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1999 YRBS High School Survey

Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
1999 High School

Weighted Column Percents | Counts

Q94 During the past 30 days, did you eat less food, fewer calories, or foods low in fat to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
9th 10th 11th 12th
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 39.1 38.5 39.1 39.7 39.3
No 60.9 61.5 60.9 60.3 60.7
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 57.1 54.0 57.5 59.5 58.2
No 42.9 46.0 42.5 40.5 41.8
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 20.0 21.0 20.1 18.7 19.8
No 80.0 79.0 79.9 81.3 80.2


Q94 During the past 30 days, did you eat less food, fewer calories, or foods low in fat to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight?
Counts

TOTAL Grade
9th 10th 11th 12th
TOTAL 22,913 7,002 6,070 6,380 3,461
Yes 8,758 2,648 2,309 2,479 1,322
No 13,542 4,154 3,615 3,731 2,042
Refused/Unknown 613 200 146 170 97
Female Total 11,597 3,632 3,016 3,218 1,731
Yes 6,601 1,962 1,739 1,906 994
No 4,833 1,608 1,237 1,272 716
Refused/Unknown 163 62 40 40 21
Male Total 11,316 3,370 3,054 3,162 1,730
Yes 2,157 686 570 573 328
No 8,709 2,546 2,378 2,459 1,326
Refused/Unknown 450 138 106 130 76