2011 High School YRBS Results

BEHAVIORS THAT LEAD TO INJURY AND VIOLENCELOCAL AND NATIONAL HEALTH FACTSSFUSD DataCDCNationalDataTwenty-two percent (22.8%) of students reported being the victim of a verbal slurbecause of their race or ethnic background in the past month.Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) students are more than twice as likely thanheterosexual students to report being bullied at school in the past year.Transgender students are at even higher risk of being bullied at school than LGBstudents.Nearly nine out every ten high school students (87%) report hearing other studentsharrassing remarks at school such as "no homo, fag, dyke, or ‗that's so gay‘‖. Fortypercent of students reported hearing slurs at school ―most of the time‖ or ―always‖.In 2011, nearly 4% of students reported a suicide attempt that resulted in an injury,poisoning, or oversdose that required treatment by a doctor or nurse.An estimated 30% of secondary school students in the United States were either abully, a target of bullying, or both. 1Approximately 72% of all deaths among US adolescents aged 10-24 years areattributed to injuries from only four causes: motor vehicle crashes (30%), all otherunintentional injuries (15%), homicide (15%), and suicide (12%). 1TRENDS OVER THE PAST FOURTEEN YEARS…1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 201120091997to 2011 to 2011Compared Compared% Skipped school for fear of being unsafe at school or on the way to or from school(One or more times in the 30 days preceding the survey)SF HS 6.6 5.2 7.3 5.1 8.1 7.4 7.0 6.1 No change* No change*National 4.0 5.2 6.6 5.4 6.0 5.5 5.0 n/a n/a n/a% Been in a physical fight(One or more times during the 12 months preceding the survey)SF HS 26.6 23.4 30.9 22.0 30.5 22.8 21.8 18.7 Decreased No change*National 36.6 35.7 33.2 33.0 35.9 35.5 31.5 n/a n/a n/a% Ever seriously considered about killing themselves(One or more times during the 12 months preceding the survey)SF HS 20.1 18.1 14.0 15.7 14.1 12.8 12.4 12.9 Decreased No Change*National 20.5 19.3 19.0 16.9 16.9 14.5 13.8 n/a n/a n/a*Although increases or decreases were observed, the differences were not statistically-significant.SFUSD High School Health Survey Results 2011 P a g e | 5