1. Delaware School Survey County Trend Charts New Castle County
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
University of Delaware

2. Summary of the Delaware School Survey (DSS)
The DSS is an annual survey of 5th, 8th, and 11th grade public school students in Delaware. The survey is used to estimate​ students attitudes and experiences with tobacco, drugs, alcohol, bullying, depression, and a variety of issues facing Delaware's youth. 
2018 New Castle County sample size was:
5th Grade – 3,561 students
8th Grade- 3,134 students
11th Grade- 2,415 students
New Castle County
Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

3. New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported alcohol use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999-Present
New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

4. New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported binge alcohol use in the past two weeks by grade, 1999-Present
Note: Measured by “Had 3 alcoholic drinks or more in a row in past 2 weeks”
New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

5. New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' perceived "great risk"” of alcohol use by grade, 1999-Present
Note: Question was not asked in 2018
New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

6. New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' perceived "great risk" of binge alcohol use by grade, 1999-Present
New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

7. New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported cigarette use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999-Present
New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

8. New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
Perceived “great risk” in Smoking a Pack of Cigarettes Daily, by grade, 1999-Present
Note: Answer option is “a lot of risk”
and not great risk for 5th graders
New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

9. New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported marijuana use in the past 30 days by grade, 1999-Present
New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

10. New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' perceived "great risk" in smoking marijuana regularly by grade, 1999-Present
Note: Answer option is “a lot of risk”
and not great risk for 5th graders
New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

11. New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' reporting feeling safe in school by grade, 1999-Present
New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

12. New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' reporting fighting/ violence is a problem in school by grade, 1999-Present
New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

13. New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' reporting taking a weapon to school in the past year by grade, 1999-Present
Use the variable takewep NOT WEAPON
New Castle County Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

14. Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported prescription upper use in the past year by grade, 2007-Present
New Castle County
Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

15. Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported downer use in the past year by grade, 1999-Present
New Castle County
Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

16. Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported hallucinogen use in the past year by grade, 1999-Present
New Castle County
Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

17. Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported heroin use in the past year by grade, 1999-Present
New Castle County
Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

18. Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported crack or cocaine use in the past year by grade, 2005-Present
New Castle County
Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

19. Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported pain killer use in the past year by grade, 2002-Present
Note: Question first asked in 2002
New Castle County
Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

20. Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported steroid use in the past year by grade, 2008-Present
Note: Question first asked in 2008
New Castle County
Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

21. Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported ADHD medicine use in the past year by grade, 2002-Present
Note: Question first asked in 2002 and 2003 for 5th graders
New Castle County
Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018

22. Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018
New Castle County students' self reported over the counter drugs use in the past year by grade, 2008-Present
New Castle County
Center for Drug & Health Studies, 2018