Total

1
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who never or rarely wore a
seat belt when riding in a car
100
80
60
40
20
11.7
10.8
10.2
9.6
7.5
7.2
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q8 - Unweighted Data
2
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who ever rode in a car
driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol
100
80
60
40
30.4
27.8
26.7
26.6
26.7
19.7
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q11 - Unweighted Data
3
North Carolina 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
14.4
10.8
10.4
10.2
9.8
6.1
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q14 - Unweighted Data
4
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who ever seriously thought
about killing themselves
100
80
60
40
24.1
23.9
20.4
18.9
17.9
16.9
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q15 - Unweighted Data
5
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who smoked a whole
cigarette for the first time before age 11
100
80
60
40
20
14.3
12.3
12.0
11.6
10.6
8.7
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q19 - Unweighted Data
6
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on
one or more of the past 30 days
100
80
60
40
18.0
20
13.7
12.8
12.6
11.6
6.7
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q20 - Unweighted Data
7
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on
20 or more of the past 30 days
100
80
60
40
20
4.1
3.5
3.2
2.8
2.2
0.8
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
M1 - Unweighted Data
8
North Carolina 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
8.3
6.0
5.4
5.2
4.8
2.2
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q21 - Unweighted Data
9
North Carolina 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
1.7
1.1
1.1
1.0
1.1
0.2
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
M2 - Unweighted Data
10
North Carolina 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
20.5
19.4
17.8
16.9
20
15.7
14.8
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q27 - Unweighted Data
11
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who tried marijuana for
the first time before age 11
100
80
60
40
20
5.5
4.8
3.9
3.5
3.3
2.3
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q29 - Unweighted Data
12
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who ever used any form of
cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase
100
80
60
40
20
6.6
6.2
5.5
4.8
4.9
4.3
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q30 - Unweighted Data
13
North Carolina 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
16.6
16.7
15.8
20
15.3
14.8
14.4
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q31 - Unweighted Data
14
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who are at risk for
becoming overweight
100
80
60
40
16.7
20
14.7
14.7
14.7
14.9
13.1
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
M5 - Unweighted Data - See corresponding summary
table for detailed explanation of data.
15
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who are overweight
100
80
60
40
16.9
17.2
20
14.2
13.3
13.4
11.5
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
M6 - Unweighted Data - See corresponding summary
table for detailed explanation of data.
16
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who described themselves
as slightly or very overweight
100
80
60
40
29.7
26.1
26.1
25.7
25.0
21.8
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q38 - Unweighted Data
17
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who were trying to lose
weight
100
80
60
52.9
44.3
42.8
42.0
41.1
40
33.3
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q39 - Unweighted Data
18
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who ever exercised to lose
weight or to keep from gaining weight
100
80
74.7
68.1
66.4
65.9
65.1
58.4
60
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q40 - Unweighted Data
19
North Carolina 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
8.6
8.2
6.9
6.7
5.2
4.3
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q43 - Unweighted Data
20
North Carolina 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
9.5
8.3
6.9
6.8
4.5
4.3
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q44 - Unweighted Data
21
North Carolina 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
76.8
80
74.3
72.6
72.4
71.7
68.2
60
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q45 - Unweighted Data
22
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who have ever been taught
about AIDS or HIV infection in school
100
81.3
80
74.3
72.2
70.2
68.2
60
49.2
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q49 - Unweighted Data
23
North Carolina 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
37.7
37.0
40
35.3
33.7
34.0
33.3
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q50 - Unweighted Data
24
North Carolina 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
68.3
67.0
63.5
63.1
60.0
58.2
60
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q51 - Unweighted Data
25
North Carolina 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
9.4
8.2
6.9
6.6
5.7
4.3
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q52 - Unweighted Data
26
North Carolina 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
9.1
8.2
8.2
7.8
7.1
6.6
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q53 - Unweighted Data
27
North Carolina 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
10.9
10.7
10.0
10.1
9.2
8.6
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q54 - Unweighted Data
28
North Carolina 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
41.9
42.0
39.7
38.3
38.4
37.2
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q55 - Unweighted Data
29
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who have ever been in a
physical fight on school property
100
80
60
53.9
41.5
40.4
39.5
40
34.5
24.2
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q56 - Unweighted Data
30
North Carolina 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
34.0
31.6
29.5
28.4
26.5
25.2
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q57 - Unweighted Data
31
North Carolina 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
20.9
16.9
16.8
16.3
20
15.5
8.9
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q58 - Unweighted Data
32
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who used marijuana one or
more times during the past 30 days
100
80
60
40
20
13.1
9.9
8.5
7.4
6.7
4.3
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q59 - Unweighted Data
33
North Carolina 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
6.8
5.8
5.8
5.8
5.9
4.4
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q60 - Unweighted Data
34
North Carolina 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
19.5
20
15.7
13.5
11.5
11.0
9.2
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q61 - Unweighted Data
35
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who have ever been taught
about chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, or Human
Pappilloma Virus/genital warts (HPV)
100
80
59.4
60
38.5
38.4
38.4
36.3
40
20
15.3
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q62 - Unweighted Data
36
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who have ever dieted to
lose weight or to keep from gaining weight
100
80
60
48.3
38.2
37.4
37.3
40
35.0
26.6
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q63 - Unweighted Data
37
North Carolina 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
31.4
30.2
30.0
29.6
29.1
27.5
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q64 - Unweighted Data
38
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who ate fruit one or more
times per day during the past seven days
100
80
60
40
26.8
26.3
26.0
25.1
24.0
22.8
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q65 - Unweighted Data
39
North Carolina 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
10.3
9.2
8.6
8.0
8.1
7.3
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q66 - Unweighted Data
40
North Carolina 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
6.6
6.5
6.3
6.1
6.1
6.0
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q67 - Unweighted Data
41
North Carolina 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
6.1
5.3
5.6
5.3
4.5
4.9
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q68 - Unweighted Data
42
North Carolina 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
22.2
21.6
20.6
20.3
20.1
19.7
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q69 - Unweighted Data
43
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who drank one or more
glasses of milk per day during the past seven days
100
80
60
50.6
45.7
45.4
45.1
44.7
39.3
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q70 - Unweighted Data
44
North Carolina 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
27.5
26.9
25.4
24.8
24.6
23.2
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q71 - Unweighted Data
45
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who usually go to physical
education (PE) or gym class one or more days per
week
100
80
75.4
73.9
73.0
72.7
70.8
70.2
60
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q72 - Unweighted Data
46
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who consider themselves to
have a disability
100
80
60
40
20
14.6
14.0
13.1
12.6
12.1
9.5
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q73 - Unweighted Data
47
North Carolina 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
11.0
10.6
10.0
9.6
9.0
8.9
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q74 - Unweighted Data
48
North Carolina 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
16.4
20
14.9
13.9
12.7
12.5
12.1
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q75 - Unweighted Data
49
North Carolina 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
9.8
9.4
7.9
7.5
6.3
5.2
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q76 - Unweighted Data
50
North Carolina 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
39.0
38.9
37.4
37.6
36.1
36.1
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q77 - Unweighted Data
51
North Carolina 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
59.7
57.7
56.5
56.3
60
54.7
51.3
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q78 - Unweighted Data
52
North Carolina 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
64.1
62.5
61.9
61.5
60.6
56.4
60
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q79 - Unweighted Data
53
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who would rate their
health in general as very good or excellent
100
80
60
55.0
50.6
49.9
49.7
49.5
44.6
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q80 - Unweighted Data
54
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who would rate the quality
of their life in general as very good or excellent
100
80
59.5
59.7
57.8
57.9
56.7
56.3
60
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q81 - Unweighted Data
55
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who agree or strongly
agree that they feel good about themselves
100
79.9
79.4
78.7
77.2
80
75.0
73.8
60
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q82 - Unweighted Data
56
North Carolina 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
45.2
43.4
43.1
42.9
42.7
40.7
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q83 - Unweighted Data
57
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who agree or strongly
agree that drugs are a problem at their school
100
80
60
40
24.1
21.9
20.4
20.1
18.9
16.5
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q84 - Unweighted Data
58
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who agree or strongly
agree that violence is a problem at their school
100
80
60
38.7
38.1
37.9
37.7
37.4
36.9
40
20
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q85 - Unweighted Data
59
North Carolina Middle School Survey
Percentage of students who usually walk to school
on one or more days per week
100
80
60
40
20
11.4
10.5
9.6
8.8
8.6
7.7
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q86 - Unweighted Data
60
North Carolina 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
6.2
5.2
4.4
4.0
3.4
2.6
0
Total
Males
Females
6th
7th
8th
Q87 - Unweighted Data