Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey


Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey, State Total - 2023
Listing of Indicators for the Selected YearOverall
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
High School Students Who Have Experienced at Least One Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) (FYSAS)64 (62.1 - 65.9)
High School Students Who Lived With an Incarcerated Household Member (FYSAS)19.9 (18.4 - 21.5)
High School Students Who Experienced Physical Neglect (FYSAS)6.4 (5.4 - 7.4)
High School Students Who Experienced Emotional Neglect (FYSAS)26.5 (24.8 - 28.2)
High School Students Who Have Experienced Four or More Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) (FYSAS)18.4 (16.9 - 19.9)
High School Students Who Experienced Emotional Abuse (FYSAS)15.5 (14.1 - 16.9)
High School Students Who Experienced Physical Abuse (FYSAS)9.4 (8.3 - 10.5)
High School Students Who Experienced Sexual Abuse (FYSAS)5 (4.1 - 5.8)
High School Students Whose Parents Are Separated or Divorced (FYSAS)35.4 (33.5 - 37.2)
High School Students Who Experienced Physical Abuse in Their Household (FYSAS)7 (6.1 - 8)
High School Students Who Experienced Substance Abuse in Their Household (FYSAS)21.3 (19.8 - 22.9)
High School Students Who Experienced Mental Illness in Their Household (FYSAS)30.1 (28.3 - 31.9)
Antisocial Behaviors
Students Who Have Attacked Someone With the Idea of Seriously Hurting Them in the Past 12 Months (FYSAS)6.2 (5.6 - 6.8)
Students Who Have Been Arrested in the Past 12 Months (FYSAS)1.5 (1.2 - 1.8)
Students Who Have Been Suspended From School in the Past 12 Months (FYSAS)11.8 (11 - 12.6)
Students Who Have Carried a Handgun in the Past 12 Months (FYSAS)4.8 (4.2 - 5.3)
Students Who Have Taken a Handgun to School in the Past 12 Months (FYSAS)0.5 (0.3 - 0.7)
Students Who Have Sold Illegal Drugs in the Past 12 Months (FYSAS)1.8 (1.4 - 2.1)
Students Who Have Stolen or Tried to Steal a Motor Vehicle in the Past 12 Months (FYSAS)1 (0.8 - 1.3)
Attitudes Towards Antisocial Behaviors
Students Who Think It Is Wrong for Someone Their Age to Take a Handgun to School (FYSAS)98 (97.6 - 98.3)
Students Who Think It Is Wrong for Someone Their Age to Steal Anything Worth More Than $5 (FYSAS)80.3 (79.3 - 81.3)
Students Who Think It Is Wrong for Someone Their Age to Pick a Fight With Someone (FYSAS)72.5 (71.4 - 73.6)
Students Who Think It Is Wrong for Someone Their Age to Attack Someone With the Idea of Seriously Hurting Them (FYSAS)91.4 (90.8 - 92.1)
Students Who Think It Is Wrong for Someone Their Age to Stay Away From School All Day When Their Parents Think They Are at School (FYSAS)78.8 (77.7 - 79.8)
Attitudes Towards Substance Use
Students Who Think It is Wrong for Someone Their Age to Drink Beer, Wine or Hard Liquor Regularly (FYSAS)82.7 (81.7 - 83.6)
Students Who Think It is Wrong for Someone Their Age to Smoke Cigarettes (FYSAS)93.5 (92.9 - 94.2)
Students Who Think It is Wrong for Someone Their Age to Smoke Marijuana (FYSAS)81.7 (80.7 - 82.7)
Students Who Think It is Wrong for Someone Their Age to Vape Nicotine (FYSAS)88.7 (87.9 - 89.4)
Students Who Think It is Wrong for Someone Their Age to Vape Marijuana (FYSAS)86 (85.2 - 86.9)
Students Who Think It is Wrong for Someone Their Age to Use LSD, Cocaine, Amphetamines or Another Illegal Drug (FYSAS)96.8 (96.3 - 97.2)
Students Whose Friends Feel It Would Be Wrong for Them to Have One or Two Drinks of an Alcoholic Beverage Nearly Every Day (FYSAS)89.7 (88.9 - 90.5)
Students Whose Friends Feel It Would Be Wrong for Them to Smoke Tobacco (FYSAS)91.8 (91.1 - 92.5)
Students Whose Friends Feel It Would Be Wrong for Them to Smoke Marijuana (FYSAS)80.5 (79.5 - 81.6)
Students Whose Friends Feel It Would Be Wrong for Them to Vape Nicotine (FYSAS)84.2 (83.3 - 85.1)
Students Whose Friends Feel It Would Be Wrong for Them to Vape Marijuana (FYSAS)83 (82 - 84)
Students Whose Friends Feel It Would Be Wrong for Them to Use Prescription Drugs Not Prescribed to Them (FYSAS)94.7 (94.1 - 95.2)
Students Who Have Ever Heard the Prevention Message 'One Pill Can Kill' (FYSAS)32.9 (31.7 - 34.1)
Bullying
Students Who Have Ever Skipped School Because Someone Was Bullying Them (FYSAS)9 (8.4 - 9.7)
Students Who Have Had Someone Hit, Kick, Shove Them, Cause Them Physical Harm/Injury or Taken Their Money or Belongings (FYSAS)34.7 (33.6 - 35.9)
Students Who Have Been Taunted, Teased, Experienced Name-Calling or Been Excluded or Ignored By Others in a Mean Way (FYSAS)58.3 (57.1 - 59.5)
Students Who Have Ever Been the Victim of Cyber-Bullying (FYSAS)29.8 (28.7 - 30.9)
Students Who Have Repeatedly Hit, Kicked, or Shoved Someone, Caused Someone Physical Harm/Injury or Taken Someone'S Money or Belongings Without Their Permission (FYSAS)17.3 (16.5 - 18.2)
Students Who Have Repeatedly Taunted, Teased, Name Called, Excluded or Ignored Another Person in a Mean Way (FYSAS)30.7 (29.6 - 31.8)
Students Who Have Ever Cyber-Bullied Others (FYSAS)12.7 (11.9 - 13.5)
Depressive Symptoms
Students Who Agree With the Statement 'Sometimes I Think That Life Is Not Worth It' (FYSAS)30.2 (29.1 - 31.4)
Students Who Agree With the Statement 'At Times I Think I Am No Good at All' (FYSAS)42.4 (41.2 - 43.6)
Students Who Agree With the Statement 'All in All, I am Inclined to Think That I am a Failure' (FYSAS)29.4 (28.3 - 30.6)
Students Who Have Felt Depressed or Sad on Most Days (FYSAS)43.7 (42.5 - 45)
Students Who Felt Sad or Hopeless (FYSAS)32.4 (31.2 - 33.6)
Students Who Seriously Considered Attempting Suicide (FYSAS)14.4 (13.5 - 15.3)
Students Who Made a Plan About How They Would Attempt Suicide (FYSAS)12.3 (11.5 - 13.2)
Students Who Attempted Suicide (FYSAS)8.1 (7.4 - 8.7)
Students Who Would Call 988 if Feeling Overwhelmed, Upset, or Suicidal (FYSAS)56.1 (54.8 - 57.3)
Other Health Topics
Students Who Got Eight or More Hours of Sleep (FYSAS)57 (55.7 - 58.3)
Risk Behaviors
High School Students Who Have Ridden in a Car or Vehicle Driven by Someone Who Had Been Drinking Alcohol in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)11.2 (10 - 12.4)
High School Students Who Have Driven a Car or Other Vehicle When They Had Been Drinking Alcohol in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)2.4 (1.8 - 3)
High School Students Who Have Ridden in a Car or Other Vehicle by Someone Who Had Been Using Marijuana (FYSAS)14.9 (13.6 - 16.2)
High School Students Who Have Driven a Car or Other Vehicle When They Had Been Using Marijuana (FYSAS)4.7 (3.9 - 5.5)
Substance Use
Students Who Have Ever Drank Alcohol (FYSAS)28.2 (27 - 29.3)
Students Who Have Drank Alcohol in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)11 (10.1 - 11.8)
High School Students Who First Had More Than Sip or Two of Beer, Wine, or Hard Liquor at Age 13 or Younger (FYSAS)12.5 (11.3 - 13.7)
High School Students Who Started Drinking Alcoholic Beverages Regularly (at Least Once or Twice a Month) at Age 13 or Younger (FYSAS)2.1 (1.6 - 2.7)
Students Who Engaged in Binge Drinking (FYSAS)4.8 (4.2 - 5.4)
High School Students Who Have Ever Blacked Out (FYSAS)8.4 (7.3 - 9.4)
Students Who Have Ever Used Marijuana or Hashish (FYSAS)14.2 (13.2 - 15.1)
Students Who Have Used Marijuana or Hashish in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)7.4 (6.7 - 8.1)
Students Who Have Ever Vaped Marijuana (FYSAS)11.8 (11 - 12.6)
Students Who Have Vaped Marijuana in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)6 (5.4 - 6.7)
High School Students Who First Smoked Marijuana at Age 13 or Younger (FYSAS)4.8 (4 - 5.6)
High School Students Who First Vaped Marijuana at Age 13 or Younger (FYSAS)3.5 (2.9 - 4.2)
High School Students Who Have Ever Used Synthetic Marijuana (FYSAS)2.6 (2 - 3.2)
High School Students Who Have Used Synthetic Marijuana in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)1.1 (0.7 - 1.6)
Students Who Have Ever Used Inhalants (FYSAS)5.3 (4.7 - 5.8)
Students Who Have Used Inhalants in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)1.5 (1.2 - 1.8)
Students Who Have Ever Used Club Drugs (FYSAS)0.8 (0.6 - 1)
Students Who Have Used Club Drugs in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)0.3 (0.2 - 0.5)
Students Who Have Ever Used Methamphetamine (FYSAS)0.6 (0.4 - 0.8)
Students Who Have Used Methamphetamine in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)0.4 (0.2 - 0.5)
Students Who Have Ever Used Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), Phencyclidine (PCP), or Hallucinogenic Mushrooms (FYSAS)2.1 (1.7 - 2.5)
Students Who Have Ever Used Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), Phencyclidine (PCP), or Hallucinogenic Mushrooms in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)0.7 (0.5 - 0.9)
Students Who Have Ever Used Cocaine or Crack Cocaine (FYSAS)0.7 (0.5 - 1)
Students Who Have Used Cocaine or Crack Cocaine in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)0.3 (0.2 - 0.5)
Students Who Have Ever Used Prescription Depressants or Tranquilizers Without a Doctor's Orders (FYSAS)1.9 (1.5 - 2.2)
Students Who Have Used Prescription Depressants or Tranquilizers Without a Doctor's Orders in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)0.6 (0.4 - 0.8)
Students Who Have Ever Used Prescription Pain Relievers Without a Doctor's Orders (FYSAS)2.4 (2 - 2.8)
Students Who Have Used Prescription Pain Relievers Without a Doctor's Orders in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)0.9 (0.7 - 1.2)
Students Who Have Ever Used Over-the-Counter Drugs to Get High (FYSAS)2.5 (2.1 - 2.9)
Students Who Have Used Over-the Counter Drugs to Get High in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)0.8 (0.6 - 1)
Students Who Have Ever Used Prescription Amphetamines Without a Doctor's Orders (FYSAS)2.3 (1.9 - 2.7)
Students Who Have Used Prescription Amphetamines Without a Doctor's Orders in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)0.8 (0.5 - 1)
Students Who Have Ever Used Heroin (FYSAS)0.3 (0.1 - 0.4)
Students Who Have Used Heroin in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)0.2 (0.1 - 0.3)
High School Students Who Have Ever Used a Needle to Inject Any Illegal Drug Into Their Body (FYSAS)0.7 (0.4 - 1.1)
High School Students Who Have Heard of Delta-8 THC or Delta-10 THC (FYSAS)28.7 (26.9 - 30.5)
High School Students Who Have Ever Used Delta-8 THC or Delta-10 THC (FYSAS)9.5 (8.3 - 10.6)
Tobacco Use
Students Who Ever Smoked Cigarettes (FYSAS)5.8 (5.2 - 6.4)
Students Who Smoked Cigarettes in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)1.2 (1 - 1.5)
Students Who Ever Vaped Nicotine (FYSAS)16.6 (15.7 - 17.6)
Students Who Vaped Nicotine in the Past 30 Days (FYSAS)7.8 (7.1 - 8.5)
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Data Note(s)

Data Source: Florida Department of Health, Division of Community Health Promotion, Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSAS).

  • Prevalence is excluded (blank cells or missing years of data) from the tables for any subpopulation with a sample size less than 30, which would yield statistically unreliable estimates. Prevalence is also excluded for years when the survey question was not asked or for counties and subpopulations where data was not weighted due to low participation rate. Trend lines may be suppressed for certain subpopulations if data is excluded.

  • Confidence intervals – Because the FYSAS is a survey and all estimates of prevalence are subject to random sample errors, we include 95% confidence intervals with each prevalence (%) in the tables. The confidence interval ranges appear below the prevalence estimates in parentheses.

  • Chart will display if there are at least three years of data.

  • Quartiles are calculated when data is available for at least 51 counties.

  • This is primary, quantitative data.