Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance --- United States, 2007
In the United States, 72% of all deaths among persons aged 10--24 years result from four causes: motor-vehicle crashes, other unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide.
During the 30 days before the survey, 29.1% of high school students had ridden in a car or other vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol, 18.0% had carried a weapon, and 5.5% had not gone to school because they felt they would be unsafe at school or on their way to or from school.
During the 12 months before the survey, 6.9% of high school students had attempted suicide.
In addition, 75.0% of high school students had ever drunk alcohol, and 4.4% had ever used methamphetamines.
Results from the 2007 survey indicated that 47.8% of students had ever had sexual intercourse, 35.0% of high school students were currently sexually active, and 38.5% of currently sexually active high school students had not used a condom during last sexual intercourse.
Among U.S. adults aged >25 years, 59% of all deaths result from two causes: cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Among high school students nationwide during 2007, 20.0% had smoked cigarettes during the 30 days before the survey,
35.4% had watched television 3 or more hours per day on an average school day, and 13.0% were obese.
During the 7 days before the survey, 78.6% of high school students had not eaten fruits and vegetables five or more times per day,
33.8% had drunk soda or pop at least one time per day, and 65.3% had not met recommended levels of physical activity.
Forced to Have Sexual Intercourse
Nationwide, 7.8% of students had ever been physically forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not want to (Table 11).
Overall, the prevalence of having been forced to have sexual intercourse was higher among female (11.3%) than male (4.5%) students; higher among white female (11.0%), black female (13.3%), and Hispanic female (11.4%) than white male (3.2%), black male (7.8%), and Hispanic male (6.2%) students, respectively; and higher among 9th-grade female (9.2%), 10th-grade female (13.1%), 11th-grade female (12.0%), and 12th-grade female (10.9%) than 9th-grade male (4.1%), 10th-grade male (3.4%), 11th-grade male (5.0%), and 12th-grade male (5.7%) students, respectively. Overall, the prevalence of having been forced to have sexual intercourse was higher among black (10.5%) and Hispanic (8.8%) than white (7.0%) students and higher among black male (7.8%) and Hispanic male (6.2%) than white male (3.2%) students. Overall, the prevalence of having been forced to have sexual intercourse was higher among 11th-grade (8.5%) and 12th-grade (8.3%) than 9th-grade (6.6%) students; higher among 10th-grade female (13.1%) than 9th-grade female (9.2%) students; and higher among 11th-grade male (5.0%) and 12th-grade male (5.7%) than 10th-grade male (3.4%) students. Prevalence of having been forced to have sexual intercourse ranged from 6.3% to 14.0% across state surveys (median: 9.1%) and from 5.6% to 12.2% across local surveys (median: 8.5%) (Table 12).
Lifetime Cigarette Use
Nationwide, 50.3% of students had ever tried cigarette smoking (even one or two puffs) (i.e., lifetime cigarette use) (Table 25). Overall, the prevalence of lifetime cigarette use was higher among male (51.8%) than female (48.8%) students; higher among white male (51.7%) than white female (48.3%) students; and higher among 9th-grade male (46.0%) than 9th-grade female (39.2%) students. Overall, the prevalence of lifetime cigarette use was higher among 10th-grade (48.8%), 11th-grade (53.4%), and 12th-grade (59.3%) than 9th-grade (42.7%) students; higher among 11th-grade (53.4%) and 12th-grade (59.3%) than 10th-grade (48.8%) students; and higher among 12th-grade (59.3%) than 11th-grade (53.4%) students. Overall, the prevalence of lifetime cigarette use was higher among 10th-grade female (48.7%), 11th-grade female (51.4%), and 12th-grade female (58.5%) students than 9th-grade female (39.2%) students; higher among 12th-grade female (58.5%) than 10th-grade female (48.7%) and 11th-grade female (51.4%) students; and higher among 11th-grade male (55.4%) and 12th-grade male (60.1%) than 9th-grade male (46.0%) and 10th-grade male (48.8%) students. Prevalence of lifetime cigarette use ranged from 24.9% to 62.2% across state surveys (median: 51.9%) and from 36.5% to 57.6% across local surveys (median: 43.6%) (Table 26).
10.7% of students had smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day on the days they
Nationwide, 44.7% of students had had at least one drink of alcohol on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey (i.e., current alcohol use)
Marijuana Use
Nationwide, 38.1% of students had used marijuana one or more times during their life (i.e., lifetime marijuana use) (Table 39). Overall, the prevalence of lifetime marijuana use was higher among male (41.6%) than female (34.5%) students; higher among white male (41.8%), black male (44.5%), and Hispanic male (42.0%) than white female (34.1%), black female (35.0%), and Hispanic female (35.9%) students, respectively; and higher among 9th-grade male (33.0%) and 11th-grade male (48.3%) than 9th-grade female (21.7%) and 11th-grade female (36.6%) students, respectively.
Nationwide, 19.7% of students had used marijuana one or more times during the 30 days before the survey (i.e., current marijuana use)
Nationwide, 7.2% of students had used any form of cocaine (e.g., powder, crack,** or freebase††) one or more times during their life
Nationwide, 3.3% of students had used any form of cocaine (e.g., powder, crack, or freebase) one or more times during the 30 days before the survey
Nationwide, 2.0% of students had used a needle to inject any illegal drug into their body one or more times during their life
Nationwide, 13.3% of students had sniffed glue, breathed the contents of aerosol spray cans, or inhaled any paints or sprays to get high one or more times during their life (i.e., lifetime inhalant use)
Nationwide, 5.8% of students had used ecstasy (also called "MDMA") one or more times during their life
Nationwide, 14.2% of students had smoked a whole cigarette for the first time before age 13 years
Nationwide, 23.8% of students had drunk alcohol (other than a few sips) for the first time before age 13 years
Nationwide, 8.3% of students had tried marijuana for the first time before age 13 years
Nationwide, 7.1% of students had had sexual intercourse for the first time before age 13 years
black female (60.9%) and (72.6%) black students had ever had sexual intercourse against the average 45%
