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1999 YRBS Middle School Survey Data

Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)

1999 Middle School YRBS Questions

Weighted Column Percents | Frequencies

Q25. During the past 12 months, did you ever seriously consider attempting suicide?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 12.6 9.2 12.1 16.3
No 87.4 90.8 87.9 83.7
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 15.5 9.9 15.0 21.4
No 84.5 90.1 85.0 78.6
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 9.5 8.5 9.1 11.1
No 90.5 91.5 90.9 88.9

Q25. During the past 12 months, did you ever seriously consider attempting suicide?
Frequencies

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 18,419 4,635 5,263 8,521
Yes 2,455 427 655 1,373
No 15,685 4,102 4,528 7,055
Refused/Unknown 279 106 80 93
Female Total 9,293 2,305 2,681 4,307
Yes 1,564 232 415 917
No 7,599 2,028 2,225 3,346
Refused/Unknown 130 45 41 44
Male Total 9,126 2,330 2,582 4,214
Yes 891 195 240 456
No 8,086 2,074 2,303 3,709
Refused/Unknown 149 61 39 49