Selected indicators

April 1, 2015 Worcester County Health Department Public Health Conference

• Unintentional injuries, violence and

risk of suicide

• Alcohol and other drug use

Prevalence

Health-Risk Behaviors and Health Outcomes Monitored by YRBS:

Texting while driving

Driving after drinking alcohol

Weapons on school property

Missed school due to safety perception

Forced sexual intercourse

Plan for suicide

46.9% of High School students texted or

emailed while driving

High School on one or more of the past 30 days.

MD 33.1% (32.0% - 34.2%)

21.9%

24.3%

31.3%

31.3%

33.5%

33.7%

34.1%

35.3%

35.4%

36.6%

36.9%

37.2%

38.0%

40.3%

41.0%

41.3%

41.9%

42.0%

42.1%

43.1%

44.5%

Baltimore City

Prince George’s

Baltimore Co.

Montgomery

St. Mary’s

Charles

Calvert

Cecil

Anne Arundel

Howard

Washington

Harford

Allegany

Dorchester

Frederick

Carroll

Somerset

Talbot

Queen Anne’s

Wicomico

Kent

Caroline

Garrett

Worcester

46.9

48.4

45.6

23.8

45.3

67.5

32.5

50.8

Total

Male

Female

9th

10th

11th

12th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

46.9% 46.4%

46.3%

Missing bars indicate fewer than 100 students in this subgroup. * Non-Hispanic

Passenger in vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol one or more times during the past 30 days.

High School

26.0

23.4

28.0

23.1

25.6

26.4

27.6

24.7

24.4

Total

Male

Female

9th

10th

11th

12th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

Middle School

25.6

25.1

26.1

18.1

23.1

31.1

24.7

27.2

Total

Male

Female

6th

7th

8th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

Missing bars indicate fewer than 100 students in this subgroup. * Non-Hispanic

8.6% of High School students missed school because they felt they would be unsafe at school

on one or more of the past 30 days.

High School students who missed school because they felt they would be unsafe at school on one or more of the past 30 days

5.7%

5.8%

6.4%

6.5%

6.8%

7.0%

7.1%

7.5%

7.9%

8.0%

8.2%

8.6% 8.9%

9.1%

9.3%

9.7%

9.8%

9.9%

10.5%

11.0%

11.4%

11.5%

12.0%

12.7%

Howard

Montgomery

St. Mary’s

Allegany

Washington

Garrett

Calvert

Carroll

Talbot

Cecil

Charles

Worcester

Baltimore Co.

Dorchester

Frederick

Queen Anne’s

Harford

Somerset

Anne Arundel

Kent

Prince George’s

Caroline

Baltimore City

Wicomico 8.6

7.8

8.8

9.2

9.6

7.0

8.2

8.7

6.6

Total

Male

Female

9th

10th

11th

12th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

Missing bars indicate fewer than 100 students in this subgroup. * Non-Hispanic.

High School students who carried a weapon on school property on one or more of the past 30 days.

MD 4.8% (4.6% - 5.1%)

3.3%

3.4%

3.9%

3.9%

4.1%

4.2%

4.3%

4.3%

4.5%

4.5%

4.6%

4.9%

4.9%

5.4%

5.9%

6.0%

6.5% 7.5%

7.7%

7.9%

8.0%

8.4%

8.5%

Howard

St. Mary’s

Allegany

Montgomery

Calvert

Harford

Carroll

Frederick

Baltimore Co.

Cecil

Prince George’s

Anne Arundel

Charles

Talbot

Queen Anne’s

Washington

Worcester

Wicomico

Caroline

Dorchester

Somerset

Baltimore City

Kent

Garrett 11.4% 6.5

10.6

2.2

5.9

5.1

6.5

8.3

2.1

5.8

Total

Male

Female

9th

10th

11th

12th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

Missing bars indicate fewer than 100 students in this subgroup. * Non-Hispanic

Students who ever carried a weapon

of the past 30 days.

Percentage of students who ever carried a weapon

High School Middle School

18.9

29.2

8.2

17.6

17.7

19.3

20.9

8.5

19.8

Total

Male

Female

9th

10th

11th

12th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

34.4

46.8

21.2

30.6

31.3

37.9

20.4

38.6

Total

Male

Female

6th

7th

8th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

Missing bars indicate fewer than 100 students in this subgroup. * Non-Hispanic

High School students who had sexual intercourse for the first time before age 13 years.

MD 6.6% (6.3% - 7.0%)

15.6% 12.7%

12.1% 10.4%

9.6% 9.1%

8.4% 8.2% 8.1%

7.2% 6.7% 6.6%

6.1% 6.1% 6.0% 5.8%

5.2% 5.1% 5.0%

4.7% 4.5%

4.1% 3.4%

3.1%

Baltimore City

Somerset

Wicomico

Kent

Dorchester

Prince George’s

Worcester

Caroline

Garrett

Charles

Baltimore Co.

Allegany

Harford

Washington

Cecil

Talbot

St. Mary’s

Anne Arundel

Frederick

Calvert

Queen Anne’s

Montgomery

Howard

Carroll

8.4

12.4

4.4

8.1

6.6

8.6

9.6

18.5

5.3

Total

Male

Female

9th

10th

11th

12th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

High School students who had ever been when they did not want to.

7.2%

8.1%

9.0%

9.1%

9.2%

9.3%

9.4%

9.6%

10.2%

10.3%

10.6%

11.0%

11.2%

11.4%

11.5%

11.7%

11.9%

11.9%

12.1%

12.3%

12.3% 13.1%

13.6%

14.1%

Howard

St. Mary’s

Frederick

Carroll

Allegany

Montgomery

Baltimore Co.

Cecil

Harford

Calvert

Washington

Charles

Queen Anne’s

Garrett

Baltimore City

Prince George’s

Somerset

Anne Arundel

Caroline

Dorchester

Worcester

Talbot

Wicomico

Kent 12.3

9.6

15.0

9.2

11.9

15.2

12.7

15.2

10.6

Total

Male

Female

9th

10th

11th

12th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

Missing bars indicate fewer than 100 students in this subgroup. * Non-Hispanic

High School students who made a plan about how they would attempt suicide during the past 12 months.

MD 12.5% (12.1% - 13.0%)

14.1%

13.8% 13.6%

13.3%

13.1% 13.1%

13.0% 12.8%

12.8% 12.7%

12.7% 12.6%

12.6% 12.5%

12.3% 12.3%

12.2% 12.1%

11.9% 11.6%

11.5% 10.8%

10.5% 10.3%

Kent

Worcester

Baltimore Co.

Calvert

Caroline

Wicomico

Anne Arundel

Dorchester

Baltimore City

Prince George’s

Queen Anne’s

Cecil

Allegany

St. Mary’s

Harford

Washington

Montgomery

Frederick

Charles

Howard

Somerset

Carroll

Garrett

Talbot

13.8

11.6

15.6

13.7

13.9

14.5

12.4

12.1

12.3

Total

Male

Female

9th

10th

11th

12th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

Missing bars indicate fewer than 100 students in this subgroup. * Non-Hispanic

High School one or more times during the past 30 days.

MD 8.8% (8.4% - 9.4%)

6.5%

7.1%

7.6%

8.2%

8.5%

8.6%

8.7%

8.9%

9.1%

9.8%

9.9%

10.2%

10.2%

10.3%

10.8%

10.9%

10.9%

13.1%

14.9%

16.3%

16.7%

17.6%

17.8%

20.6%

Prince George’s

Montgomery

Baltimore Co.

Baltimore City

St. Mary’s

Carroll

Washington

Howard

Calvert

Allegany

Charles

Frederick

Harford

Anne Arundel

Cecil

Queen Anne’s

Talbot

Somerset

Wicomico

Garrett

Worcester

Dorchester

Caroline

Kent

16.7

17.1

15.5

10.8

16.4

20.4

15.8

Total

Male

Female

9th

10th

11th

12th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

Missing bars indicate fewer than 100 students in this subgroup. * Non-Hispanic

5.2 % of High School students have ever used heroin

2.4 % of Middle School students have ever used heroin

Percentage of students who have ever used heroin (also called smack, junk, or China White).

High School Middle School

Missing bars indicate fewer than 100 students in this subgroup. * Non-Hispanic

5.2

6.5

3.6

6.0

4.0

3.0

7.4

2.9

3.5

Total

Male

Female

9th

10th

11th

12th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

2.4

1.6

3.2

2.1

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.1

Total

Male

Female

6th

7th

8th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

Percentage of students who have taken a prescription without a doctors prescription one or more times during their life.

19.9

20.5

18.5

16.2

17.7

21.4

23.2

14.1

18.9

Total

Male

Female

9th

10th

11th

12th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

7.6

7.2

8.1

4.3

5.2

10.9

3.7

9.1

Total

Male

Female

6th

7th

8th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

High School Middle School

Missing bars indicate fewer than 100 students in this subgroup. * Non-Hispanic

High School students who used marijuana one or more times during the past 30 days. MD 19.8% (19.1% - 20.5%)

16.3%

16.4%

17.5%

17.9%

18.2%

18.6%

18.8%

18.9%

19.0%

19.3%

19.6%

19.9%

20.0%

20.6%

20.6%

21.2%

21.2%

21.5%

22.1%

22.5%

23.2%

23.9%

26.2%

26.2%

St. Mary’s

Howard

Garrett

Talbot

Carroll

Prince George’s

Montgomery

Washington

Frederick

Kent

Harford

Anne Arundel

Somerset

Calvert

Charles

Caroline

Allegany

Baltimore Co.

Queen Anne’s

Dorchester

Baltimore City

Cecil

Wicomico

Worcester

Missing bars indicate fewer than 100 students in this subgroup. * Non-Hispanic

Percentage of students who offered, sold, or given an illegal drug on school property during the past 12 months.

High School Middle School

29.2

30.7

27.8

27.2

27.8

30.4

30.7

30.5

28.0

Total

Male

Female

9th

10th

11th

12th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

6.6

7.1

6.2

3.4

4.6

9.7

4.5

7.9

Total

Male

Female

6th

7th

8th

Black*

Hispanic/ Latino

White*

Missing bars indicate fewer than 100 students in this subgroup. * Non-Hispanic

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