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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

Q26. During the past 12 months, how many times did you actually attempt suicide?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 6.0 3.6 6.6 7.6
No 94.0 96.4 93.4 92.4
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 7.7 4.1 8.0 10.9
No 92.3 95.9 92.0 89.1
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 4.2 3.2 5.1 4.2
No 95.8 96.8 94.9 95.8


Q26. During the past 12 months, how many times did you actually attempt suicide?

Frequencies

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 18,419 6,066 6,170 6,183
Yes 1,087 217 404 466
No 17,132 5,736 5,728 5,668
Refused/Unknown 201 113 39 48
Female Total 9,243 2,994 3,130 3,119
Yes 708 120 249 339
No 8,441 2,826 2,856 2,760
Refused/Unknown 94 47 26 20
Male Total 9,176 3,072 3,040 3,064
Yes 379 96 155 128
No 8,690 2,909 2,872 2,908
Refused/Unknown 107 66 13 28