1. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 6.9 6.8 7.0 6.7 7.3 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who described their general health as fair or poor QN7 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

2. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 12.8 16.0 10.1 12.0 14.2 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who never or rarely wore a seat belt when riding in a car QN8 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

3. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 71.8 75.9 67.9 68.0 77.7 New Jersey Middle School Survey Among students who rode a bicycle, the percentage who never or rarely wore a bicycle helmet QN9 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

4. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 74.0 74.6 73.6 71.7 78.2 New Jersey Middle School Survey Among students who used rollerblades or rode a skateboard, the percentage who never or rarely wore a helmet QN10 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

5. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 27.3 24.0 30.2 25.4 30.0 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever rode in a car driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol QN11 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

6. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 23.2 34.2 13.8 22.2 24.4 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever carried a weapon, such as a gun, knife, or club QN12 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

7. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 59.6 73.2 47.8 58.3 61.3 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who have ever been in a physical fight QN13 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

8. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 6.1 7.2 5.1 5.6 6.9 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who were ever in a physical fight in which they were hurt and had to be treated by a doctor or nurse QN14 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

9. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 22.7 16.1 28.4 23.0 22.8 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever seriously thought about killing themselves QN15 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

10. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 11.9 8.0 15.2 11.1 13.1 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever made a plan about how they would kill themselves QN16 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

11. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 8.1 6.4 9.6 8.0 8.3 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever tried to kill themselves QN17 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

12. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 23.9 22.5 25.2 18.6 31.6 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever tried cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs QN18 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

13. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.3 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who smoked a whole cigarette for the first time before age 11 years QN19 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

14. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 5.1 3.8 6.3 4.2 6.3 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on one or more of the past 30 days QN20 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

15. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.4 1.4 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on 20 or more of the past 30 days QNFRCIG - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

16. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th New Jersey Middle School Survey Among students who are current smokers, the percentage who smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day on the days they smoked during the past 30 days QN21 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

17. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 39.0 41.2 37.2 31.5 49.7 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever had a drink of alcohol, other than a few sips QN26 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

18. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 12.7 15.1 10.7 11.5 14.5 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who had their first drink of alcohol other than a few sips before age 11 years QN27 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

19. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 7.2 8.1 6.4 4.7 10.6 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever used marijuana QN28 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

20. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 0.9 1.4 0.4 0.8 1.1 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who tried marijuana for the first time before age 11 years QN29 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

21. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 3.3 3.2 3.3 2.5 4.4 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever used any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, or freebase QN30 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

22. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 9.4 8.2 10.4 10.1 8.3 New Jersey 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 QN31 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

23. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.5 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever used steroids QN32 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

24. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who ever used a needle to inject any illegal drug into their body QN33 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

25. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 17.0 17.8 16.4 18.8 15.0 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who were at risk for becoming overweight (i.e., at or above the 85th percentile but below the 95th percentile for body mass index, by age and sex)* *QNROVWGT - Unweighted Data - Based on reference data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I. Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

26. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 12.8 15.5 10.4 12.0 13.5 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who were overweight (i.e., at or above the 95th percentile for body mass index, by age and sex)* *QNOVWGT - Unweighted Data - Based on reference data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I. Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

27. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 29.0 26.6 31.1 29.3 28.9 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who described themselves as slightly or very overweight QN38 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

28. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 45.8 34.3 55.8 46.4 45.1 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who were trying to lose weight QN39 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

29. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 69.3 59.5 77.8 69.2 69.7 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who had ever exercised to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight QN40 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

30. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 46.2 34.4 56.4 46.2 46.8 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who had ever eaten less food, fewer calories, or foods low in fat to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight QN41 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

31. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 16.8 11.7 21.3 16.3 17.8 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who had ever gone without eating for 24 hours or more to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight QN42 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

32. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 4.5 2.8 6.0 4.5 4.6 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who had ever taken diet pills, powders, or liquids without a doctor's advice to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight QN43 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

33. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 4.7 2.0 6.9 4.3 5.4 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who had ever vomited or taken laxatives to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight QN44 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

34. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 73.0 77.5 69.3 74.2 71.2 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who exercised or participated in physical activity that made them sweat and breathe hard for 20 minutes or more on three or more of the past seven days QN45 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

35. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 47.6 46.5 48.4 45.9 50.3 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who watched three or more hours per day of TV on an average school day QN46 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

36. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 91.6 90.3 92.7 91.2 92.2 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who attended physical education (PE) classes one or more days during an average school week QN47 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

37. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 34.6 35.9 33.5 34.5 34.9 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who attended physical education (PE) classes daily in an average week when they were in school QNDLYPE - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

38. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 61.5 67.4 56.5 63.9 57.9 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who played on some sports teams QN48 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

39. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 11.3 13.9 9.1 9.3 14.0 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who had 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 QN50 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

40. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 7.7 7.4 8.0 7.4 8.1 New Jersey 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 QN51 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

41. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 17.1 16.1 18.0 12.4 23.6 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who had at least one drink of alcohol on one or more of the past 30 days QN52 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

42. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 4.1 3.8 4.3 3.0 5.6 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who used marijuana one or more times during the past 30 days QN53 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

43. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 23.7 24.7 22.9 21.9 26.2 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who participated in physical activity that did not make them sweat or breathe hard for 30 minutes or more on five or more days of the past seven days QN54 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

44. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 35.4 44.8 27.2 35.0 35.4 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who were physically active for a total of 60 minutes or more per day on five or more of the past seven days QN55 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

45. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 81.6 83.8 79.8 83.2 79.2 New Jersey Middle School Survey Among students enrolled in physical education (PE) class, the percentage who actually exercised or played sports more than 20 minutes during an average PE class QN56 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

46. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 14.4 18.2 11.1 14.3 14.4 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who drank three or more glasses of milk per day during the past seven days QN57 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

47. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 88.7 89.8 87.8 85.9 92.5 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who have been taught about AIDS or HIV infection in school QN58 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

48. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 69.9 70.6 69.2 69.6 70.1 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who responded that the last time they saw a dentist for a checkup, exam, teeth cleaning, or other dental work was during the past 12 months QN59 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

49. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 19.1 18.2 19.8 19.1 19.0 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who had ever been told by a doctor or nurse that they had asthma QN60 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.

50. 0 20 40 60 80 100 TotalMalesFemales6th7th8th 15.2 15.3 15.2 15.8 14.4 New Jersey Middle School Survey Percentage of students who have ever been told by a doctor or nurse that they had asthma and who have asthma but had not had an episode of asthma or an asthma attack during the past 12 months or who had an episode of asthma or an asthma attack during the past 12 months (i.e., current asthma) QN61 - Unweighted Data Missing bars indicate less than 100 respondents in the subgroup.