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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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**Described Themselves As Slightly Or Very Overweight**
**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	32.3 (30.9–33.7) 12,275^†	35.3 (33.5–37.1) 5,848	29.3 (27.2–31.6) 6,254
States
Alabama	—	—	—
Alaska	—	—	—
Arizona	33.7 (30.6–36.9) 1,144	38.5 (30.6–47.0) 526	28.9 (25.4–32.7) 611
Arkansas	32.0 (28.4–35.8) 1,493	37.2 (31.7–42.9) 691	26.4 (22.5–30.8) 788
California	—	—	—
Colorado	26.5 (23.7–29.6) 978	28.8 (24.2–33.8) 511	24.0 (19.0–29.9) 455
Connecticut	—	—	—
Delaware	31.4 (28.6–34.5) 1,461	32.9 (28.8–37.4) 774	29.3 (25.8–33.1) 667
Florida	31.6 (29.8–33.5) 4,536	36.2 (33.8–38.6) 2,133	27.3 (25.1–29.5) 2,375
Georgia	27.3 (24.5–30.3) 582	33.8 (31.2–36.5) 304	21.3 (13.0–32.9) 274
Hawaii	—	—	—
Idaho	28.1 (25.9–30.3) 976	32.9 (30.1–35.8) 504	22.8 (19.0–27.1) 457
Illinois	29.1 (26.5–31.8) 1,830	30.0 (27.4–32.8) 934	28.1 (24.4–32.1) 878
Indiana	33.2 (29.6–37.0) 1,012	37.4 (31.7–43.6) 499	29.3 (24.2–35.0) 504
Iowa	—	—	—
Kansas	30.0 (26.2–34.0) 1,458	33.8 (29.3–38.7) 713	25.9 (21.4–30.8) 726
Kentucky	33.3 (30.0–36.8) 2,122	36.4 (32.1–41.0) 1,071	30.4 (26.3–34.9) 1,034
Louisiana	30.2 (26.3–34.4) 619	32.8 (29.0–36.8) 293	27.2 (21.2–34.2) 322
Maine	—	—	—
Maryland	28.3 (27.2–29.4) 33,796	31.1 (29.9–32.4) 16,882	25.6 (24.2–27.1) 16,478
Massachusetts	27.7 (25.3–30.2) 2,631	31.1 (28.3–34.0) 1,269	24.7 (22.0–27.7) 1,339
Michigan	29.1 (26.6–31.7) 3,552	30.7 (27.8–33.8) 1,845	27.3 (23.9–30.9) 1,673
Mississippi	29.4 (26.6–32.4) 1,668	32.1 (28.6–35.8) 823	26.9 (22.7–31.4) 823
Missouri	32.0 (27.8–36.4) 866	34.1 (28.4–40.4) 473	29.8 (22.8–38.0) 385
Montana	28.4 (27.1–29.8) 4,424	31.6 (29.9–33.4) 2,070	25.3 (23.3–27.4) 2,326
Nebraska	32.5 (27.7–37.6) 644	37.5 (31.8–43.6) 332	28.3 (23.5–33.6) 310
Nevada	—	—	—
New Hampshire	30.0 (29.1–30.9) 13,240	33.2 (31.9–34.5) 6,459	27.0 (25.8–28.3) 6,528
New Jersey	30.9 (24.7–37.9) 684	33.7 (27.2–40.8) 366	28.0 (20.6–36.9) 312
New Mexico	—	—	—
New York (Excluding New York City)	29.7 (25.7–34.1) 801	31.2 (24.2–39.3) 363	28.3 (23.6–33.6) 427
North Carolina	29.4 (24.7–34.6) 1,654	30.7 (23.9–38.6) 811	28.2 (24.2–32.7) 832
North Dakota	31.7 (29.7–33.7) 1,998	38.6 (35.3–41.9) 982	25.1 (22.7–27.6) 1,010
Ohio	—	—	—
Oklahoma	32.9 (30.2–35.6) 1,636	36.5 (32.4–40.7) 784	29.4 (26.1–33.0) 836
Pennsylvania	32.3 (29.4–35.4) 1,558	36.9 (32.6–41.4) 789	27.9 (24.9–31.0) 752
Rhode Island	—	—	—
South Carolina	—	—	—
South Dakota	—	—	—
Tennessee	29.5 (26.1–33.1) 1,902	32.2 (28.0–36.7) 939	27.1 (21.9–32.9) 939
Texas	36.2 (33.0–39.4) 1,637	40.5 (36.3–44.9) 805	31.8 (28.0–35.9) 823
Utah	25.9 (22.4–29.8) 1,481	32.3 (27.4–37.7) 774	19.7 (16.1–23.9) 696
Vermont	29.0 (28.3–29.7) 16,642	32.0 (31.0–33.0) 8,186	26.1 (25.2–27.1) 8,294
Virginia	30.8 (28.6–33.0) 2,956	32.2 (28.6–36.1) 1,471	29.1 (26.3–32.1) 1,471
West Virginia	36.0 (31.7–40.5) 472	38.3 (29.3–48.3) 262	33.5 (27.3–40.4) 204
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	27.7 (23.9–31.9) 767	29.3 (25.3–33.6) 427	26.3 (20.5–33.0) 331
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, NC	—	—	—
Chicago, IL	—	—	—
Clark County, NV	—	—	—
Cleveland, OH	—	—	—
Dallas, TX	—	—	—
DeKalb County, GA	—	—	—
Denver, CO	—	—	—
Detroit, MI	—	—	—
District of Columbia	27.1 (26.2–28.0) 10,352	29.4 (28.1–30.6) 5,482	24.4 (23.2–25.6) 4,796
Duval County, FL	28.8 (26.9–30.8) 3,051	32.3 (29.4–35.4) 1,530	24.8 (22.2–27.5) 1,450
Eaton Consortium, MI	31.0 (28.5–33.7) 1,087	34.1 (30.7–37.8) 590	27.3 (23.6–31.3) 488
Fort Worth, TX	34.6 (32.3–37.0) 1,722	38.3 (34.8–41.9) 908	31.0 (27.8–34.4) 798
Gaston County, NC	32.9 (30.2–35.6) 1,393	36.5 (32.9–40.4) 668	29.2 (25.8–32.8) 694
Genesee Consortium, MI	31.3 (28.4–34.4) 874	35.2 (30.1–40.7) 429	26.6 (22.6–31.0) 437
Hillsborough County, FL	31.8 (28.9–34.9) 1,163	37.0 (32.8–41.3) 554	26.7 (22.9–30.9) 600
Houston, TX	32.8 (30.3–35.5) 2,255	33.7 (30.7–36.9) 1,137	32.1 (28.3–36.1) 1,085
Los Angeles, CA	38.6 (36.7–40.6) 2,047	39.3 (36.9–41.6) 1,043	38.2 (34.9–41.6) 990
Memphis, TN	—	—	—
Miami-Dade County, FL	—	—	—
Milwaukee, WI	—	—	—
Nashville, TN	31.7 (29.2–34.3) 1,369	35.5 (32.1–39.1) 701	27.7 (24.3–31.3) 659
New Orleans, LA	—	—	—
New York City, NY	—	—	—
Newark, NJ	36.3 (33.4–39.4) 1,061	37.9 (33.8–42.3) 527	34.2 (30.0–38.7) 530
Oakland, CA	29.9 (27.2–32.8) 1,214	33.6 (29.9–37.5) 620	26.1 (22.5–30.0) 590
Orange County, FL	26.9 (24.5–29.4) 1,313	29.3 (25.8–33.0) 684	24.6 (20.9–28.7) 609
Palm Beach County, FL	27.0 (25.0–29.1) 1,986	27.1 (24.3–30.0) 1,011	27.1 (24.0–30.4) 957
Pasco County, FL	29.4 (26.7–32.4) 1,319	33.5 (29.3–37.9) 641	25.9 (22.5–29.5) 666
Philadelphia, PA	29.8 (27.5–32.3) 1,208	32.4 (28.9–36.1) 612	27.5 (24.1–31.2) 571
Portland, OR	23.1 (20.7–25.7) 1,358	25.2 (22.1–28.7) 668	21.3 (17.9–25.1) 657
San Bernardino, CA	—	—	—
San Diego, CA	—	—	—
San Francisco, CA	33.0 (30.7–35.4) 2,155	35.6 (32.2–39.1) 977	30.8 (28.0–33.8) 1,161
Seattle, WA	22.3 (20.2–24.5) 1,486	24.9 (22.0–28.1) 702	20.4 (17.4–23.7) 743
Shelby County, TN	28.5 (26.0–31.2) 1,305	30.5 (27.2–34.1) 636	26.6 (23.1–30.4) 644
Spartanburg County, SC	—	—	—
Territories and Freely Associated States
American Samoa	—	—	—
Guam	—	—	—
Marshall Islands	—	—	—
Northern Mariana Islands	41.0 (39.2–42.9) 2,204	44.9 (42.3–47.6) 1,080	37.3 (34.8–40.0) 1,105
Palau	32.5 (30.4–34.7) 418	34.6 (31.7–37.7) 217	30.3 (27.4–33.4) 201
Puerto Rico	29.6 (26.1–33.4) 1,278	29.7 (26.4–33.3) 671	28.9 (23.3–35.2) 595
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**Footnotes**
†	Percentage, confidence interval, cell size
—	Data not available

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