Global School-based Student Health Survey 
Jamaica
2010 Fact Sheet
| Results for Students Aged 13-15 Years | Total | Boys | Girls |
| Alcohol Use | |||
| Percentage of students who drank at least one drink containing alcohol on one or more of the past 30 days | 52.5 (48.2-56.9) |
57.8 (53.3-62.3) |
47.1 (41.0-53.2) |
| Among students who had a drink of alcohol (other than a few sips), the percentage who had their first drink of alcohol before age 14 years | 80.2 (74.4-85.0) |
84.6 (81.7-87.1) |
74.3 (63.4-82.9) |
| Percentage of students who drank so much alcohol that they were really drunk one or more times during their life | 35.3 (28.4-42.8) |
43.5 (35.9-51.5) |
27.0 (20.1-35.4) |
| Drug Use | |||
| Among students who ever used drugs, the percentage who first used drugs before age 14 years | 79.9 (74.0-84.7) |
77.0 (69.9-82.8) |
85.7 (73.1-92.9) |
| Protective Factors | |||
| Percentage of students who missed classes or school without permission on one or more of the past 30 days | 38.3 (30.5-46.7) |
41.3 (33.0-50.1) |
34.9 (27.2-43.5) |
| Percentage of students whose parents or guardians understood their problems and worries most of the time or always during the past 30 days | 31.9 (27.2-37.1) |
31.7 (26.4-37.6) |
32.2 (21.6-45.1) |
| Percentage of students whose parents or guardians really knew what they were doing with their free time most of the time or always during the past 30 days | 40.4 (36.3-44.6) |
37.6 (33.4-42.0) |
43.6 (35.8-51.8) |
| Violence and Unintentional Injury | |||
| Percentage of students who were in a physical fight one or more times during the past 12 months | 50.1 (42.9-57.2) |
60.5 (52.9-67.5) |
39.2 (31.8-47.1) |
| Percentage of students who were seriously injured one or more times during the past 12 months | 59.6 (52.1-66.8) |
63.7 (55.5-71.1) |
55.4 (46.7-63.8) |
| Percentage of students who were bullied on one or more days during the past 30 days | 40.2 (34.5-46.1) |
40.3 (33.5-47.6) |
39.1 (32.0-46.6) |