Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
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Texas Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance SystemData Description
The Texas Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), initiated in 1991, is a federally funded, classroom-based survey conducted every two years on odd years to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute substantially to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States. This surveillance can be used to monitor the Healthy People 2030 Objectives for smoking, overweight, exercise, seat belt use, fruit and vegetable consumption, alcohol consumption, drug use, sexual activity, and other risk factors to establish intervention priorities and monitor the long-term impact of health promotion programs.
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Percentages and confidence intervals are not displayed for sample sizes of less than less than 30. A confidence interval is the range of values around the sample percentage that is 95% likely to contain the actual population percentage. Data are unavailable for 2003 and 2015 due to insufficient response rates.
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Texas Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
Contact us at yrbss@dshs.texas.gov with questions, comments, or to give us feedback on how you have used YRBS data.