| Risk Factor: | Friends Who Engage in the Problem Behavior |
| Data Indicator: | Reported Use by Friends - "Several Use" - Cigarettes, Beer, Wine Coolers, Liquor, Marijuana, - Grade 8- Mahoning County Schools 1997 - 1998 & 2000 - 2001 |
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| Narrative: | In comparing 8th grade students in the Mahoning County schools in 1997 - 1998 and 2000 - 2001, the students, when asked if several of their friends use the above substances, the greatest answers were for cigarettes, beer, and wine coolers. |
| Source of data: |
1997
- 1998 PRIDE Survey Mahoning County schools |
| Data Indicator: | Number of Patients Discharged With a Psychiatric Diagnosis, Age 12 - 18 |
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| Narrative: | The number of patients age 12 - 18 in Mahoning County, Ohio, who were discharged with a psychiatric diagnosis decreased between 1995 and 1996, but then increased between 1996 and 1997. |
| Source of data: |
Ohio Hospital Association Northeast Inpatient / Origin Market Share Analysis Report |
| Data Indicator: | School Aged Teen Births Ages 12 - 17 Mahoning County 1994 - 2001 |
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| Narrative: | Trend data was obtained and comparisons were made of School Aged Teen Births for Teens Ages 12 - 17 by race in Mahoning County. The birth rates from 1994 through 2001 for nonwhites were higher each year than for white teens. |
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| Source of data: | District Board of Health 1/15/04 |
| Data Indicator: | School Aged Teen Births under 18 years of age 1991 - 2001 |
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| Narrative: | Trend data was obtained and comparisons were made of School Aged Teen Births for Teens Ages 18 by race in Mahoning County, Youngstown, and Ohio. The birth rates from 1994 through 2001 for Youngstown were higher each year than for Mahoning County or Ohio. |
| Source of data: | District Board of Health 1/15/04 |
| Data Indicator: | Reported Use by Friends - "Several Use" - Cigarettes, Beer, Wine Coolers, Liquor, Marijuana, - Grade 6 - Mahoning County Schools 1997 - 1998 & 2000 - 2001 |
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| Narrative: | In comparing 6th grade students in the Mahoning County schools in 1997 - 1998 and 2000 - 2001, the students, when asked if several of their friends use the above substances, the greatest answers were for cigarettes, beer, and wine coolers. |
| Source of data: |
1997 - 1998 PRIDE
Survey Mahoning County schools |
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