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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
6.9 6.8 7.0 6.7 7.3
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who described their general health as fair or poor
QN7 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
12.8 16.0
10.1 12.0
14.2
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who never or rarely wore a seat belt when riding in a car
QN8 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
71.8 75.9
67.9 68.0
77.7
New Jersey Middle School SurveyAmong students who rode a bicycle, the percentage who never or rarely wore a bicycle helmet
QN9 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
74.0 74.6 73.6 71.7
78.2
New Jersey Middle School SurveyAmong students who used rollerblades or rode a skateboard, the percentage who never or rarely wore a
helmet
QN10 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
27.3 24.0
30.2
25.4 30.0
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who ever rode in a car driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol
QN11 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
23.2
34.2
13.8
22.2 24.4
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who ever carried a weapon, such as a gun, knife, or club
QN12 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
59.6
73.2
47.8
58.3 61.3
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who have ever been in a physical fight
QN13 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
6.1 7.2 5.1 5.6 6.9
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who were ever in a physical fight in which they were hurt and had to be treated by a
doctor or nurse
QN14 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
22.7
16.1
28.4
23.0 22.8
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who ever seriously thought about killing themselves
QN15 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
11.9 8.0
15.2 11.1
13.1
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who ever made a plan about how they would kill themselves
QN16 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
8.1 6.4 9.6 8.0 8.3
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who ever tried to kill themselves
QN17 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
23.9 22.5 25.2
18.6
31.6
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who ever tried cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs
QN18 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
4.2 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.3
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who smoked a whole cigarette for the first time before age 11 years
QN19 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
5.1 3.8 6.3
4.2 6.3
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who smoked cigarettes on one or more of the past 30 days
QN20 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
0.9 0.8 1.0 0.4 1.4
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who smoked cigarettes on 20 or more of the past 30 days
QNFRCIG - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
New Jersey Middle School SurveyAmong students who are current smokers, the percentage who smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day on
the days they smoked during the past 30 days
QN21 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
39.0 41.2
37.2
31.5
49.7
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who ever had a drink of alcohol, other than a few sips
QN26 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
12.7 15.1
10.7 11.5 14.5
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who had their first drink of alcohol other than a few sips before age 11 years
QN27 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
7.2 8.1 6.4 4.7
10.6
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who ever used marijuana
QN28 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
0.9 1.4 0.4 0.8 1.1
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who tried marijuana for the first time before age 11 years
QN29 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
3.3 3.2 3.3 2.5 4.4
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who ever used any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase
QN30 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
9.4 8.2 10.4 10.1 8.3
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who ever sniffed glue, breathed the contents of spray cans, or inhaled any paints or
sprays to get high
QN31 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
1.5 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.5
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who ever used steroids
QN32 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
0.6 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.5
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who ever used a needle to inject any illegal drug into their body
QN33 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
17.0 17.8 16.4 18.8
15.0
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who were at risk for becoming overweight (i.e., at or above the 85th percentile but
below the 95th percentile for body mass index, by age and sex)*
*QNROVWGT - Unweighted Data - Based on reference data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I.Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
12.8 15.5
10.4 12.0 13.5
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who were overweight (i.e., at or above the 95th percentile for body mass index, by
age and sex)*
*QNOVWGT - Unweighted Data - Based on reference data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I.Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
29.0 26.6
31.1 29.3 28.9
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who described themselves as slightly or very overweight
QN38 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
45.8
34.3
55.8
46.4 45.1
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who were trying to lose weight
QN39 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
69.3
59.5
77.8
69.2 69.7
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who had ever exercised to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight
QN40 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
46.2
34.4
56.4
46.2 46.8
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who had ever eaten less food, fewer calories, or foods low in fat to lose weight or to
keep from gaining weight
QN41 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
16.8
11.7
21.3
16.3 17.8
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who had ever gone without eating for 24 hours or more to lose weight or to keep from
gaining weight
QN42 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
4.5 2.8 6.0 4.5 4.6
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who had ever taken diet pills, powders, or liquids without a doctor's advice to lose
weight or to keep from gaining weight
QN43 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
4.7 2.0
6.9 4.3 5.4
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who had ever vomited or taken laxatives to lose weight or to keep from gaining
weight
QN44 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
73.0 77.5
69.3
74.2 71.2
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who exercised or participated in physical activity that made them sweat and breathe
hard for 20 minutes or more on three or more of the past seven days
QN45 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
47.6 46.5 48.4
45.9 50.3
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who watched three or more hours per day of TV on an average school day
QN46 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
91.6 90.3 92.7 91.2 92.2
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who attended physical education (PE) classes one or more days during an average
school week
QN47 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
34.6 35.9 33.5 34.5 34.9
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who attended physical education (PE) classes daily in an average week when they
were in school
QNDLYPE - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
61.5
67.4
56.5
63.9
57.9
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who played on some sports teams
QN48 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
11.3 13.9
9.1 9.3
14.0
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who had been threatened or injured with a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club on
school property one or more times during the past 12 months
QN50 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
7.7 7.4 8.0 7.4 8.1
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who did not go to school on one or more of the past 30 days because they felt they
would be unsafe at school or on their way to or from school
QN51 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
17.1 16.1 18.0
12.4
23.6
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who had at least one drink of alcohol on one or more of the past 30 days
QN52 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
4.1 3.8 4.3 3.0 5.6
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who used marijuana one or more times during the past 30 days
QN53 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
23.7 24.7 22.9 21.9 26.2
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who participated in physical activity that did not make them sweat or breathe hard for
30 minutes or more on five or more days of the past seven days
QN54 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
35.4
44.8
27.2
35.0 35.4
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who were physically active for a total of 60 minutes or more per day on five or more
of the past seven days
QN55 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
81.6 83.8
79.8 83.2
79.2
New Jersey Middle School SurveyAmong students enrolled in physical education (PE) class, the percentage who actually exercised or played
sports more than 20 minutes during an average PE class
QN56 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
14.4 18.2
11.1 14.3 14.4
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who drank three or more glasses of milk per day during the past seven days
QN57 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
88.7 89.8 87.8
85.9
92.5
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who have been taught about AIDS or HIV infection in school
QN58 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
69.9 70.6 69.2 69.6 70.1
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who responded that the last time they saw a dentist for a checkup, exam, teeth
cleaning, or other dental work was during the past 12 months
QN59 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
19.1 18.2 19.8 19.1 19.0
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who had ever been told by a doctor or nurse that they had asthma
QN60 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.
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Total Males Females 6th 7th 8th
15.2 15.3 15.2 15.8 14.4
New Jersey Middle School SurveyPercentage of students who have ever been told by a doctor or nurse that they had asthma and who have
asthma but had not had an episode of asthma or an asthma attack during the past 12 months or who had an episode of asthma or an asthma attack during the past 12 months (i.e., current asthma)
QN61 - Unweighted DataMissing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.