Underage Drinking in Fort Worth

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Underage Drinking in Fort Worth

• Rita McWaters

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Project Facts

• Project to collect data by age month
• 8 hours over 1 month
• Most data provided was annual
• Missing
• Crimes committed under influence
• Data from one area hospital

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DWI Arrests in Fort Worth 1999-2004 (Ages 10-17)
Source Fort Worth Police Department
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Juvenile Alcohol Related Arrests in Tarrant
County
Source Tarrant County Challenge from the Texas
Department of Public Safety
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Alcohol Related Vehicular Fatalities (Ages
11-18)
Source National Center for Statistics and
Analysis, Information Services Branch
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Emergency Room Admissions Related to Alcohol
(Ages 12-17)
Source Harris Methodist Hospital
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Deaths Related to Alcoholin Fort Worth

• From 1999 to 2003, there were no deaths (ages 12
  to 17) associated with
• Mental and behavioral disorders due to use of
  alcohol
• Alcoholic cardiomyopathy, gastritis
• Alcoholic Alcoholic fatty liver, cirrhosis of
  liver
• Finding of alcohol in blood
• Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol
• Intentional self-poisoning (suicide) by and
  exposure to alcohol
• Poisoning by exposure to alcohol, undetermined
  intent
• There were no records with alcohol use listed as
  a contributing factor in the death of individuals
  12-17.

Source City of Fort Worth Public Health
Department
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United Way of Tarrant County

• 2005 Community Assessment Highlights

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Methodology

• Community Leader Survey
• Community level perspective 415 key informants
• Perceptions of health and social service issues
• Precision of /- 3.8 at 95 level of confidence
• Household Survey
• Household level perspective 4,710 households
• Prevalence of issues
• Administered by mail phone 2 versions
• Precision of /- 1.5 at 95 level of confidence
• Secondary Sources
• Comparison data
• 300 primary data points from 60 subject areas
• Sources include government organizations, service
  providers, support organizations, etc.

Source ETC Institute 2005
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Source ETC Institute 2005
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Source ETC Institute 2005
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Source ETC Institute 2005
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Source ETC Institute 2005
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Source Tarrant County Challenge from Mental
Health and Mental Retardation of Tarrant County,
Addiction Services
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Source Tarrant County Challenge from Mental
Health and Mental Retardation of Tarrant County,
Addiction Services
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Source Tarrant County Challenge from the Public
Policy Research Institute, Texas AM University
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Source Tarrant County Challenge from the Public
Policy Research Institute, Texas AM University