1999 YRBS High School Survey

Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
1999 High School

**Q33 How old were you when you smoked a whole cigarette for the first time?**
Weighted Column Percents
		TOTAL	Grade
		TOTAL	9th	10th	11th	12th
TOTAL		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
I have never smoked a whole cigarette		50.6	57.4	50.8	48.0	44.2
8 years old or younger		3.7	4.6	3.5	3.2	3.3
9 or 10 years old		5.1	6.1	5.2	4.7	3.9
11 or 12 years old		12.5	14.8	13.5	12.0	8.8
13 or 14 years old		17.6	15.0	19.0	18.0	18.7
15 or 16 years old		9.0	2.1	8.1	12.5	15.1
17 years old or more		1.6		.0	1.5	5.9
Female	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	I have never smoked a whole cigarette	50.9	58.2	50.2	48.3	44.5
	8 years old or younger	2.5	3.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
	9 or 10 years old	4.5	6.1	4.7	3.7	3.1
	11 or 12 years old	12.2	14.3	13.2	11.9	8.2
	13 or 14 years old	19.0	16.1	21.3	18.9	20.5
	15 or 16 years old	9.3	2.1	8.4	13.4	15.7
	17 years old or more	1.6		.0	1.5	5.8
Male	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	I have never smoked a whole cigarette	50.2	56.4	51.3	47.7	43.9
	8 years old or younger	5.0	6.2	4.9	4.2	4.5
	9 or 10 years old	5.6	6.2	5.7	5.7	4.7
	11 or 12 years old	12.8	15.2	13.7	12.2	9.5
	13 or 14 years old	16.0	13.8	16.5	17.1	17.0
	15 or 16 years old	8.6	2.1	7.8	11.6	14.5
	17 years old or more	1.7		.1	1.5	6.0

**Q33 How old were you when you smoked a whole cigarette for the first time?**
Counts
		TOTAL	Grade
		TOTAL	9th	10th	11th	12th
TOTAL		22,913	7,002	6,070	6,380	3,461
I have never smoked a whole cigarette		11,285	3,824	2,958	3,021	1,482
8 years old or younger		884	332	234	202	116
9 or 10 years old		1,239	451	342	306	140
11 or 12 years old		2,940	1,039	838	756	307
13 or 14 years old		4,033	1,107	1,128	1,137	661
15 or 16 years old		1,938	153	505	781	499
17 years old or more		304		2	93	209
Refused/Unknown		290	96	63	84	47
Female	Total	11,597	3,632	3,016	3,218	1,731
	I have never smoked a whole cigarette	5,769	2,006	1,478	1,536	749
	8 years old or younger	311	127	69	73	42
	9 or 10 yea rs old	565	236	147	124	58
	11 or 12 years old	1,454	527	409	381	137
	13 or 14 years old	2,218	622	635	602	359
	15 or 16 years old	1,025	79	255	430	261
	17 years old or more	153		1	44	108
	Refused/Unknown	102	35	22	28	17
Male	Total	11,316	3,370	3,054	3,162	1,730
	I have never smoked a whole cigarette	5,516	1,818	1,480	1,485	733
	8 years old or younger	573	205	165	129	74
	9 or 10 years old	674	215	195	182	82
	11 or 12 years old	1,486	512	429	375	170
	13 or 14 years old	1,815	485	493	535	302
	15 or 16 years old	913	74	250	351	238
	17 years old or more	151		1	49	101
	Refused/Unknown	188	61	41	56	30