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Median age of first alcohol use among U.S. youth 1991-2015

Average age youths in the U.S. aged 12 to 20 years first drank alcohol from 1991 to 2015

The data displays the average age youths aged 12 to 20 years first drank alcohol in the United States from 1991 to 2015. In the period 2013 to 2015, on average those aged 12 to 20 years first drank alcohol when they were 14.64 years old.

2013–2015	14.64
2012–2014	14.56
2011–2013	14.47
2010–2012	14.4
2009–2011	14.35
2008–2010	14.29
2007–2009	14.22
2006–2008	14.14
2005–2007	14.06
2004–2006	13.97
2003–2005	13.9
2002–2004	13.85
2001–2003	13.82
2000–2002	13.81
1999–2001	13.81
1998–2000	13.88
1997–1999	13.91
1996–1998	13.94
1995–1997	13.85
1994–1996	13.8
1993–1995	13.76
1992–1994	13.76
1991–1993	13.65

Median age of first alcohol use among U.S. youth 1991-2015

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