Hawaiʻi Health Data Warehouse

YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY (YRBS)

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) monitors priority health risk behaviors that lead to premature illness and death. YRBS is administered to public middle school (MS) and high school (HS) students in odd years as part of a joint effort among the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health, and the University of Hawaiʻi Curriculum Research & Development Group in collaboration with the CDC.

Data Release Notes

The surveys we use to collect data are constantly being updated. As the surveys evolve, new indicators are created and old indicators are removed. The data release notes contain information about new indicators and dimensions that have been added each year. General data release notes are available on the YRBS Health Indicator Selection page.

YearStudents SurveyedHawai‘i SurveysData Release NotesCDC Documentation
2019MS - 6,591
HS - 5,879
MS YRBS 2019
HS YRBS 2019
2019 Release Notes2019 Data User’s Guide
2017MS - 6,418
HS - 6,031
MS YRBS 2017
HS YRBS 2017
2017 Data User’s Guide
2015MS - 6,374
HS - 6,089
MS YRBS 2015
HS YRBS 2015
2015 Release Notes2015 Data User’s Guide
2013MS - 5,036
HS - 4,631
MS YRBS 2013
HS YRBS 2013
2013 Data User’s Guide
2011MS - 5,109
HS - 4,329
MS YRBS 2011
HS YRBS 2011
2011 Release Notes2011 Data User’s Guide
2009MS - 1,611
HS - 1,511
MS YRBS 2009
HS YRBS 2009
2009 Data User’s Guide
2007MS - 1,231
HS - 1,191
MS YRBS 2007
HS YRBS 2007
2007 Data User’s Guide
2005MS - 1,693
HS - 1,662
MS YRBS 2005
HS YRBS 2005
2005 Data User’s Guide
2003MS - 7,709*
HS - No Data**
MS YRBS 2003
HS YRBS 2003
2003 Data User’s Guide
2001MS - 1,495*
HS - No Data**
MS YRBS 2001
HS YRBS 2001
2001 Data User’s Guide

* MS data was collected and weighted in 2001 and 2003 and is loaded into the HHDW. Please submit a data request if you are interested in this data.
** 2001 and 2003 high school data are not available for analysis because they did not meet CDC weighting standards

Youth Risk Behavior Survey Reports

Report Requests

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Please give us as much notice as possible as some requests take longer than others. An HHDW team member will contact you via email or phone for a follow-up.

Record Level Data Request

If you are interested in obtaining de-identified record-level data for your own analyses, please click on the button to see the instructions. 

Most record-level data requests can be processed within 2-4 weeks, but delays in the approval process can extend the timeline.

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