004 to 2014. In 2014, the <br /> rate in Florida (28.4%) was slightly lower than Indian River (31.8%). Indian River had a decrease of 9.2 <br /> percentage points while Florida had a decrease of 15.4 percentage points the time period shown. <br /> Table S5:High School Students Who Report Having Used Alcohol in the Past 30 days,2004-2014 <br /> 2004 2006 - 2008 2010 2012 2014 <br /> Florida 42.0% 41.8% 39.5% 38.0% 33.9% 28.4% <br /> Indian River 47.2% 46.4% 48.3% 41.3% 35.7% 31.8% <br /> Source:FloridaCHARTS,Youth Risk Substance Abuse Survey,2014 <br /> Compiled by:Health Council of Southeast Florida,2014 <br /> Table 56 shows the percentage of high school students in Indian River and Florida who reported binge <br /> drinking in Indian River County and Florida from 2004 through 2014. This percentage represents the <br /> number of students reporting having 5 or more drinks in a row in the past 2 weeks. Both the county <br /> and state rates decreased in the time period shown, however, Indian River had a greater percentage <br /> point decrease, 10.2, versus 8.3 in Florida. However, in 2014 the rate in Indian River(14.9%)was still <br /> higher than in Florida (13.7%). <br /> Table 56:High School Students Reporting Binge Drinking,2004-2014 <br /> 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 <br /> Florida 22.0% 23.0% 21.5% 19.6% 16.4% 13.7% <br /> Indian River 25.1% 27.5% 28.7% 20.6% 16.9% 14.9% <br /> Source:FloridaCHARTS,Youth Risk Substance Abuse Survey,2014 <br /> Compiled by:Health Council of Southeast Florida,2015 <br /> 47 <br /> 2F- <br />