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BackgroundThe Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors priority health-risk behaviors and the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youth and young adults. The YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state, territorial, tribal, and local surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health agencies and tribal governments. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults including
In addition, the YRBSS monitors the prevalence of obesity and asthma. In 2007, the YRBSS included a national school-based survey conducted by CDC, 44 state surveys, five territory surveys, and 22 local surveys conducted among students in grades 9–12 during January 2007—February 2008. More information on the purpose, components and use of the data for YRBSS is available in the YRBSS Overview [pdf 84k]. 2007 Results
1991–2005 Results
Uses of YRBS 2007 dataYRBS 2007 data will be used to
For more information on using YRBS data refer to Sussman MP, Everett Jones S, Wilson TW, Kann L. The Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance System: Policy and program applications—an update. Journal of
School Health 2002;72(1):13–17. Documents on this page are available in Portable Document Format (PDF). Learn more about viewing and printing these documents with Acrobat Reader. |
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