The Texas Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is a primary source for comprehensive statewide data on preventive health practices and health risk behaviors, and it is an important tool for decision-making throughout the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), the Texas Education Agency (TEA), and the public health community. Public and private health authorities at the federal and state levels rely on YRBS data to identify public health problems, design policy and interventions, set goals, and measure progress toward those goals.

You can access prevalence estimates of risk factors, health indicators, and preventive health practices through the Texas Health Data query system.

YRBSS PUDFs contain data for a requestor to conduct analyses on their own using the statistical software of their choosing.

To request access to a public-use data file, please fill out the YRBSS PUDF Agreement Form, sign it electronically, and submit the form by e-mail, YRBSS@dshs.texas.gov, or by clicking the 'Submit the Form' yellow box on the form.

NOTE: As with all blank forms, please download the blank form to your desktop, fill it in, and then submit it electronically.

Custom data analyses are available by request. 

The Texas YRBS is a state-level survey. Survey results cannot be broken down into smaller geographical areas. However, they can be broken down by the following demographic categories:

• Sex
• Race/ethnicity
• Age
• Grade
• Sexual orientation

For a custom analysis, please fill out YRBSS Data Request Form and submit the form by e-mail, YRBSS@dshs.texas.gov, or by clicking the 'Submit Form' yellow box on the form.

NOTE: As with all blank forms, please download the blank form to your desktop, fill it in, and then submit it electronically.

• Which years of data are requested?
• Which prevalence estimates are requested?
• Which demographic categories are requested?

For more information about what questions were asked in a given year, visit Texas Youth Risk Behavior Survey Questionnaires.

The Texas YRBS Program produces summary tables every year. The summary tables contain prevalence estimates for almost all of the questions asked in a survey year broken down by all of the demographic categories listed above. To request our Summary Tables, please send an email to the Youth Health Survey Coordinator at YRBSS@dshs.texas.gov.