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Show Summary of data from the 1997 national YRBS Among high school students nationwide: Behaviors that contribute to unintentional and intentional injuries • 19.3% rarely or never used seat belts when riding in a car. • 88.4% of students who had ridden a bicycle during the past year, rarely or never wore a bicycle helmet. • 36.6% rode with a driver in the past month who had been drinking alcohol. • 18.3% carried a weapon during the past month. • 36.6% were in a physical fight during the past year. • 7.7% attempted suicide during the past year. Tobacco use • 36.4% smoked cigarettes during the past month. • 16.7% smoked cigarettes on 20 or more days during the past month. • 9.3% used smokeless tobacco during the past month. Alcohol and other drug use • 50.8% had at least one drink of alcohol during the past month. • 33.4% had five or more drinks of alcohol on at least one occasion during the past month. • 26.2% used marijuana during the past month. • 3.3% used cocaine during the past month. • 16.0% used inhalants during their lifetime. Sexual behaviors • 48.4% had sexual intercourse during their lifetime. • 16.0% had sexual intercourse with four or more partners during their lifetime. • 34.8% had sexual intercourse during the past three months. • 56.8% of sexually active students used a condom at last sexual intercourse. • 16.6% of sexually active students used birth control pills at last sexual intercourse. Dietary behaviors • 29.3% ate five or more servings of fruits and vegetables during the past day. • 4.5% took laxatives or vomited to lose weight during the past month. • 4.9% had taken diet pills to lose weight during the past month. Physical activity • 63.8% did vigorous physical activity three or more days during the past week. • 20.4% did moderate physical activity five or more days during the past week. • 48.8% were enrolled in physical education class. • 27.4% attended physical education class daily. 9 Centers for Disease Control, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance -- United States 1997. [Online] Available <http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/fact/youthrisk.htm>. 97 |
