Tacoma School District Highlights from the Healthy Youth Survey Fall 2010.

Tacoma School District

Highlights from the Healthy Youth Survey

Fall 2010

Student Participation

• 1484 (76%) of Grade 6 students




Source: Healthy Youth Survey 2010 Tacoma School District

Current Cigarette SmokingPercent of students who report smoking cigarettes

in the past 30 days


28

1619

26

12

19

0

20

40

60

80

100

Grade 6 Grade 8 Grade 10 Grade 12

Local State

Current Chewing Tobacco UsePercent of students who report using chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip

in the past 30 days


1 3 5 51 3

69

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Susceptibility to SmokingPercent of students who are at risk for future smoking


83

66 64 64

86

74

6762

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Lifetime Alcohol UsePercent of students who report having ever drunk more than a sip of alcohol


29

44

62

74

26

38

57

71

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Current Alcohol UsePercent of students who report having drunk a glass, can, or bottle

of alcohol in the past 30 days


4

16

30

39

4

14

27

40

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Current Binge DrinkingPercent of students who report having drunk 5 or more drinks in a

row in the past 2 weeks


49

1723

48

16

25

0

20

40

60

80

100


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• No drinking (no drinking in past 30 days) • Experimental drinking (1-2 days drinking in past 30 days, no binge drinking in past 2 weeks) • Problem drinking (3-5 days drinking in past 30 days and/or 1 day binge drinking in past 2 weeks) • Heavy drinking (6+ days drinking in past 30 days and/or 2+ binge drinking in past two weeks)

Levels of Alcohol Use

94 9481 85

68 7159 58

2 2

8 6

12 11

14 13

2 25 4

8 812 12

2 2 6 511 10 15 16

0

20

40

60

80

100

Local State Local State Local State Local State

Heavy Drinking Problem Drinking Experimental Drinking No Drinking


Lifetime Marijuana UsePercent of students who report having ever smoked marijuana


4

18

36

51

4

13

31

46

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Current Marijuana UsePercent of students who report smoking marijuana in the past 30 days


2

13

2328

2

9

2026

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Current Illegal Drug UsePercent of students who report using illegal drugs

in the past 30 days (not including alcohol or tobacco)


1 47 6

1 37 8

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Current Prescription Drug UsePercent of students who report using a pain killer

to get high in the past 30 days


5 7 548 8

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Substance Use at SchoolPercent of students who report being drunk or high at school

in the past year


11

20 22

8

17 19

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Enforcement of Tobacco-Free PoliciesPercent of students who report “definitely” thinking that rules

about not using tobacco at school are enforced


30

1923

40

2528

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Enforcement of Alcohol and Drug PoliciesPercent of students who report “yes” their school punishes students

caught using alcohol or drugs


70 71 7378

7578

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Help at School for Problems with ATOD Percent of students who report school having staff for students to

discuss problems with alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs


52 51 50

6459

64

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Enjoyment of SchoolPercent of students who report “often” or “almost always” enjoying

being at school in the past year


52

43 42 44

57

49

42 42

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Skipping SchoolPercent of students who report skipping 1 or more whole days of

school in past 4 weeks


19 21 23

31

17 19 2127

0

20

40

60

80

100


Local State

BullyingPercent of students who report being bullied in the past 30 days


32 31

2115

30 3024

17

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Feeling Safe at SchoolPercent of students who report that they feel safe at school


8377

8083

8783 85

88

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Weapon Carrying At SchoolPercent of students who report carrying a weapon on school

property in the past 30 days


58

55 7 7

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Opportunities for School InvolvementPercent of students who report that they have lots of chances for

involvement in school activities


59 606363 62 64

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Physical FightingPercent of students who report being in a physical fight in the past year


3537

2621

2934

2620

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Gang MembershipPercent of students who report being members of a gang in the past year


8 7 66 6 5

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Low Neighborhood AttachmentPercent of students who are at risk for substance use because they

have low attachment to their neighborhood


40

48 50

33

42

50

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Rewards for Community InvolvementPercent of students who are resilient to substance use because

they report rewards by their community for prosocial involvement


33 36

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Seat Belt UsePercent of students who report wearing seatbelts “most of the time”

or “always” when riding in a car


93

8689

9295

90 92 93

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Riding With a Drinking DriverPercent of students who report having ridden in the past 30 days

with a driver who had been drinking alcohol


2124 25

1822 22

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Excessive Soda ConsumptionPercent of students who report drinking 2 or more sodas yesterday


14 15 151011

13 12 14

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Excessive Television/Video Game UsePercent of students who report 3 or more hours of watching television, playing

video games or using the computer for fun on an average school day


6257

5251 50 51

0

20

40

60

80

100


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60 Minutes of Physical Activity per DayPercent of students who report being physically active 60 minutes per day


26 2421 20

29 2722 21

0

20

40

60

80

100


Local State

ObesityPercent of students who are obese (according to reported height and weight)


13 141111 10 11

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Current AsthmaPercent of students who currently have asthma


9 8 11 97 9 10 8

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Access to Health CarePercent of students who report visiting a doctor for a routine

checkup in the past year


62 64 6462 61 58

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Access to Dental CarePercent of students who report visiting a dentist for a routine

checkup in the past year


6771 72

75 7775

0

20

40

60

80

100


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DepressionPercent of students who report experiencing depressive feelings

during the past year


3035

32

2530 28

0

20

40

60

80

100


Local State

Contemplation of SuicidePercent of students who report having seriously considered suicide

in the past year


19 19 171418

14

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Perception of Neighborhood Norms - AlcoholPercent of students who report that adults in their neighborhoods think

youth drinking is “very wrong”


76

51

32 30

78

57

36

26

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Perception of Neighborhood Norms - SmokingPercent of students who report that adults in their neighborhoods think youth

smoking is “very wrong”


77

54

3731

79

63

45

34

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Perception of Neighborhood Norms - MarijuanaPercent of students who report that adults in their neighborhoods think youth

marijuana use is “very wrong”


80

59

4236

83

69

52

41

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Perceived Availability of AlcoholPercent of students who report alcohol would be very hard to get


68

38

1814

69

43

18

11

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Perceived Availability of CigarettesPercent of students who report cigarettes would be very hard to get


67

42

20

12

71

49

25

12

0

20

40

60

80

100


Local State

Perceived Availability of MarijuanaPercent of students who report marijuana would be very hard to get


79

51

25

16

84

63

28

17

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Perceived Risk of Regular Alcohol Use Percent of students who report great risk of harm from drinking alcohol

daily


29 30

40

47

31

38 39 38

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Perceived Risk of Regular Cigarette SmokingPercent of students who report great risk of harm from smoking a pack or

more a day


55

63

71

78

61

72 75 76

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Perceived Risk of Regular Marijuana Use Percent of students who report great risk of harm from smoking

marijuana at least once or twice a week


43 43 43

36

49

59

47

37

0

20

40

60

80

100


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Perceived Harm From Secondhand SmokePercent of students who report “definitely” thinking that smoke from

other people’s cigarettes is harmful to them


51 5258

67

57 59 5862

0

20

40

60

80

100


Local State

Tacoma School District Highlights from the Healthy Youth Survey Fall 2010.

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