Purpose: To assess adolescent behavioral health risks.
Years Available: Biennally in odd years starting in 1995 high school, 2007 middle school to 2007
Key Information: Health-risk behaviors in adolescents that contribute to the major causes of death, disease, injury, and social problems among youth including: physical activity, tobacco and drug use, perceptions of violence, sexual orientation and activity.
Data about: Public school students in grades 6 through 12 selected at random who agrees to participate with parental or guardian approval). Similar surveys are conducted nationwide in all states and many major municipalities.
Collection Process: The data are collected through self-administered questionnaires in classrooms.
When Data is Available: About 4-5 months after data is collected.
Software used to store / analyze: SAS
Demographic data: Gender, Age Language Disability Education Level, Race, Hispanic Origin l
Geographic data: State
Legal authority: Centers for Disease Control funding requirement
Reports: /chic/statistics/yrbs.php will provide access to all YRBS related reports published by the Center for Health Data and Analysis.
Data requests ok? Yes
File to share with public? Yes [/data/webquery.php]

Reports

Health Risk Summaries

Older Reports 1997 - 2005