North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who never or rarely wore a seat belt when riding in a car 100 80 60 40 20 9.3

7.2

4.9

0 Total Males Females

Q8 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 9.3

7th 5.2

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever rode in a car driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol 100 80 60 40 28.8

20 26.6

30.8

0 Total Males Females

Q11 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

27.9

29.7

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who have ever been in a physical fight in which they were hurt and had to be treated by a doctor or nurse 100 80 60 40 20 14.6

10.3

5.3

0 Total Males Females

Q14 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 6.6

7th 13.2

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever seriously thought about killing themselves 100 80 60 40 20 19.7

18.1

21.3

0 Total Males Females

Q15 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

23.3

16.9

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who smoked a whole cigarette for the first time before age 11 100 80 60 40 20 10.6

8.0

5.4

0 Total Males Females

Q19 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 5.9

7th 9.1

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on one or more of the past 30 days 100 80 60 40 20 11.3

11.2

11.1

0 Total Males Females

Q20 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 9.3

7th 13.9

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on 20 or more of the past 30 days 100 80 60 40 20 1.5

2.2

0.8

0 Total Males Females

M1 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 2.2

7th 1.3

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who smoked two or more cigarettes per day on the days they smoked during the past 30 days 100 80 60 40 20 3.2

2.5

3.9

0 Total Males Females

Q21 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 4.0

7th 3.5

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day on the days that they smoked during the past 30 days 100 80 60 40 20 0.6

0.4

0.8

0 Total Males Females

M2 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 0.9

7th 0.4

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who had their first drink of alcohol other than a few sips before age 11 100 80 60 40 20 17.9

19.1

15.9

0 Total Males Females

Q27 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

17.9

17.7

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who tried marijuana for the first time before age 11 100 80 60 40 20 5.7

3.7

1.5

0 Total Males Females

Q29 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 3.1

7th 3.9

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever used any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase 100 80 60 40 20 6.2

7.1

5.3

0 Total Males Females

Q30 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 5.7

7th 6.8

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever sniffed glue, breathed the contents of spray cans, or inhaled any paints or sprays to get high 100 80 60 40 20 13.8

13.2

14.1

0 Total Males Females

Q31 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 12.8

7th 13.7

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who are at risk for becoming overweight 100 80 60 40 20 14.3

15.3

13.1

0 Total Males Females

M5 - Unweighted Data - See corresponding summary table for detailed explanation of data.

Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 15.9

7th 12.9

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who are overweight 100 80 60 40 20 12.2

13.6

10.7

0 Total Males Females

M6 - Unweighted Data - See corresponding summary table for detailed explanation of data.

Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 11.9

7th 13.4

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who described themselves as slightly or very overweight 100 80 60 40 34.0

27.3

20.6

20 0 Total Males Females

Q38 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

28.6

26.5

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who were trying to lose weight 100 80 60 55.6

43.3

40 31.8

20 0 Total Males Females

Q39 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

46.4

39.9

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever exercised to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight 100 80 60 40 64.6

56.3

73.2

20 0 Total Males Females

Q40 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

62.3

67.4

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever took diet pills, powders, or liquids without a doctor's advice to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight 100 80 60 40 20 8.4

6.5

4.7

0 Total Males Females

Q43 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 5.8

7th 8.2

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever vomited or took laxatives to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight 100 80 60 40 20 8.8

6.8

5.0

0 Total Males Females

Q44 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 5.3

7th 8.1

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who exercised or participated in physical activity for at least 20 minutes that made them sweat and breathe hard on three or more of the past seven days 100 80 70.6

60 40 71.4

69.9

20 0 Total Males Females

Q45 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

65.9

75.3

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who have ever been taught about AIDS or HIV infection in school 100 80 71.9

60 40 74.2

69.2

20 0 Total Males Females

Q49 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

77.9

77.7

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who responded that the highest level completed by the parent(s) or adult(s) that they live with was four-year graduate or higher 100 80 60 40 38.7

42.4

34.8

20 0 Total Males Females

Q50 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

42.6

38.8

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who never or seldom wore a helmet when they rode a bicycle during the past 12 months 100 80 60 40 64.8

72.4

56.7

20 0 Total Males Females

Q51 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

61.9

67.4

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who carried a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club on school property on one or more of the past 30 days 100 80 60 40 20 11.0

6.6

1.9

0 Total Males Females

Q52 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 6.6

7th 6.8

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who did not go to school on one or more of the past 30 days because they felt they would be unsafe at school or on their way to or from school 100 80 60 40 20 8.2

6.7

9.9

0 Total Males Females

Q53 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 7.9

7th 8.5

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who have been threatened or injured with a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club on school property one or more times during the past 12 months 100 80 60 40 20 13.9

11.0

7.6

0 Total Males Females

Q54 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 11.0

7th 10.7

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students whose property, such as their clothing or books, has been stolen or deliberately damaged on school property one or more times during the past 12 months 100 80 60 40 42.2

45.9

38.0

20 0 Total Males Females

Q55 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

44.3

39.7

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who have ever been in a physical fight on school property 100 80 60 40 37.7

51.4

22.8

20 0 Total Males Females

Q56 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

36.9

39.7

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who, during the past 12 months, felt so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities 100 80 60 40 33.2

28.6

24.4

20 0 Total Males Females

Q57 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

33.0

24.4

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who had at least one drink of alcohol on one or more of the past 30 days 100 80 60 40 20 16.1

16.4

15.2

0 Total Males Females

Q58 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 20.6

13.3

7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who used marijuana one or more times during the past 30 days 100 80 60 40 20 8.2

9.6

6.3

0 Total Males Females

Q59 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 6.7

7th 10.0

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who have taken steroid pills or shots without a doctor's prescription one or more times during their life 100 80 60 40 20 6.2

6.6

5.8

0 Total Males Females

Q60 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 5.4

7th 7.0

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who have been offered, sold, or given an illegal drug on school property during the past 12 months 100 80 60 40 20 13.2

14.7

11.0

0 Total Males Females

Q61 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 16.7

11.1

7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who have ever been taught about chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, or Human Pappilloma Virus/genital warts (HPV) 100 80 60 40 41.9

44.8

38.8

20 0 Total Males Females

Q62 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

41.6

52.4

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who have ever dieted to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight 100 80 60 44.8

40 34.0

20 23.6

0 Total Males Females

Q63 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

33.5

33.2

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who drank 100% fruit juices such as orange juice, apple juice, or grape juice one or more times per day during the past seven days 100 80 60 40 30.0

20 28.2

32.1

0 Total Males Females

Q64 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

32.3

29.6

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ate fruit one or more times per day during the past seven days 100 80 60 40 23.8

22.8

25.0

20 0 Total Males Females

Q65 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

25.7

22.8

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ate green salad one or more times per day during the past seven days 100 80 60 40 20 8.5

7.5

9.7

0 Total Males Females

Q66 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 10.2

7th 8.2

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ate potatoes one or more times per day during the past seven days 100 80 60 40 20 6.4

7.1

5.8

0 Total Males Females

Q67 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 6.6

7th 7.3

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ate carrots one or more times per day during the past seven days 100 80 60 40 20 5.7

6.7

4.6

0 Total Males Females

Q68 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 5.7

7th 6.4

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ate other vegetables one or more times per day during the past seven days 100 80 60 40 20 21.0

19.6

22.6

0 Total Males Females

Q69 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

19.0

23.0

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who drank one or more glasses of milk per day during the past seven days 100 80 60 40 46.2

52.3

39.6

20 0 Total Males Females

Q70 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

46.2

47.6

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who participated in physical activity for at least 30 minutes that did not make them sweat or breathe hard, such as fast walking, slow bicycling, skating, pushing a lawn mower, or mopping floors on five or more of the past seven days 100 80 60 40 22.8

22.4

23.3

20 0 Total Males Females

Q71 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

21.5

25.9

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who usually go to physical education (PE) or gym class one or more days per week 100 80 77.2

60 40 78.9

75.9

20 0 Total Males Females

Q72 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

81.9

75.8

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who consider themselves to have a disability 100 80 60 40 20 14.7

11.9

9.4

0 Total Males Females

Q73 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 7.6

7th 14.2

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who are limited in any way in any activities because of any impairment or health problem 100 80 60 40 20 8.7

7.9

9.7

0 Total Males Females

Q74 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 8.1

7th 10.0

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who have some trouble learning, remembering, or concentrating because of some impairment or health problem 100 80 60 40 20 13.8

15.4

12.0

0 Total Males Females

Q75 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 16.8

11.6

7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who responded that there usually never was an adult at their home in the afternoon when they return from school 100 80 60 40 20 8.6

10.2

7.0

0 Total Males Females

Q76 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 8.1

7th 10.0

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who performed some organized community service as a non-paid volunteer one or more times during the past 30 days 100 80 60 40 38.2

39.0

37.0

20 0 Total Males Females

Q77 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

39.5

36.4

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who last saw a doctor or health care provider during the past 12 months for a check-up or physical exam when they were not sick or injured 100 80 60 56.3

40 58.6

53.5

20 0 Total Males Females

Q78 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

56.3

61.4

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who last saw a dentist during the past 12 months for a check-up, exam, teeth cleaning, or other dental work 100 80 60 61.7

40 63.7

60.1

20 0 Total Males Females

Q79 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

65.6

63.8

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who would rate their health in general as very good or excellent 100 80 60 40 47.3

53.7

40.5

20 0 Total Males Females

Q80 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

47.5

48.7

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who would rate the quality of their life in general as very good or excellent 100 80 60 56.1

40 59.6

52.7

20 0 Total Males Females

Q81 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

55.0

57.1

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who agree or strongly agree that they feel good about themselves 100 80 73.8

60 40 75.3

72.4

20 0 Total Males Females

Q82 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

74.8

71.4

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who agree or strongly agree that harassment and bullying by other students is a problem at their school 100 80 60 40 45.7

42.9

49.0

20 0 Total Males Females

Q83 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

45.7

45.0

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who agree or strongly agree that drugs are a problem at their school 100 80 60 40 20 21.5

19.6

23.2

0 Total Males Females

Q84 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

23.5

23.4

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who agree or strongly agree that violence is a problem at their school 100 80 60 40 37.9

38.0

38.0

20 0 Total Males Females

Q85 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

40.7

37.2

6th 7th 8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who usually walk to school on one or more days per week 100 80 60 40 20 10.4

12.0

8.3

0 Total Males Females

Q86 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 11.7

7th 9.2

8th

North Carolina (Region 2) Middle School Survey Percentage of students who usually ride a bicycle to school on one or more days per week 100 80 60 40 20 4.0

5.5

2.4

0 Total Males Females

Q87 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6th 3.2

7th 4.4

8th