About
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System measures behaviors that fall into six categories: 1. Behaviors that result in unintentional injuries and violence; 2. Tobacco use; 3. Alcohol and other drug use; 4. Sexual behaviors that result in HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended pregnancies; 5. Dietary behaviors; and 6. Physical activity.
To request data on the high school YRBS surveys, please follow this link to the Delaware Division of Public Health’s data request process.
To access data from the middle school YRBS surveys, please contact Rochelle Brittingham at rbrittin@udel.edu.
* 2019 HS YRBS HS: During administration of the 2019 High School YRBS, low school participation throughout the state meant that the criteria for a representative sample was not met. Because of this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not produce a statewide report for Delaware or county reports for Sussex and New Castle. However, due to high levels of school participation in Kent County, a county wide representative sample was reached and a Kent County Report was produced by the CDC.
* 2019 MS YRBS MS: For the first time in 2019, a sampling rather than a census approach was used for the Middle School YRBS. This approach allowed CDHS to get a representative statewide sample to create a Statewide Report. Unfortunately, because of the reduced number of participants, individual county reports were not able to be produced by the CDC. Please reach out to Rochelle Brittingham at rbrittin@udel.edu with questions.
Funding sources:
Funding for the Delaware High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey is provided by the Delaware Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, through funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Funding for the Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Surveys is provided by the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families, Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services.
Funding from 2006 – 2017 for the Delaware Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey was provided by Nemours Children’s Health System.
Middle School
2023 State Findings:
2023 DE MS Demographic Table
2021 State Findings:
2019 State Findings*:
2017 State Findings:
2017 New Castle County Findings:
2017 New Castle MS Demographic Table
2017 New Castle MS Detail Tables
2017 New Castle MS Trend Report
2015 State Findings:
2015 New Castle County Findings:
2015 New Castle MS Demographic Table
2015 New Castle MS Detail Tables
2015 New Castle MS Trend Report
2015 Sussex County Findings:
2015 Sussex MS Demographic Table
2013 State Findings:
2013 New Castle County Findings:
2013 New Castle MS Demographic
2013 New Castle MS Detail Tables
2013 New Castle MS Trend Report
2013 Kent County Findings:
2013 Sussex County Findings:
High School
2021 State Findings:
2019 Kent County Findings*:
2019 Kent HS Demographic Table
2017 State Findings:
2017 New Castle County Findings:
2017 New Castle HS Demographic Table
2017 New Castle HS Detail Tables
2017 New Castle HS Trend Report
2017 Kent County Findings:
2017 Kent HS Demographic Table
2017 Sussex County Findings:
2017 Sussex HS Demographic Table
2015 State Findings:
2015 New Castle County Findings:
2015 New Castle HS Demographic Table
2015 New Castle HS Detail Tables
2015 New Castle HS Trend Report
2015 Kent County Findings:
2015 Kent HS Demographic Table
2015 Sussex County Findings:
2015 Sussex HS Demographic Table
2013 State Findings:
2013 New Castle County Findings:
2013 New Castle HS Demographic
2013 New Castle HS Detail Tables
2013 New Castle HS Trend Report
2013 Kent County Findings:
2013 Sussex County Findings:
Important Domains of Youth Health and Wellness Measured by YRBS
Domain Sheet of YRBS High School Surveys