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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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**California, High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2019**
Find out if there is a statistical difference between females and males. Select them and activate 'Compare Two'.		Compare Female	Compare Male
Sex Question	Total	Female	Male
Unintentional Injuries and Violence
Did not always wear a seat belt (when riding in a car driven by someone else)	43.1 (33.4–53.5) 1,325^†	43.3 (32.9–54.2) 658	43.1 (32.9–53.9) 660
Rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol (in a car or other vehicle, one or more times during the 30 days before the survey)	20.7 (16.4–25.7) 1,329	21.4 (17.0–26.6) 660	19.8 (14.4–26.6) 662
Drove when they had been drinking alcohol (in a car or other vehicle, one or more times during the 30 days before the survey, students who had driven a car or other vehicle during the 30 days before the survey)	5.7 (4.5–7.2) 510	2.9 (1.3–6.2) 254	7.9 (6.1–10.3) 254
Texted or e-mailed while driving a car or other vehicle (on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey, among students who had driven a car or other vehicle during the 30 days before the survey)	30.8 (25.4–36.8) 520	26.5 (19.3–35.2) 255	34.7 (26.2–44.3) 263
Carried a weapon on school property (such as a gun, knife, or club, on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	2.7 (1.8–4.0) 1,330	2.3 (1.5–3.5) 660	3.1 (1.7–5.4) 663
Carried a gun (not counting the days when they carried a gun only for hunting or for a sport such as target shooting, on at least 1 day during the 12 months before the survey)	5.8 (3.7–9.1) 1,329	3.2 (1.5–6.7) 659	8.1 (5.1–12.6) 663
Were threatened or injured with a weapon on school property (such as a gun, knife, or club, one or more times during the 12 months before the survey)	12.3 (6.0–23.5) 1,328	10.6 (5.1–20.7) 660	13.9 (6.8–26.4) 661
Were in a physical fight (one or more times during the 12 months before the survey)	25.5 (16.3–37.7) 1,298	20.3 (12.5–31.2) 642	30.5 (19.4–44.5) 650
Were in a physical fight on school property (one or more times during the 12 months before the survey)	14.7 (6.3–30.7) 1,295	11.3 (4.6–24.9) 641	18.0 (7.6–36.9) 648
Ever saw someone get physically attacked, beaten, stabbed, or shot in their neighborhood	—	—	—
Felt that they were ever treated badly or unfairly in school because of their race or ethnicity (during their life)	—	—	—
Were electronically bullied (counting being bullied through texting, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media, ever during the 12 months before the survey)	14.7 (12.9–16.9) 1,325	19.9 (17.1–23.1) 657	9.9 (7.3–13.2) 661
Were bullied on school property (during the 12 months before the survey)	23.5 (16.0–33.1) 1,305	27.0 (19.5–36.3) 649	20.1 (12.0–31.8) 649
Did not go to school because they felt unsafe at school or on their way to or from school (on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	11.0 (9.0–13.3) 1,332	13.5 (10.6–17.0) 659	8.3 (5.8–11.9) 666
Were ever physically forced to have sexual intercourse (when they did not want to)	8.2 (6.9–9.8) 1,313	11.3 (9.6–13.2) 652	5.2 (3.3–8.1) 654
Experienced sexual violence by anyone (counting such things as kissing, touching, or being forced to have sexual intercourse that they did not want to do, one or more times during the 12 months before the survey)	19.2 (10.2–33.2) 1,332	22.1 (14.6–31.9) 660	16.3 (6.1–36.6) 665
Experienced sexual dating violence (being forced to do sexual things (counting such things as kissing, touching, or being physically forced to have sexual intercourse) they did not want to do by someone they were dating or going out with, one or more times during the 12 months before the survey, among students who dated or went out with someone during the 12 months before the survey)	—	—	—
Experienced physical dating violence (being physically hurt on purpose (counting such things as being hit, slammed into something, or injured with an object or weapon) by someone they were dating or going out with, one or more times during the 12 months before the survey, among students who dated or went out with someone during the 12 months before the survey)	4.8 (3.1–7.3) 767	6.5 (3.7–11.1) 390	3.1 (1.8–5.3) 374
Felt sad or hopeless (almost every day for 2 or more weeks in a row so that they stopped doing some usual activities, during the 12 months before the survey)	45.3 (38.8–51.9) 1,279	57.1 (51.1–62.9) 632	33.7 (25.3–43.3) 640
Seriously considered attempting suicide (during the 12 months before the survey)	26.6 (17.0–38.9) 1,324	31.1 (22.7–40.9) 657	22.1 (11.3–38.5) 661
Made a plan about how they would attempt suicide (during the 12 months before the survey)	23.7 (14.6–36.0) 1,318	26.1 (18.1–36.0) 652	21.3 (11.0–37.3) 660
Actually attempted suicide (one or more times during the 12 months before the survey)	9.2 (7.5–11.4) 1,070	11.3 (8.3–15.1) 555	7.0 (5.2–9.5) 509
Suicide attempt resulted in an injury, poisoning, or overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse (during the 12 months before the survey)	3.7 (2.6–5.3) 1,061	3.3 (1.9–5.8) 550	3.7 (2.3–5.7) 504
Tobacco Use
Ever smoked a cigarette (even one or two puffs)	13.5 (11.5–15.7) 1,142	11.9 (9.3–15.3) 584	15.0 (12.1–18.4) 551
Smoked a cigarette before age 13 years (even one or two puffs)	6.2 (4.8–8.1) 1,152	5.7 (3.7–8.5) 591	6.6 (4.9–8.9) 554
Currently smoked cigarettes (on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Currently smoked cigarettes frequently (on 20 or more days during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Currently smoked cigarettes daily (on all 30 days during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day (on the days they smoked during the 30 days before the survey, among students who currently smoked cigarettes)	—	—	—
Ever used electronic vapor products (including e-cigarettes, vapes, mods, e-cigs, e-hookahs, or vape pens [such as JUUL, Vuse, NJOY, Puff Bar, blu, or Bidi Stick])	42.3 (36.4–48.4) 1,249	45.5 (39.2–51.9) 624	39.4 (32.2–47.0) 619
Currently used electronic vapor products (including e-cigarettes, vapes, mods, e-cigs, e-hookahs, or vape pens [such as JUUL, Vuse, NJOY, Puff Bar, blu, or Bidi Stick], on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	18.2 (15.3–21.4) 1,203	21.3 (18.0–25.2) 607	15.0 (11.5–19.4) 590
Currently used electronic vapor products frequently (including e-cigarettes, vapes, vape pens, e-cigars, e-hookahs, hookah pens, and mods, [such as JUUL, NJOY,PuffBar, Vuse, blu or Bidi Stick], on 20 or more days during the 30 days before the survey)	3.6 (2.4–5.4) 1,203	3.4 (2.1–5.5) 607	3.7 (2.3–5.8) 590
Currently used electronic vapor products daily (including e-cigarettes, vapes, vape pens, e-cigars, e-hookahs, hookah pens, and mods, [such as JUUL, NJOY,PuffBar, Vuse, blu or Bidi Stick], on all 30 days during the 30 days before the survey)	2.4 (1.4–4.1) 1,203	2.1 (1.2–3.5) 607	2.5 (1.3–4.7) 590
Usually got their electronic vapor products by buying them themselves in a convenience store, supermarket, discount store, or gas station (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco products, such as Redman, Levi Garrett, Beechnut, Skoal, Skoal Bandits, Copenhagen, Camel Snus, Marlboro Snus, General Snus, Ariva, Stonewall, or Camel Orbs, not counting any electronic vapor products, on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Currently used smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco products [such as Copenhagen, Grizzly, Skoal, Camel Snus, or Velo Nicotine Lozenges], not counting any electronic vapor products, on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	7.6 (3.3–16.5) 1,326	7.2 (3.1–16.1) 657	7.6 (3.1–17.5) 662
Currently used smokeless tobacco frequently (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco products, [such as Copenhagen, Grizzly, Skoal, Camel Snus, or Velo Nicotine Lozenges], not counting any electronic vapor products, on 20 or more days during the 30 days before the survey)	1.9 (0.6–5.6) 1,326	1.9 (0.6–5.9) 657	1.7 (0.4–6.8) 662
Currently used smokeless tobacco daily (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco products, [such as Copenhagen, Grizzly, Skoal, Camel Snus, or Velo Nicotine Lozenges], not counting any electronic vapor products, on all 30 days during the 30 days before the survey)	0.7 (0.3–1.6) 1,326	0.2 (0.1–1.1) 657	1.0 (0.3–3.6) 662
Currently smoked cigars (cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars, [such as Swisher Sweets, Middleton's (including Black & Mild, or Backwoods)], on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Currently smoked cigars frequently (cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars, [such as Swisher Sweets, Middleton's (including Black & Mild or Backwoods)], on 20 or more days during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Currently smoked cigars daily (cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars, [such as Swisher Sweets, Middleton's (including Black & Mild or Backwoods)], on all 30 days during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Currently smoked cigarettes or cigars (on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Currently smoked cigarettes or cigars or used smokeless tobacco (on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Currently smoked cigarettes or cigars or used smokeless tobacco or electronic vapor products (on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Currently smoked cigarettes or used electronic vapor products (on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Did not try to quit using all tobacco products (including cigarettes, electronic vapor products, smokeless tobacco, cigars, shisha or hookah tobacco, pipe tobacco, heated tobacco products, or nicotine pouches, ever during the 12 months before the survey, among students who used any tobacco products during the 12 months before the survey)	—	—	—
Alcohol and Other Drug Use
Had their first drink of alcohol before age 13 years (other than a few sips)	17.2 (14.6–20.2) 1,271	17.3 (13.5–21.9) 635	17.0 (13.6–21.0) 631
Currently drank alcohol (at least one drink of alcohol, on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	21.4 (17.8–25.4) 1,177	23.6 (18.8–29.1) 585	19.3 (16.2–22.7) 586
Currently were binge drinking (four or more drinks of alcohol in a row if they are female or five or more drinks of alcohol in a row if they are male, within a couple of hours, on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey)	7.1 (5.7–8.9) 1,233	8.1 (5.7–11.3) 607	6.1 (4.7–7.8) 620
Usually obtained the alcohol they drank by someone giving it to them (during the 30 days before the survey, among students who currently drank alcohol)	33.3 (27.0–40.2) 277	33.9 (24.9–44.2) 153	32.0 (25.9–38.8) 122
Reported that the largest number of drinks they had in a row was 10 or more (within a couple of hours, during the 30 days before the survey)	1.5 (0.9–2.7) 1,135	0.9 (0.3–2.3) 560	1.9 (1.0–3.4) 569
Ever used marijuana (also called pot or weed, one or more times during their life)	29.9 (25.3–35.0) 1,290	32.6 (26.8–39.1) 639	27.2 (21.7–33.4) 645
Tried marijuana for the first time before age 13 years (also called pot or weed)	5.6 (4.0–7.7) 1,307	4.8 (3.1–7.4) 649	6.1 (4.3–8.6) 653
Currently used marijuana (also called pot or weed, one or more times during the 30 days before the survey)	17.1 (12.9–22.4) 1,310	18.2 (13.3–24.4) 653	16.0 (11.7–21.5) 651
Ever took prescription pain medicine without a doctor's prescription or differently than how a doctor told them to use it (counting drugs such as codeine, Vicodin, Oxycontin, Hydrocodone, and Percocet, one or more times during their life)	13.4 (10.0–17.8) 1,324	16.3 (11.5–22.6) 655	10.8 (8.2–14.0) 662
Currently took prescription pain medicine without a doctor's prescription or differently than how a doctor told them to use it (one or more times during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Ever used cocaine (any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase, one or more times during their life)	—	—	—
Ever used inhalants (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)	12.8 (6.0–25.2) 1,322	13.4 (8.0–21.7) 655	12.2 (4.2–30.6) 660
Ever used heroin ("also called ""smack,"" ""junk,"" or ""China White,"" one or more times during their life")	—	—	—
Ever used methamphetamines ("also called ""speed,"" ""crystal meth,"" ""crank,"" ""ice,"" or ""meth,"" one or more times during their life")	8.2 (2.8–21.6) 1,293	7.2 (2.6–18.6) 641	9.0 (2.7–26.0) 645
Ever used ecstasy ("also called ""MDMA,"" or ""Molly,"" one or more times during their life")	6.5 (3.0–13.3) 1,309	4.9 (2.1–10.7) 648	7.7 (3.5–16.4) 654
Ever used hallucinogenic drugs (such as LSD, acid, PCP, angel dust, mescaline, or mushrooms, one or more times during their life)	—	—	—
Ever injected any illegal drug (used a needle to inject any illegal drug into their body, one or more times during their life)	5.6 (2.1–14.1) 1,312	5.1 (1.9–12.6) 655	6.1 (2.2–16.1) 650
Ever used select illicit drugs (counting cocaine, inhalants, heroin, methamphetamines, ecstasy, or hallucinogens, one or more times during their life)	—	—	—
Sexual Behaviors
Ever had sexual intercourse	28.1 (23.2–33.5) 1,087	28.1 (23.5–33.1) 567	28.3 (22.2–35.3) 516
Had sexual intercourse for the first time before age 13 years	2.0 (1.2–3.3) 1,083	1.2 (0.5–3.2) 564	2.9 (1.5–5.6) 515
Had sexual intercourse with four or more persons (during their life)	5.4 (3.0–9.7) 1,089	4.3 (2.4–7.6) 568	6.6 (3.4–12.5) 517
Were currently sexually active (had sexual intercourse with at least one person, during the 3 months before the survey)	20.0 (16.1–24.6) 1,088	21.0 (16.5–26.5) 568	19.1 (14.3–25.0) 516
Did not use a condom during last sexual intercourse (among students who were currently sexually active)	44.6 (34.9–54.7) 241	50.6 (38.9–62.2) 132	37.7 (26.4–50.5) 109
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")	—	—	—
Did not use an IUD (e.g., Mirena or ParaGard) or implant (e.g., Implanon or Nexplanon) before last sexual intercourse with an opposite-sex partner (to prevent pregnancy, among students who were currently sexually active)	—	—	—
Did not use birth control pills; an IUD (e.g., Mirena or ParaGard) or implant (e.g., Implanon or Nexplanon); or a shot (e.g., Depo-Provera), patch (e.g., OrthoEvra), or birth control ring (e.g., NuvaRing) before last sexual intercourse (to prevent pregnancy, among students who were currently sexually active)	—	—	—
Did not use any method to prevent pregnancy during last sexual intercourse with an opposite-sex partner (among students who were currently sexually active)	—	—	—
Drank alcohol or used drugs before last sexual intercourse (among students who were currently sexually active)	19.5 (13.5–27.4) 248	18.6 (11.1–29.6) 138	20.5 (13.8–29.3) 110
Were never tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (not counting tests done if they donated blood)	90.6 (87.5–93.0) 1,290	92.1 (89.0–94.4) 644	89.2 (85.1–92.3) 639
Were not tested for a sexually transmitted disease (STD) other than HIV (such as chlamydia or gonorrhea, during the 12 months before the survey)	91.6 (88.5–93.9) 1,291	93.2 (90.8–95.0) 641	90.3 (85.6–93.5) 643
Dietary Behaviors
Did not eat fruit or drink 100% fruit juices (such as orange juice, apple juice, or grape juice, not counting punch, Kool-Aid, sports drinks, or other fruit-flavored drinks, during the 7 days before the survey)	6.1 (4.7–8.0) 1,281	5.0 (3.5–7.1) 640	7.1 (4.4–11.3) 634
Did not eat vegetables (green salad, potatoes (excluding French fries, fried potatoes, or potato chips), carrots, or other vegetables, during the 7 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Drank a can, bottle, or glass of soda or pop (such as Coke, Pepsi, or Sprite, not counting diet soda or diet pop, during the 7 days before the survey)	68.5 (63.4–73.2) 1,311	64.6 (57.8–70.8) 653	72.1 (64.2–78.9) 652
Drank a can, bottle, or glass of soda or pop one or more times per day (such as Coke, Pepsi, or Sprite, not counting diet soda or diet pop, during the 7 days before the survey)	14.5 (9.2–22.1) 1,311	11.5 (7.4–17.4) 653	17.5 (10.3–28.1) 652
Drank a can, bottle, or glass of soda or pop two or more times per day (such as Coke, Pepsi, or Sprite, not counting diet soda or diet pop, during the 7 days before the survey)	9.0 (5.2–15.0) 1,311	7.8 (4.8–12.5) 653	10.2 (5.4–18.4) 652
Drank a sports drink (such as Gatorade or Powerade, not counting low-calorie sports drinks such as Propel or G2, during the 7 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Drank a can, bottle, or glass of a sports drink one or more times per day (such as Gatorade or Powerade, not counting low-calorie sports drinks such as Propel or G2, during the 7 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Drank a can, bottle, or glass of a sports drink two or more times per day (such as Gatorade or Powerade, not counting low-calorie sports drinks such as Propel or G2, during the 7 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Did not drink a bottle or glass of plain water (counting tap, bottled, and unflavored sparkling water, during the 7 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Did not eat breakfast (during the 7 days before the survey)	21.7 (14.9–30.5) 1,313	23.8 (17.2–32.0) 654	19.6 (11.9–30.6) 652
Did not eat breakfast on all 7 days (during the 7 days before the survey)	70.2 (65.7–74.4) 1,313	73.7 (68.2–78.5) 654	66.9 (60.1–73.1) 652
Physical Activity
Were not physically active for at least 60 minutes on at least 1 day (in any kind of physical activity that increased their heart rate and made them breathe hard some of the time, during the 7 days before the survey)	21.0 (14.6–29.1) 1,305	22.8 (16.4–30.8) 650	19.0 (11.7–29.2) 648
Were not physically active at least 60 minutes per day on 5 or more days (in any kind of physical activity that increased their heart rate and made them breathe hard some of the time, during the 7 days before the survey)	61.3 (52.2–69.6) 1,305	67.1 (58.5–74.7) 650	55.3 (44.3–65.9) 648
Were not physically active at least 60 minutes per day on all 7 days (in any kind of physical activity that increased their heart rate and made them breathe hard some of the time, during the 7 days before the survey)	79.5 (75.0–83.3) 1,305	83.7 (80.0–86.8) 650	75.1 (67.9–81.1) 648
Did not do exercises to strengthen or tone muscles on three or more days (such as push-ups, sit-ups, or weight-lifting, during the 7 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Did not attend physical education (PE) classes on 1 or more days (in an average week when they were in school)	41.7 (33.3–50.7) 1,291	45.6 (37.6–53.8) 643	37.7 (27.1–49.6) 641
Did not attend physical education (PE) classes on all 5 days (in an average week when they were in school)	73.6 (58.1–84.9) 1,291	75.5 (59.2–86.7) 643	71.7 (54.8–84.1) 641
Did not play on at least one sports team (counting any teams run by their school or community groups, during the 12 months before the survey)	—	—	—
Had a concussion from playing a sport or being physically active (one or more times during the 12 months before the survey)	—	—	—
Obesity, Overweight, and Weight Control
Had obesity (students who were >= 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex- and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts)	15.9 (13.4–18.9) 1,242	10.5 (7.9–13.9) 606	20.9 (16.8–25.7) 636
Were overweight (students who were >= 85th percentile but <95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex- and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts)	15.2 (12.7–18.2) 1,242	17.3 (14.1–20.9) 606	13.4 (10.1–17.6) 636
Described themselves as slightly or very overweight	31.7 (26.9–36.9) 1,300	34.4 (28.3–41.1) 647	29.4 (24.3–35.1) 646
Were not trying to lose weight	52.8 (47.1–58.3) 1,296	44.4 (38.0–51.0) 646	60.7 (55.0–66.2) 643
Other Health Topics
Never saw a dentist (for a check-up, exam, teeth cleaning, or other dental work, during the 12 months before the survey)	4.4 (1.8–10.4) 1,303	3.9 (1.4–10.4) 649	4.9 (2.0–11.4) 647
Reported that their mental health was most of the time or always not good (poor mental health includes stress, anxiety, and depression, during the 30 days before the survey)	—	—	—
Did not get 8 or more hours of sleep (on an average school night)	74.8 (69.9–79.2) 1,311	78.0 (71.3–83.4) 652	71.8 (64.1–78.5) 652
Did not describe their grades in school as mostly A's or B's (during the 12 months before the survey)	30.2 (24.1–37.1) 1,298	25.6 (19.2–33.2) 647	34.9 (27.1–43.5) 644
Experienced unstable housing (during the 30 days before the survey)	7.0 (3.7–12.8) 1,309	5.2 (2.4–11.0) 651	8.4 (4.0–16.9) 651
Had a sunburn (counting even a small part of their skin turned red or hurt for 12 hours or more after being outside in the sun or after using a sunlamp or other indoor tanning device, one or more times during the 12 months before the survey)	—	—	—
Strongly disagree, disagree, or are not sure that they feel close to people at their school	—	—	—
Reported that their parents or other adults in their family sometimes, rarely, or never know where they are going or with whom they will be	—	—	—
Reported that an adult or person at least 5 years older than them ever made them do sexual things they did not want to do	—	—	—
Reported that a parent or other adult in their home most of the time or always hit, beat, kicked, or physically hurt them in any way (during their life)	—	—	—
Reported that their parents or other adults in their home most of the time or always slapped, hit, kicked, punched, or beat each other up (during their life)	—	—	—
Reported that an adult in their household sometimes, rarely, or never tried to make sure their basic needs were met (during their life)	—	—	—
Have ever been separated from a parent or guardian because they went to jail, prison, or a detention center	—	—	—
Reported that a parent or other adult in their home most of the time or always hit, beat, kicked, or physically hurt them in any way (during the past 12 months)	—	—	—
Felt that they were ever treated badly or unfairly because of their race or ethnicity (during their life)	—	—	—
Never, rarely, or sometimes felt that they were able to talk to an adult in their family or another caring adult about their feelings (during their life)	—	—	—
Never, rarely, or sometimes felt that they were able to talk to a friend about their feelings (during their life)	—	—	—

**Footnotes**
†	Percentage, confidence interval, cell size
—	Data not available

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