Indicator Report - Percentage of Students Who Watch Three or More Hours of TV Daily by County, New Mexico 2001-2009
Why Is This Important?
Recent studies conclude that the amount of time children spend watching television has a direct relationship to their weight. Children who viewed the most number of hours of television per day had the highest prevalence of obesity (this held true regardless of age, race/ethnicity and family income)(1). Children who were limited to one hour or less of TV per day were far less likely to be overweight. Children who watched more hours per day of TV and for longer periods of time were less likely to engage in physical activity. That lack of physical activity and the increase in unhealthy behaviors contribute to emerging health issues for our children, such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure, diabetes, gall bladder disease, and sleep apnea (2).Percentage of Students Who Watch Three or More Hours of TV Daily by County, New Mexico 2001-2009
Data Notes
The Sandoval county rate has been suppressed because it is not representative of Sandoval County. The NM, overall, value was calculated from the standard CDC YRRS dataset and is consistent with the rates found on the CDC Website. The county values were calculated from a special New Mexico dataset that has a larger survey sample size. The U.S. Value is for 2009.Data Sources
New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey, New Mexico Department of Health and Public Education Department.Other Views
- by Year, New Mexico and U.S. 2001-2009
- by Sex and Year, New Mexico 2001-2009
- by Race and Ethnicity, New Mexico 2009
Definition
Percentage of students who watched three of more hours per day of TV on an average school dayHow We Calculated the Rates
| Numerator: | Number of surveyed students who watched three of more hours per day of TV on an average school day |
| Denominator: | Number of high school students in the sample from the Youth Risk & Resiliency Survey |
Page Content Updated On 01/11/2011,
Published on 01/20/2011
