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Summary of youth risk survey
September 26, 1996
Web posted at: 10:45 p.m. EDT(CNN) -- Below is a summary of the CDC's 1995 youth risk survey of 10,904 U.S. high school students:
Behaviors that contribute to unintentional and intentional injuries, according to poll results:
- 21.7 percent rarely or never used safety belts when riding
- in a car.
- 92.8 percent rarely or never wore a bicycle helmet.
- During the month before the survey, 38.8 percent rode with
- a driver who had been drinking alcohol.
- 20 percent carried a weapon during the past month.
- 38.7 percent were in a physical fight during the past
- year.
- 8.7 percent attempted suicide during the past year.
Sexual behaviors:
- 53.1 percent had had sexual intercourse.
- 17.8 percent had had sexual intercourse with four or more
- partners.
- 37.9 percent had had sexual intercourse during the past
- three months.
- Only 54.4 percent who were sexually active used a condom
- during their last sexual intercourse.
- 17.4 percent who were sexually active used birth control
- pills during their last sexual intercourse.
Tobacco use:
- 34.8 percent smoked cigarettes during the past month.
- 16.1 percent smoked cigarettes on 20 or more days during
- the past month.
- 11.4 percent used smokeless tobacco during the past month.
Alcohol and other drug use:
- 51.6 percent had had at least one drink of alcohol during
- the past month.
- 32.6 percent had five or more drinks of alcohol on at
- least one occasion during the last month.
- 25.3 percent used marijuana during the past month.
- 3.1 percent used cocaine during the past month.
- 20.3 percent had used inhalants during their lifetime.
Dietary Behavior:
- 27.7 percent ate five or more servings of fruits and
- vegetables during the previous day.
- 60.5 percent ate two or fewer servings of foods typically
- high in fat content during the previous day.
- 27.6 percent thought they were overweight.
- 4.8 percent had taken laxatives or vomited to lose weight
- during the past month.
- 5.2 percent had used diet pills to lose weight during the
- past month.
Physical activity:
- 63.7 percent did vigorous physical activity three or more
- days during the past week.
- 21.1 percent did moderate physical activity five or more
- days during the past week.
- 59.6 percent were enrolled in physical education class.
- 25.4 percent attended physical education class daily.
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