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.