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Unintentional Injuries and Violence
- Seat belt use
- Riding with a drinking driver
- Drinking and driving
- Texting and driving
- Weapon carrying at school
- Gun carrying
- Being threatened at school
- Physical fighting
- Physical fighting at school
- Exposures to neighborhood violence
- Treated badly because of race or ethnicity
- Electronic bullying
- Being bullied at school
- Safety concerns at school
- Forced sexual intercourse
- Sexual violence
- Sexual dating violence
- Physical dating violence
- Being sad or hopeless
- Considering suicide
- Making a suicide plan
- Attempted suicide
- Injurious suicide attempt
Tobacco Use
- Lifetime cigarette use
- Cigarette smoking before age 13 years
- Current cigarette use
- Frequent cigarette use
- Current daily cigarette use
- Smoking >10 cigarettes per day
- Electronic vapor product use
- Current electronic vapor product use
- Frequent electronic vapor product use
- Current daily electronic vapor product use
- Electronic vapor products from store
- Current smokeless tobacco use
- Frequent smokeless tobacco use
- Current daily smokeless tobacco use
- Current cigar use
- Frequent cigar use
- Current daily cigar use
- Current cigarette or cigar use
- Current cigarette, cigar, or smokeless tobacco use
- Current tobacco use
- Current cigarette or electronic vapor product use
- All tobacco cessation
Alcohol and Other Drug Use
- Alcohol use before age 13 years
- Current alcohol use
- Current binge drinking
- Source of alcohol
- Reporting 10 or more drinks
- Lifetime marijuana use
- Marijuana use before age 13 years
- Current marijuana use
- Lifetime prescription pain medicine misuse
- Current prescription pain medicine misuse
- Lifetime cocaine use
- Lifetime inhalant use
- Lifetime heroin use
- Lifetime methamphetamine use
- Lifetime ecstasy use
- Lifetime hallucinogenic drug use
- Illegal injected drug use
- Lifetime illicit drug use
Sexual Behaviors
- Lifetime sexual intercourse
- Sex before 13 years
- Four or more sex partners
- Current sexual activity
- Condom use
- Birth control pill use
- IUD or implant use
- Pill, IUD, or shot use
- Not using birth control
- Alcohol/drugs before sex
- HIV testing
- STD testing
Dietary Behaviors
- No fruit consumption
- No vegetable consumption
- Not drinking soda
- Soda drinking >= 1 times
- Soda drinking >= 2 times
- Not drinking sports drinks
- Sports drinks >= 1 times
- Sports drinks >= 2 times
- Not drinking water
- Breakfast eating
- Daily breakfast eating
Physical Activity
- Physical activity
- Physical activity >= 5 days
- Daily physical activity
- Muscle strengthening
- PE attendance
- Daily PE attendance
- Sports team participation
- Concussion
Obesity, Overweight, and Weight Control
- Obesity
- Overweight
- Perception of weight
- Weight loss
Other Health Topics
- Lack of oral health care
- Current mental health
- Sleep
- Grades
- Unstable housing
- Sunburn
- Feeling close to people at their school
- Parental monitoring
- Ever sexual abuse by adult or older person
- Lifetime parental physical abuse
- Adults in home intimate partner violence
- Household adult tried hard to meet basic needs
- Ever incarcerated parent/guardian
- Parental physical abuse
- Treated badly or unfairly because of race or ethnicity
- Talk to adult about feelings
- Talk to friends about feelings

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United States
States
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York (Excluding New York City)
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Local School Districts
- Albuquerque, NM
- Baltimore, MD
- Borough of Bronx, NY
- Borough of Brooklyn, NY
- Borough of Manhattan, NY
- Borough of Queens, NY
- Borough of Staten Island, NY
- Boston, MA
- Broward County, FL
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, NC
- Chicago, IL
- Clark County, NV
- Cleveland, OH
- Dallas, TX
- DeKalb County, GA
- Denver, CO
- Detroit, MI
- District of Columbia
- Duval County, FL
- Eaton Consortium, MI
- Fort Worth, TX
- Gaston County, NC
- Genesee Consortium, MI
- Hillsborough County, FL
- Houston, TX
- Los Angeles, CA
- Memphis, TN
- Miami-Dade County, FL
- Milwaukee, WI
- Nashville, TN
- New Orleans, LA
- New York City, NY
- Newark, NJ
- Oakland, CA
- Orange County, FL
- Palm Beach County, FL
- Pasco County, FL
- Philadelphia, PA
- Portland, OR
- San Bernardino, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Seattle, WA
- Shelby County, TN
- Spartanburg County, SC
Territories and Freely Associated States
- American Samoa
- Guam
- Marshall Islands
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Puerto Rico
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**Did Not Use Birth Control Pills Before Last Sexual Intercourse With Opposite-Sex Partner**
("to prevent pregnancy, not counting emergency contraception such as Plan B or the ""morning after"" pill, among students who were currently sexually active")
**High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2021**
Find out if there is a statistical difference between females and males. Select them and activate 'Compare Two'.		Compare Female	Compare Male
Sex Location	Total	Female	Male
National
United States	79.1 (76.7–81.3) 3,068^†	77.1 (73.1–80.6) 1,604	81.7 (78.7–84.4) 1,431
States
Alabama	82.1 (63.3–92.4) 64	79.5 (61.0–90.6) 39	N/A 24
Alaska	—	—	—
Arizona	76.6 (67.2–84.0) 211	75.4 (62.0–85.2) 102	77.9 (65.8–86.6) 109
Arkansas	72.3 (66.1–77.8) 268	71.4 (60.6–80.2) 138	73.1 (65.8–79.4) 128
California	—	—	—
Colorado	69.9 (59.8–78.4) 124	68.0 (57.2–77.1) 53	71.9 (58.6–82.3) 70
Connecticut	81.7 (78.1–84.8) 259	80.0 (74.4–84.7) 125	83.2 (74.9–89.2) 133
Delaware	79.7 (73.1–85.0) 255	75.0 (64.9–82.9) 139	84.5 (73.1–91.6) 114
Florida	76.9 (73.1–80.3) 839	75.6 (70.1–80.4) 425	78.5 (73.3–83.0) 412
Georgia	—	—	—
Hawaii	84.7 (80.9–87.8) 699	80.3 (74.5–85.0) 387	89.4 (84.7–92.7) 308
Idaho	—	—	—
Illinois	75.3 (70.3–79.7) 381	72.7 (66.0–78.5) 198	78.0 (68.0–85.5) 179
Indiana	69.1 (54.8–80.5) 149	65.0 (51.6–76.3) 84	73.3 (47.1–89.4) 64
Iowa	71.6 (65.8–76.8) 232	73.2 (63.3–81.2) 141	68.7 (62.0–74.6) 90
Kansas	71.5 (67.2–75.5) 238	67.1 (60.4–73.2) 107	76.4 (67.3–83.6) 126
Kentucky	73.7 (67.2–79.3) 352	77.3 (68.7–84.0) 198	69.3 (59.9–77.4) 151
Louisiana	—	—	—
Maine	71.5 (67.6–75.1) 1,049	67.8 (63.3–72.0) 578	75.1 (70.8–78.9) 455
Maryland	80.1 (78.3–81.8) 5,223	77.5 (75.0–79.8) 2,748	82.7 (80.0–85.0) 2,408
Massachusetts	67.4 (61.4–72.8) 434	64.0 (56.2–71.1) 217	71.4 (63.1–78.5) 213
Michigan	75.2 (68.7–80.8) 481	71.8 (62.7–79.4) 258	79.8 (73.0–85.3) 215
Mississippi	81.1 (74.2–86.4) 267	83.9 (75.1–90.0) 140	78.0 (68.8–85.1) 126
Missouri	76.3 (67.8–83.1) 143	66.4 (53.2–77.5) 84	89.0 (81.9–93.5) 58
Montana	72.1 (68.7–75.3) 1,178	70.2 (66.2–74.0) 594	74.1 (69.3–78.3) 576
Nebraska	63.6 (53.1–72.9) 163	60.8 (45.8–74.0) 103	66.1 (53.8–76.5) 59
Nevada	81.0 (73.0–87.0) 179	71.8 (59.4–81.6) 94	91.4 (78.4–96.9) 82
New Hampshire	70.8 (68.2–73.2) 2,470	65.6 (62.0–69.0) 1,351	76.1 (72.8–79.2) 1,083
New Jersey	79.9 (70.6–86.8) 117	75.1 (67.3–81.6) 64	85.7 (67.6–94.5) 53
New Mexico	82.0 (78.1–85.4) 765	77.9 (71.6–83.1) 387	86.2 (82.9–88.9) 368
New York (Excluding New York City)	87.6 (70.9–95.4) 76	87.9 (61.5–97.1) 34	86.9 (54.6–97.3) 41
North Carolina	82.7 (74.6–88.6) 273	74.7 (66.7–81.4) 136	89.4 (72.9–96.4) 136
North Dakota	70.2 (65.0–75.0) 483	63.9 (56.9–70.4) 244	76.8 (70.8–81.8) 239
Ohio	71.4 (58.5–81.6) 149	81.7 (71.9–88.7) 84	59.2 (29.8–83.2) 65
Oklahoma	73.8 (64.3–81.5) 269	71.2 (58.7–81.0) 147	77.8 (65.8–86.5) 119
Pennsylvania	68.0 (58.6–76.1) 265	66.0 (54.5–75.8) 145	70.3 (60.1–78.7) 117
Rhode Island	75.9 (65.1–84.2) 351	69.8 (54.7–81.5) 163	81.7 (69.0–89.9) 187
South Carolina	73.3 (64.1–80.8) 270	64.6 (50.3–76.6) 141	82.8 (66.8–92.0) 129
South Dakota	77.9 (67.8–85.5) 152	72.1 (57.8–82.9) 83	84.4 (68.4–93.1) 69
Tennessee	—	—	—
Texas	85.2 (80.5–89.0) 351	83.4 (75.8–88.9) 179	87.0 (81.8–90.8) 171
Utah	—	—	—
Vermont	68.9 (67.3–70.4) 3,400	64.8 (62.6–67.0) 1,794	73.0 (70.8–75.2) 1,588
Virginia	81.8 (73.8–87.8) 371	81.1 (70.9–88.3) 216	82.8 (70.4–90.8) 155
West Virginia	71.7 (59.0–81.7) 94	75.2 (56.1–87.8) 59	66.4 (49.0–80.2) 35
Wisconsin	74.6 (69.7–78.9) 304	70.1 (62.5–76.8) 145	79.1 (72.9–84.1) 158
Wyoming	—	—	—
Local School Districts
Albuquerque, NM	79.0 (74.4–82.9) 398	76.2 (68.9–82.3) 205	81.7 (75.4–86.6) 188
Baltimore, MD	—	—	—
Borough of Bronx, NY	—	—	—
Borough of Brooklyn, NY	—	—	—
Borough of Manhattan, NY	—	—	—
Borough of Queens, NY	—	—	—
Borough of Staten Island, NY	—	—	—
Boston, MA	83.1 (74.8–89.1) 172	81.7 (70.9–89.1) 99	84.9 (73.8–91.8) 73
Broward County, FL	86.1 (73.1–93.4) 84	87.2 (74.2–94.2) 44	86.3 (67.1–95.1) 37
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, NC	—	—	—
Chicago, IL	93.0 (86.6–96.5) 114	87.1 (72.8–94.5) 46	97.0 (82.1–99.6) 68
Clark County, NV	—	—	—
Cleveland, OH	83.4 (76.4–88.6) 195	81.8 (71.4–89.0) 84	84.4 (75.4–90.5) 111
Dallas, TX	—	—	—
DeKalb County, GA	—	—	—
Denver, CO	—	—	—
Detroit, MI	—	—	—
District of Columbia	90.2 (88.6–91.7) 1,420	89.3 (86.6–91.4) 685	91.1 (88.9–93.0) 726
Duval County, FL	78.8 (74.6–82.5) 479	74.5 (67.9–80.0) 257	84.6 (78.5–89.3) 213
Eaton Consortium, MI	78.7 (69.8–85.5) 139	80.0 (70.5–86.9) 90	76.5 (60.7–87.2) 48
Fort Worth, TX	84.2 (77.4–89.3) 152	84.8 (74.8–91.2) 91	83.6 (71.3–91.3) 61
Gaston County, NC	79.9 (72.8–85.5) 223	78.6 (68.2–86.3) 116	82.0 (73.3–88.3) 105
Genesee Consortium, MI	83.9 (76.9–89.1) 144	83.6 (74.5–89.9) 69	84.0 (72.6–91.2) 74
Hillsborough County, FL	80.2 (74.5–84.8) 212	76.2 (68.4–82.6) 106	85.5 (77.4–91.1) 105
Houston, TX	86.8 (81.4–90.8) 252	82.7 (74.1–88.9) 126	90.4 (82.3–95.0) 121
Los Angeles, CA	89.7 (85.4–92.8) 189	90.1 (82.1–94.7) 93	89.2 (80.3–94.4) 94
Memphis, TN	—	—	—
Miami-Dade County, FL	—	—	—
Milwaukee, WI	—	—	—
Nashville, TN	—	—	—
New Orleans, LA	—	—	—
New York City, NY	78.6 (68.5–86.2) 268	77.4 (63.3–87.1) 140	80.4 (67.5–89.0) 124
Newark, NJ	82.4 (58.4–94.0) 41	N/A 14	N/A 27
Oakland, CA	87.7 (80.4–92.6) 142	90.4 (79.4–95.9) 67	85.3 (75.8–91.5) 75
Orange County, FL	84.3 (75.0–90.6) 123	85.9 (75.3–92.4) 60	82.4 (68.9–90.8) 61
Palm Beach County, FL	79.9 (74.7–84.3) 232	74.9 (65.6–82.3) 125	86.3 (76.3–92.5) 106
Pasco County, FL	69.6 (61.4–76.8) 212	63.7 (52.7–73.5) 119	76.6 (65.2–85.1) 92
Philadelphia, PA	86.9 (80.9–91.2) 212	85.8 (75.7–92.1) 109	88.8 (81.4–93.5) 100
Portland, OR	69.3 (61.6–76.1) 186	68.0 (58.1–76.5) 99	69.9 (58.0–79.5) 84
San Bernardino, CA	—	—	—
San Diego, CA	79.9 (71.3–86.4) 160	71.1 (59.6–80.4) 76	87.4 (77.1–93.5) 82
San Francisco, CA	91.1 (85.5–94.7) 203	90.7 (81.0–95.7) 89	91.3 (82.2–96.0) 112
Seattle, WA	77.3 (69.4–83.7) 132	72.9 (62.3–81.5) 59	79.2 (68.2–87.1) 68
Shelby County, TN	85.4 (80.1–89.4) 185	84.1 (75.0–90.2) 101	87.8 (79.6–93.1) 81
Spartanburg County, SC	81.7 (76.0–86.2) 274	77.6 (70.2–83.7) 148	85.3 (76.9–91.0) 126
Territories and Freely Associated States
American Samoa	—	—	—
Guam	—	—	—
Marshall Islands	—	—	—
Northern Mariana Islands	87.2 (83.2–90.4) 286	91.3 (86.5–94.5) 156	82.2 (75.1–87.6) 129
Palau	83.4 (78.7–87.2) 68	85.7 (79.3–90.4) 36	80.9 (73.5–86.5) 32
Puerto Rico	90.6 (82.7–95.1) 102	91.3 (84.0–95.5) 58	89.9 (72.2–96.8) 44
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**Footnotes**
†	Percentage, confidence interval, cell size
N/A	< 30 respondents for the subgroup
—	Data not available

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