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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)