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Health Risk Behaviors of High School Students in Regular Education and Alternative Education Programs
| Behavior | 1997 YRBS
General Education |
1998
YRBS
Alternative Education |
| Never/rarely wore a seat belt when riding in a car with someone else | 19% | 29% |
| Drove after drinking alcohol | 17% | 25% |
| Carried a weapon during the past month | 18% | 33% |
| Was in a physical fight during the past year | 37% | 60% |
| Attempted suicide during the past year | 8% | 16% |
| Smoked cigarettes during the past month | 36% | 64% |
| Smoked cigarettes on 20 or more days during the past month | 17% | 45% |
| Drank alcohol during the past month | 51% | 65% |
| Used marijuana during the past month | 26% | 53% |
| Used cocaine during the past month | 3% | 15% |
| Ever had sexual intercourse | 48% | 88% |
| Had sexual intercourse during the past 3 months | 35% | 69% |
| Had 4 or more sexual partners | 16% | 50% |
| Used a condom at last sexual intercourse (among those currently sexually active students) | 57% | 46% |
| Participated in vigorous physical activity | 64% | 47% |
Source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance–National Alternative High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 1998, MMWR CDC Surveillance Summaries, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, October 29, 1999, Vol. 49, No. SS-7 *http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss4807a1.htm
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