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	2009 Results for 9th Through 12th Grade Injury and Violence
	Question Area YRBS Question 2009 Total Percentage Detailed Information Trend Information Injury Percentage of students who never or rarely wore a seat belt when riding in a car driven by someone else. 17% Detailed Data Table North Dakota YRBS Trends 1995-2009   Percentage of students who never or rarely wear a seat belt when driving a car. 15.7% Detailed Data Table Not Available   Percentage of students who rode one or more times during the past 30 days in a car or other vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol.  28.3% Detailed Data Table North Dakota YRBS Trends 1995-2009   Percentage of students who drove a car or other vehicle one or more times during the past 30 days when they had been drinking alcohol.  15.2% Detailed Data Table North Dakota YRBS Trends 1995-2009   Percentage of students who drove a car or other vehicle while texting or talking on a cell phone on one or more of the past 30 days. 66.9% Detailed Data Table Not Available School Violence 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. 5.4% Detailed Data Table North Dakota YRBS Trends 1995-2009   Percentage of students who were in a physical fight on school property one or more times during the past 12 months. 7.4% Detailed Data Table North Dakota YRBS Trends 1995-2009   Percentage of students who were in a physical fight off school property one or more times during the past 12 months. 18.8% Detailed Data Table Not Available   Percentage of students who fought with a friend or someone they know the last time they were in a physical fight, on or off school grounds. 16.9% Detailed Data Table Not Available   Percentage of students who had ever been bullied on school property during the past 12 months.  21.1% Detailed Data Table Not Available   Percentage of students who have ever bullied someone else away from school property during the past 12 months. 18% Detailed Data Table Not Available   Percentage of students who have ever been electronically bullied, such as through e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, web sites, or text messaging during the past 12 months. 14.3% Detailed Data Table Not Available Suicide Percentage of students who felt so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities during the past 12 months. 22.9% Detailed Data Table North Dakota YRBS Trends 1995-2009   Percentage of students who seriously considered attempting suicide during the past 12 months.  12.4% Detailed Data Table North Dakota YRBS Trends 1995-2009   Percentage of students who made a plan about how they would attempt suicide during the past 12 months.  10.5% Detailed Data Table North Dakota YRBS Trends 1995-2009   Percentage of students who actually attempted suicide one or more times during the past 12 months. 5.7% Detailed Data Table North Dakota YRBS Trends 1995-2009   Percentage of students who made a suicide attempt during the past 12 months that resulted in an injury, poisoning, or overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse. 2.3% Detailed Data Table Not Available   Percentage of students who have one or more adults in their life they can trust to talk to if they have a personal problem. 85.2% Detailed Data Table Not Available Violence Percentage of students who were ever hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend or girlfriend during the past 12 months.  8.5% Detailed Data Table North Dakota YRBS Trends 1995-2009   Percentage of students who have ever been physically forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not want to. 6.5% Detailed Data Table North Dakota YRBS Trends 1995-2009

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