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Percentage of High School Students Who Had Ever Been Told by a Doctor or Nurse That They Had Asthma, by Sex, Grade, and Race/Ethnicity,* 2015 * B > H, B > W (Based on t-test analysis, p < 0.05.) All Hispanic students are included in the Hispanic category. All other races are non-Hispanic. Note: This graph contains weighted results. National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2015

Percentage of High School Students Who Had Ever Been Told by a Doctor or Nurse That They Had Asthma, * * Increased [Based on linear and quadratic trend analyses using logistic regression models controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade (p < 0.05). Significant linear trends (if present) across all available years are described first followed by linear changes in each segment of significant quadratic trends (if present).] National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys,

Range and Median Percentage of High School Students Who Had Ever Been Told by a Doctor or Nurse That They Had Asthma, Across 29 States and 17 Cities, 2015 State and Local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2015

No Data 19.3% % 22.2% % 24.3% % 25.5% % Percentage of High School Students Who Had Ever Been Told by a Doctor or Nurse That They Had Asthma State Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2015

Percentage of High School Students Who Saw a Dentist,* by Sex, Grade, and Race/Ethnicity, † 2015 *For a check-up, exam, teeth cleaning, or other dental work during the 12 months before the survey † W > B, W > H (Based on t-test analysis, p < 0.05.) All Hispanic students are included in the Hispanic category. All other races are non-Hispanic. Note: This graph contains weighted results. National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2015

Range and Median Percentage of High School Students Who Saw a Dentist,* Across 31 States and 17 Cities, 2015 *For a check-up, exam, teeth cleaning, or other dental work during the 12 months before the survey State and Local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2015

No Data 65.7% % 70.3% % 73.6% % 76.8% % Percentage of High School Students Who Saw a Dentist* *For a check-up, exam, teeth cleaning, or other dental work during the 12 months before the survey State Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2015

Percentage of High School Students Who Had 8 or More Hours of Sleep,* by Sex, † Grade, † and Race/Ethnicity, † 2015 *On an average school night † M > F; 9th > 10th, 9th > 11th, 9th > 12th, 10th > 11th, 10th > 12th; H > B, W > B (Based on t-test analysis, p < 0.05.) All Hispanic students are included in the Hispanic category. All other races are non-Hispanic. Note: This graph contains weighted results. National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2015

Percentage of High School Students Who Had 8 or More Hours of Sleep,* † *On an average school night † Decreased [Based on linear trend analyses using logistic regression models controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade (p < 0.05).] National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys,

Range and Median Percentage of High School Students Who Had 8 or More Hours of Sleep,* Across 30 States and 19 Cities, 2015 *On an average school night State and Local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2015

No Data 17.5% % 23.5% % 26.5% % 29.4% % Percentage of High School Students Who Had 8 or More Hours of Sleep* *On an average school night State Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2015

Percentage of High School Students Who Used an Indoor Tanning Device,* by Sex, † Grade, † and Race/Ethnicity, † 2015 *Such as a sunlamp, sunbed, or tanning booth [not including getting a spray-on tan], one or more times during the 12 months before the survey † F > M; 11th > 9th, 11th > 10th, 12th > 9th, 12th > 10th; W > B, W > H (Based on t-test analysis, p < 0.05.) All Hispanic students are included in the Hispanic category. All other races are non-Hispanic. Note: This graph contains weighted results. National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2015

Percentage of High School Students Who Used an Indoor Tanning Device,* † *Such as a sunlamp, sunbed, or tanning booth [not including getting a spray-on tan], one or more times during the 12 months before the survey † Decreased [Based on linear trend analyses using logistic regression models controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade (p < 0.05).] National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys,

Percentage of High School Students Who Had a Sunburn,* by Sex, † Grade, and Race/Ethnicity, † 2015 *Including even a small part of the skin turning red or hurting for 12 hours or more after being outside in the sun or after using a sunlamp or other indoor tanning device, one or more times during the 12 months before the survey † F > M; H > B, W > B, W > H (Based on t-test analysis, p < 0.05.) All Hispanic students are included in the Hispanic category. All other races are non-Hispanic. Note: This graph contains weighted results. National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2015

Percentage of High School Students Who Have to Avoid Some Foods Because Eating the Food Could Cause an Allergic Reaction,* by Sex, † Grade, † and Race/Ethnicity, † 2015 *Such as skin rashes, swelling, itching, vomiting, coughing, or trouble breathing † F > M; 9th > 10th, 9th > 11th, 9th > 12th; B > H, B > W (Based on t-test analysis, p < 0.05.) All Hispanic students are included in the Hispanic category. All other races are non-Hispanic. Note: This graph contains weighted results. National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2015