Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

Today, the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) released the 2015 national, state, and large urban school district Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) results on the YRBS Web site at www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs.

The release includes:

an MMWR Surveillance Summary that includes results from the 2015 National YRBS and from 37 state and 19 large urban school district YRBSs
new fact sheets and summary documents
an updated version of Youth Online - a web-based data system that allows users to view and analyze national, state, and large urban school district YRBS results
public-use datasets and technical documentation

YRBS Background:

The YRBS monitors six categories of priority health behaviors among high school students—behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence; tobacco use; alcohol and other drug use; sexual behaviors related to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection; unhealthy dietary behaviors; and physical inactivity—plus the prevalence of obesity and asthma.

View the Results

For more information about YRBS:

Web site: www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs
Phone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636)
Email: nccddashinfo@cdc.gov

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including—

Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence
Sexual behaviors related to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection
Alcohol and other drug use
Tobacco use
Unhealthy dietary behaviors
Inadequate physical activity

YRBSS also measures the prevalence of obesity and asthma and other priority health-related behavior among youth and young adults.

YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by CDC and state, territorial, tribal, and local surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health agencies and tribal governments.