A new report from the Centers for Disease Control shows that drinking among high school students is on the decline.

According to a 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, about three in 10 high schoolers drank any alcohol in the 30 days leading up to the survey. This represents a 40% proportional decrease from the highest number, recorded in 1995, according to a Responsibility.org news release.

In addition, the survey found less than 14% of high school students reported binge drinking over that 30-day span. Results also showed that most students are not driving after consuming alcohol or riding in cars with drinking drivers. Just 5% of survey respondents who drove in the last month report they drove after consuming alcohol. Fewer than one in six said they had ridden with a drinking driver in the 30 days before the survey.

Other key findings include:

• Underage drinking is higher among female high school students (32%) than among their male peers (26%), and White students report higher levels of consumption compared to their Hispanic and Black peers (34%, 28%, and 17%, respectively).
• Binge drinking among high school students did not change between 2017 and 2019. However, the prevalence of students who reported they consumed 10 or more drinks in a row on a single occasion in the past month decreased significantly – down nearly 50 percent, proportionally, from a high of 6.1 in 2013 to a record low 3.1 in 2019.
• Among students who report drinking in the past month, 41 percent of students report someone else gave them the alcohol they drank. The source of alcohol consumed by high school students has remained unchanged between 2007 and 2019.
• About 15 percent of high school students report they first consumed alcohol before the age of 13. The trend in early onset consumption has been declining since 1991, down 54%, proportionally, from nearly 33%.