Adolescent Violence Variables

	State Choices to Promote Healthy Behaviors				State Choices to Promote Healthy Behaviors	State Choices to Promote Healthy Behaviors	State Choices to Promote Healthy Behaviors
	Require injury and violence prevention and safety taught in schools (2006)1	Require helmets for all motorcycle and low-power cycle (LPC) riders 17 and younger (2010)2	Ban all cell phone use for adolescent novice drivers (2010)2	Ban texting while driving for adolescent novice drivers (2010)30
National	30	47	29	38
Alabama	Yes	Yes	Yes18	Yes31
Alaska	No	Yes	No	Yes
Arizona	No	Yes3	No	No
Arkansas	Yes	Yes	Yes19	Yes
California	No	Yes	Yes19	Yes
Colorado	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Connecticut	No	Yes	Yes20	Yes
Delaware	Yes	Yes4	Yes21	Yes
District of Columbia	Yes	Yes5	Yes20	Yes
Florida	No	Yes6	No	No
Georgia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hawaii	No	Yes7	No	No32
Idaho	Yes	Yes8	No	No
Illinois	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Indiana	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Iowa	No	No	Yes22	Yes19
Kansas	No	Yes	Yes23	Yes
Kentucky	Yes	Yes7	Yes	Yes
Louisiana	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maine	Yes	Yes9	Yes	Yes
Maryland	Yes	Yes10	Yes24	Yes
Massachusetts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Michigan	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Minnesota	No	Yes	Yes25	Yes
Mississippi	No	Yes	No	Yes25
Missouri	No	Yes11	No	Yes
Montana	Yes	No7	No	No
Nebraska	No	Yes	Yes24	Yes19
Nevada	Yes	Yes7	No	No
New Hampshire	No	No	No	Yes
New Jersey	Yes	Yes	Yes26	Yes
New Mexico	Yes	Yes12	No	No
New York	Yes	Yes13	No	Yes19
North Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
North Dakota	No	Yes	No	No
Ohio	No	Yes	No	No
Oklahoma	No	Yes	No	Yes27
Oregon	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pennsylvania	Yes	Yes3	No	No
Rhode Island	Yes	Yes14	Yes	Yes
South Carolina	Yes	Yes	No	No
South Dakota	No	Yes	No	No
Tennessee	Yes	Yes	Yes27	Yes
Texas	Yes	Yes15	Yes28	Yes33
Utah	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Vermont	Yes	Yes7	Yes	Yes
Virginia	Yes	Yes16	Yes19	Yes19
Washington	Yes	Yes	Yes29	Yes
West Virginia	Yes	Yes7	Yes29	No
Wisconsin	No	Yes17	No	Yes
Wyoming	No	Yes7	No	Yes

Data Notes & Sources