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2004 Oregon Healthy Teens Survey
Oregon Healthy Teens 2004, 11th Grade
State Summary
81. When you rode a bicycle during the past 12 months, how often did you wear a helmet?

Total Female Male
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
I did not ride a bicycle during the past 12 months 34.8 43.3 26.4
Never wore a helmet 37.3 30.6 44.0
Rarely wore a helmet 7.7 6.7 8.6
Sometimes wore a helmet 4.2 3.4 4.9
Most of the time wore a helmet 5.8 6.1 5.4
Always wore a helmet 10.3 9.9 10.6
Weighted percentages exclude missing and/or refused answers.

Oregon Healthy Teens 2004, Data Summary, 11th Grade
81. When you rode a bicycle during the past 12 months, how often did you wear a helmet?

Total Female Male
Total 8,034 4,009 4,025
I did not ride a bicycle during the past 12 months 2,802 1,754 1,048
Never wore a helmet 3,089 1,247 1,842
Rarely wore a helmet 605 271 334
Sometimes wore a helmet 322 138 184
Most of the time wore a helmet 464 227 237
Always wore a helmet 752 372 380
Unweighted counts.