Oklahoma Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) results, 2011 Injury

              unintentional and intentional injury
OKLAHOMA YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY (YRBS) - 2011 RESULTS
What is the problem?
The 2011 Oklahoma Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicates that among high school students:
Behaviors that Contribute to Unintentional Injury 93% never or rarely wore a bicycle helmet.1 8% never or rarely wore a seat belt when riding in a car driven by someone else. 7% drove a car or other vehicle one or more times during the 30 days before the survey when they had been drinking alcohol.
Suicide 14% seriously considered attempting suicide during the 12 months before the survey. 6% actually attempted suicide one or more times during the 12 months before the survey. 1% made a suicide attempt during the 12 months before the survey that resulted in an injury, poisoning, or overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse.
What are the solutions? Provide education on injury prevention and the importance of wearing a helmet while riding a bicycle, motorcycle, or ATV.2 Support comprehensive graduated drivers licensing (GDL) programs and educate parents on the state’s GDL laws. Learn to identify early warning signs of youth at risk for suicide. Restrict access to lethal means and methods of self-harm for people at risk for suicide. Build partnerships and networks between health and mental health providers. Actively screen for suicide risk and mental health problems, including in schools and healthcare.
For more information contact the Maternal and Child Health Service, MCH Assessment at (405) 271-6761 or visit URL: http://yrbs.health.ok.gov
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) was developed by the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data in this report are statistically weighted to represent all Oklahoma public high school students. Funding for the YRBS project is provided in part by the CDC and the Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services. This publication, printed by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, was authorized by Terry Cline, Ph.D., Commissioner of Health, Secretary of Health and Human Services. One hundred copies were printed in January 2012 at a cost of $15. Copies have been depos-ited with the Publications Clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
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One in five....
students rode one or more times, during the 30 days before the survey, in a car or other vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol
One in ten...
students made a plan about how they would attempt suicide, during the 12 months before the survey
1. Among students who rode a bicycle during the 12 months before the survey
2. All Terrain Vehicle (ATV)
3. Students who felt so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities during the past 12 months
010203040TotalMaleFemalePercentStudents Who Experienced Persistent Sadness3: Oklahoma YRBS 2011