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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

Q89. When did you last go to a doctor or nurse practitioner?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
During the past 12 months 70.9 67.5 72.7 72.4
Within the past two years 10.3 10.9 9.2 10.7
Within the past five years 1.9 1.7 1.8 2.3
More than five years ago 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.2
Never been to doctor .7 .6 .9 .7
Don't know 15.0 18.0 14.3 12.8
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
During the past 12 months 71.0 67.7 73.1 72.1
Within the past two years 10.8 11.7 8.9 12.0
Within the past five years 1.9 1.7 1.5 2.5
More than five years ago 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.0
Never been to doctor .6 .6 .7 .5
Don't know 14.5 17.0 14.9 11.8
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
During the past 12 months 70.8 67.3 72.3 72.7
Within the past two years 9.7 10.2 9.6 9.3
Within the past five years 2.0 1.7 2.1 2.1
More than five years ago 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.3
Never been to doctor .9 .6 1.1 .8
Don't know 15.5 19.0 13.8 13.8

Q89. When did you last go to a doctor or nurse practitioner?
Frequencies

TOTAL Grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
TOTAL 18,419 4,635 5,263 8,521
During the past 12 months 12,597 2,899 3,710 5,988
Within the past two years 1,819 469 459 891
Within the past five years 343 77 83 183
More than five years ago 198 54 49 95
Never been to doctor 118 29 39 50
Don't know 2,496 791 696 1,009
Refused/Unknown 848 316 227 305
Female Total 9,293 2,305 2,681 4,307
During the past 12 months 6,418 1,471 1,913 3,034
Within the past two years 976 247 227 502
Within the past five years 178 39 38 101
More than five years ago 92 26 24 42
Never been to doctor 48 13 16 19
Don't know 1,196 379 348 469
Refused/Unknown 385 130 115 140
Male Total 9,126 2,330 2,582 4,214
During the past 12 months 6,179 1,428 1,797 2,954
Within the past two years 843 222 232 389
Within the past five years 165 38 45 82
More than five years ago 106 28 25 53
Never been to doctor 70 16 23 31
Don't know 1,300 412 348 540
Refused/Unknown 463 186 112 165