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Alabama

2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Results

Create a fact sheet from selected results. All data taken from the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Group Surveyed: Female Male Total

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Unintentional Injuries and Violence

	%	Rarely or never wore safety belts
	%	Rarely or never wore bicycle helmets
	%	Rarely or never wore motorcycle helmets
	%	Rode with a drinking driver during the past month
	%	Drove after drinking alcohol during the past month
	%	Carried a weapon during the past month
	%	30-Day incidence of weapon-carrying [per 100 students]
	%	Carried a weapon on school property during the past month
	%	Threatened or injured with a weapon on school property during the past month
	%	Carried a gun during the past month
	%	Were in a physical fight during the past year
	%	12-Month incidence of physical fighting [per 100 students]
	%	Engaged in a physical fight on school property during the past year
	%	Were injured in a physical fight during the past year
	%	Did not go to school because of safety concerns during the past month
	%	Had property stolen or deliberately damaged on school property
	%	Were victims of dating violence in the past year
	%	Forced to have sexual intercourse
	%	Felt sad or hopeless
	%	Seriously considered attempting suicide during the past year
	%	Made a suicide plan during the past year
	%	Attempted suicide during the past year
	%	Had a suicide attempt during the past year that required medical attention

Alcohol and Other Drug Use

	%	Ever tried alcohol
	%	Drank alcohol during the past month
	%	Reported episodic heavy drinking during the past month
	%	Drank alcohol before age 13 years
	%	Used alcohol on school property during the past month
	%	Bought alcohol in a store during the past month
	%	Ever used marijuana
	%	Used marijuana during the past month
	%	Tried marijuana before age 13 years
	%	Used marijuana on school property during the past month
	%	Ever used cocaine
	%	Ever used crack or freebase
	%	Used cocaine during the past month
	%	Tried cocaine before age 13 years
	%	Ever used illegal injection-drugs
	%	Ever used inhalants
	%	Used inhalants during the past month
	%	Ever used illegal steroids
	%	Ever used heroin
	%	Ever used methamphetamine
	%	Ever used ecstasy
	%	Ever used other illegal drugs
	%	Offered, sold, or given an illegal drug on school property during the past year

Sexual Behaviors

	%	Ever had sexual intercourse
	%	Ever had four or more sex partners
	%	Had sexual intercourse during the past three months
	%	Had no sexual intercourse during the past three months
	%	Did not use a condom during last sexual intercourse
	%	Did not use birth control pills during last sexual intercourse
	%	Had first sexual intercourse before age 13 years
	%	Used alcohol or drugs before last sexual intercourse
	%	Had been pregnant or gotten someone pregnant
	%	Engaged in responsible sexual behavior
	%	Taught in school about AIDS or HIV infection
	%	Talked about AIDS or HIV infection with parents or other adult family member

Tobacco Use

	%	Ever tried cigarette smoking
	%	Ever smoked ≥ 1 cigarette every day for a month
	%	Smoked cigarettes during the past month
	%	Smoked cigarettes on ≥ 20 days during the past month
	%	Smoked > 10 cigarettes on the days they smoked during the past month
	%	Tried to quit smoking cigarettes during the past year
	%	Purchased cigarettes at a store or gas station during the past month
	%	Were not asked to show proof of age when purchasing cigarettes at a store/gas station
	%	Used smokeless tobacco during the past month
	%	Smoked cigars during the past month
	%	Used some form of tobacco during the past month
	%	Smoked a whole cigarette before age 13 years
	%	Smoked cigarettes on school property during the past month
	%	Used smokeless tobacco on school property during the past month

Dietary Behaviors

	%	Ate < 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day during the past 7 days
	%	Drank < 3 glasses of milk per day during the past 7 days
	%	Ate > 2 servings of foods typically high in fat content in the last day
	%	Drank a bottle/can of soda at least once a day

Physical Activity / Health

	%	Participated in insufficient vigorous physical activity
	%	Participated in insufficient moderate physical activity
	%	Participated in sufficient moderate and/or vigorous physical activity
	%	Participated in insufficient physical activity
	%	Met currently recommended levels of physical activity
	%	Did not participate in any vigorous or moderate physical activity
	%	Were not enrolled in physical education class
	%	Did not attend physical education class daily
	%	Exercised or played sports > 20 minutes during an average PE class
	%	Did strengthening exercises on ≥ 3 days during the past week
	%	Did stretching exercises on ≥ 3 days during the past week
	%	Played on ≥ 1 sports team(s) during the past year
	%	Played on sports team(s) run by the school during the past year
	%	Played on sports team(s) unaffiliated with the school during the past year
	%	Injured while playing sports or being physically active during the past year
	%	Watched ≥ 3 hours/day of TV on an average day
	%	Watched ≤ 2 hours/day of TV on an average day
	%	Used Computers ≥ 3 hours/day on an average day
	%	Ever diagnosed with asthma
	%	Had asthma (with or without having an attack) in the last year
	%	Had an asthma episode or attack in the last year
	%	Described their health as fair or poor

Overweight

	%	At risk for becoming overweight
	%	Overweight
	%	Described themselves as overweight
	%	Were trying to lose weight
	%	Ate less food, fewer calories, or foods low in fat to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight
	%	Exercised to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight
	%	Went w/out eating for ≥ 24 hours to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight during the past month
	%	Fasted to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight during the past month
	%	Took powders, liquids, or diet pills to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight during the past month
	%	Took diet pills to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight during the past month
	%	Vomited or took laxatives to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight during the past month

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¹ Among high school students only, weighted data.