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Table 2 Prevalence of lifestyle risk factors by demographic characteristics in the 2013–2014 Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing (n = 2314)

From: Lifestyle risk indices in adolescence and their relationships to adolescent disease burden: findings from an Australian national survey

 

Major depression % (SE)

Self-harm % (SE)

Suicide attempt % (SE)

Severe psychological distress % (SE)

Risky alcohol use % (SE)

Illicit drug use % (SE)

Unprotected sex % (SE)

Sleep % (SE)

Smoking % (SE)

BMI% (SE)

Sex

 Male

5.4 (0.6)

4.4 (0.6)

1.3 (0.3)

3.7 (0.6)

12.6 (1.0)

5.6 (0.7)

1.0 (0.3)

18.7 (1.2)

6.2 (0.8)

27.1 (1.5)

 Female

15.5 (1.1)

13.7 (1.0)

4.0 (0.6)

9.2 (0.9)

12.5 (1.0)

5.5 (0.7)

2.1 (0.5)

21.9 (1.3)

8.2 (0.8)

29.2 (1.6)

Age

 13

4.2 (1.2)

5.3 (1.3)

1.0 (0.6)

2.1 (0.8)

1.0 (0.7)

1.9 (0.9)

0.5 (0.5)

15.5 (2.2)

1.2 (0.7)

42.5 (3.0)

 14

7.3 (1.4)

7.9 (1.5)

2.3 (0.9)

7.4 (1.5)

4.2 (1.2)

2.7 (0.8)

0.5 (0.5)

17.2 (2.2)

4.8 (0.3)

31.9 (2.6)

 15

10.7 (1.8)

8.3 (1.6)

2.2 (0.8)

5.7 (1.4)

8.1 (1.6)

5.0 (1.3)

1.6 (0.7)

18.6 (2.4)

5.8 (1.4)

26.7 (2.7)

 16

15.6 (1.4)

12.1 (1.3)

3.9 (0.7)

8.0 (1.0)

20.9 (1.6)

10.4 (1.2)

2.4 (0.6)

24.2 (1.6)

11.4 (1.2)

20.6 (1.6)

 17

13.8 (1.4)

11.2 (1.3)

3.7 (0.7)

8.7 (1.1)

27.8 (1.9)

7.5 (1.1)

2.7 (0.7)

25.6 (1.8)

12.4 (1.6)

20.7 (1.7)

Area

 City

10.5 (0.8)

8.7 (0.8)

2.4 (0.4)

6.6 (0.7)

11.7 (0.9)

5.7 (0.6)

1.5 (0.3)

20.4 (1.2)

6.6 (0.6)

28.4 (1.3)

 Rural

10.0 (1.1)

9.4 (1.1)

3.1 (0.7)

6.0 (0.9)

14.0 (1.2)

5.2 (0.8)

1.7 (0.5)

20.0 (1.6)

8.2 (1.2)

27.8 (2.1)

Country of birth

 Australia

10.8 (0.7)

9.2 (0.7)

3.0 (0.4)

6.7 (0.6)

13.5 (0.8)

6.0 (0.6)

1.7 (0.3)

19.7 (1.0)

7.7 (0.6)

27.7 (1.2)

 Overseas

7.8 (1.3)

7.8 (1.5)

0.6 (0.4)

4.7 (2.5)

6.9 (1.3)

2.8 (0.9)

0.8 (0.4)

23.8 (2.5)

4.2 (1.1)

30.5 (2.9)

Education

 Not attending school

19.9 (2.7)

15.5 (2.5)

4.8 (1.6)

9.7 (2.1)

37.9 (3.3)

16.6 (2.6)

8.1 (1.9)

28.4 (3.0)

28.5 (3.4)

18.6 (2.8)

 Attending school

9.6 (0.6)

8.5 (0.6)

2.5 (0.3)

6.1 (0.6)

10.6 (0.7)

4.7 (0.5)

1.1 (0.3)

19.6 (1.0)

5.6 (0.5)

28.9 (26.5)

Total

10.4 (0.6)

9.0 (0.86)

2.6 (0.3)

6.4 (0.5)

12.5 (0.7)

5.5 (0.5)

1.6 (0.3)

20.3 (1.0)

7.2 (0.6)

28.1 (1.1)

  1. NB: Risky alcohol use defined as 4 or more standard drinks in past 30 days; illicit drug use risk defined as any drug use in past 30 days; unprotected sex risk defined as no protection against pregnancy of sexually transmitted diseases the last time the respondent had sexual intercourse; BMI (body mass index) risk defined as less than 18.5 or greater than 30; sleep risk defined as less than 7 hours per day or more than 11 hours per day on average; smoking risk defined as cigarette smoking in the past 30 days