ISDH: 2003 YRBS Data Tables

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2003 YRBS Data Tables 2003 YRBS Data Tables

Table 1 – Cigarette Use

Table 2 – Tobacco Use

Table 3 – Physical Inactivity

Table 4 – Physical Activity

Table 5 – Sexual Behavior

Table 6 – Weight and Nutrition

Table 7 – Nutrition

Table 8 – Alcohol Use

Table 9 – Drug Use

Table 10 – Seatbelt/Bicycle Helmet Use

Table 11 – Violence

Table 12 – Suicide

Table 1– Cigarette Use

Category	Percents
	Indiana	National
Ever Smoked a Cigarette	60.4	58.4
Currently smoking on a daily basis	19.3	15.8
Currently smokes cigarettes	25.6	21.9
Smoked 20 or more cigarettes during past 30 days	12.4	9.7
Smoked more than 10 cigarettes a day	3.5	3.1
Have purchased cigarettes at store or gas station	20	18.9
Smoked a whole cigarette before age 13	20.2	18.3
Cigarette use on school property	7.7	8

Table 2– Tobacco Use

Category	Percents
	Indiana	National
Currently using smokeless tobacco	7.2	6.7
Currently using cigars	14.7	14.8
Currently using tobacco	30.4	27.5
Have used smokeless tobacco use on school property	3.7	5.9

Table 3– Physical Inactivity

Category	Percents
	Indiana	National
No vigorous or moderate physical activity	8.6	11.5
Participated in strengthening exercises	51	51.9
Played on one or more sports teams	57.1	57.6
Watched three or more hours per day of TV	32.9	38.2

Table 4– Physical Activity

Category	Percents
	Indiana	National
Participated in sufficient vigorous physical activity	62.3	62.6
Participated in sufficient moderate physical activity	26.5	24.7
Participated in an insufficient amount of physical activity	31.9	33.4
Enrolled in physical education class	37.1	55.7
Attended physical education class daily	23.7	28.4
Exercised or played sports more than 20 minutes during an average physical activity class	37.1	55.7

Table 5– Sexual Behavior

Category	Percents
	Indiana	National
Ever had sexual intercourse	48.8	46.7
Currently sexually active	38	34.3
Used a condom during last sexual intercourse	55.4	63
Taught about AIDS or HIV infection in school	92.2	87.9

Table 6– Weight and Nutrition

Category	Percents
	Indiana	National
Overweight	11.5	13.5
At risk for becoming overweight	14.2	15.4
Described themselves as slightly or very overweight	32.2	29.6
Were trying to loose weight	46.7	43.8
Ate less food, fewer calories, or foods low in fat to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight	43.3	42.2
Went without eating for more than 24 hours to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight	13.4	13.3
Exercised to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight	62.4	57.1
Took diet pills, powders, or liquids to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight	10.1	9.2
Vomited or took laxatives to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight	4.8	6

Table 7– Nutrition

Category	Percents
	Indiana	National
Ate fruits and vegetables five or more times per day	20.3	22
Drank three or more glasses of milk per day	21.1	17.1

Table 8– Alcohol Use

Category	Percents
	Indiana	National
Ever used alcohol	77.8	74.9
Currently using alcohol	44.9	44.9
Drank 5 or more drinks in a row in last 30 days	28.9	28.3
Drank alcohol before age 13 years	23.9	27.8
Alcohol use on school property	3.9	5.2

Table 9– Drug Use

Category	Percents
	Indiana	National
Ever used marijuana	43.4	40.2
Currently using marijuana	22.1	22.4
Ever used cocaine	7.9	8.7
Currently using cocaine	3.1	4.1
Ever used injecting illegal drug	1.6	3.2
Ever used inhalants	12.9	12.1
Currently using inhalants	3.7	3.9
Ever used illegal steroids	5.6	6.1
Ever used heroine	2.4	3.3
Ever used methamphetamine	8.2	7.6
Tried marijuana before age 13	8.8	9.9
Marijuana use on school property	3.8	5.8
Offered, sold, or given an illegal drug on school property	28.3	28.7

Table 10– Seatbelt / Bicycle Helmet Use

Category	Percents
	Indiana	National
Rarely or never wore seatbelts	10.6	18.2
Rarely or never wore bicycle helmets	93.8	85.9
Rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol	28.3	30.2
Drove after drinking alcohol	12.4	12.1

Table 11– Violence

Category	Percents
	Indiana	National
Carried a weapon	17.8	17.1
Carried a gun	5.7	6.1
In a physical fight	30.6	33
Injured in a physical fight	3.5	4.2
Carried a weapon on school property	6.2	6.1
Threatened or injured with a weapon on school property	6.7	9.2
Engaged in a physical fight on school property	10.9	12.8
Felt too unsafe to go to school	3.8	5.4

Table 12– Suicide

Category	Percents
	Indiana	National
Felt sad or hopeless	25.5	28.6
Seriously considered attempting suicide	16	16.9
Made a suicide plan	12.6	16.5
Attempted suicide	6.6	8.5
Suicide attempt required medical attention	1.6	2.9

For more information on the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, and to view the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey results, go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm.

For information on Indiana results, please contact the Maternal and Children’s Special Health Care Services at the State Department of Health at 1-800-761-1271.