2023 YRBS Data and Reports

Explore United States 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Frequent Social Media Use and Experiences with Bullying Victimization, Persistent Feelings of Sadness or Hopelessness, and Suicide Risk Among High School Students (2023 U.S. YRBS)

The 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) was completed by 1,488 students in 24 public high schools in San Diego Unified School District during the spring of 2023. The school response rate was 100%, the student response rate was 78.9%, and the overall response rate was 78.9%. The results are representative of all district students in grades 9-12.

The weighted demographic characteristics of the sample are as follows:

Female

47.7%

9th grade

26.8%

Asian

15.7%

Male

52.3%

10th grade

26.3%

Black*

7.5%

11th grade

23.8%

Hispanic/ Latino

44.8%

12th grade

22.4%

White*

23.0%

Other

0.6%

All other races*

1.5%

Multiple races*

7.2%

*Non-Hispanic

Students completed a self-administered, anonymous, 99-item questionnaire. Survey procedures were designed to protect the privacy of students by allowing for anonymous and voluntary participation. Local parental permission procedures were followed before survey administration.

The YRBS is one component of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with representatives from state and local departments of education and health, other federal agencies, and national education and health organizations. The YRBSS was designed to focus the nation on behaviors among youth related to the leading causes of mortality and morbidity among both youth and adults and to assess how these risk behaviors change over time. The San Diego Unified High School YRBS measured the following behaviors:

Protective factors in students lives;
Adverse childhood experiences;
Experiences with health education;
Alcohol, nicotine, and other drug use;
Relationship violence;
Sexual behaviors that can result in HIV/STI infection and unintended pregnancy;
Other behaviors that can result in intentional and unintentional injury and violence.