Injury Center News: 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Data Released

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Today, the CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) released the 2011 national, state, and local Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) results on the YRBS Web site. A CDC press release highlights significant improvements in many health behaviors during the past two decades—including behaviors related to seatbelt use and alcohol use. Survey results also show that increased use of technology has resulted in new risks, such as texting or e-mailing while driving and electronic bullying.   The YRBS monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among high school students—behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence; tobacco use; alcohol and other drug use; sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection; unhealthy dietary behaviors; and physical inactivity—plus the prevalence of asthma and obesity.

The updated YRBS Web site provides access to —

• The press release
• An MMWR Surveillance Summary that includes results from the 2011 National YRBS and from 43 state and 21 local YRBSs
• New fact sheets and summary documents
• An updated version of Youth Online—a Web-based data system that allows users to view and analyze national, state, and local YRBS results
• An updated version of the YRBS data widget—a small Web application that national, state, and local partners can place directly on their agency’s or organization’s Web site to help disseminate YRBS results quickly and conveniently
• Public-use datasets and technical documentation
  

More Information

•  Healthy Youth Web site 
• Phone:  1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636)
• E-mail:  nccddashinfo@cdc.gov