Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System: Selected 2011 National Health Risk Behaviors and Health Outcomes by Race/Ethnicity

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333. Tel: 800-311-3435; Tel: 404-639-3311; Web site: http://www.cdc.gov

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Social Problems; Ethnicity; Private Schools; Health Behavior; At Risk Students; High School Students; Student Behavior; Public Schools; Racial Differences; Drinking; Alcohol Abuse; Smoking; Computer Mediated Communication; Motor Vehicles; Safety; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; White Students; Drug Abuse; Cocaine; Narcotics; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Nutrition; Eating Habits; Eating Disorders; Sexuality; Physical Activity Level; Television Viewing; Obesity; Diseases; Cancer; Weapons; Aggression; School Safety; Crime; Violence; Suicide; Psychological Patterns; Marijuana; Prevention; Computers

The national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) monitors priority health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States. The national YRBS is conducted every two years during the spring semester and provides data representative of 9th through 12th grade students in public and private schools throughout the United States. This fact sheet presents selected 2011 findings on health risk behaviors and health outcomes by race/ethnicity. (Contains 3 endnotes.) [For related report, "Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance--United States, 2011. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Surveillance Summaries. Volume 61, Number 4," see ED532750.]

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2012

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