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1999 YRBS High School Survey

Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
1999 High School

Weighted Column Percents | Counts

Q97 During the past 30 days, did you vomit or take laxatives 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 4.0 4.1 4.5 4.1 3.0
No 96.0 95.9 95.5 95.9 97.0
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 6.6 6.6 7.8 6.8 5.0
No 93.4 93.4 92.2 93.2 95.0
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.3 .9
No 98.9 98.8 98.9 98.7 99.1


Q97 During the past 30 days, did you vomit or take laxatives 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 911 281 255 269 106
No 21,491 6,534 5,700 5,978 3,279
Refused/Unknown 511 187 115 133 76
Female Total 11,597 3,632 3,016 3,218 1,731
Yes 793 244 228 227 94
No 10,621 3,318 2,748 2,943 1,612
Refused/Unknown 183 70 40 48 25
Male Total 11,316 3,370 3,054 3,162 1,730
Yes 118 37 27 42 12
No 10,870 3,216 2,952 3,035 1,667
Refused/Unknown 328 117 75 85 51