New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey
Welcome
The New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey, or NM YRRS, is a CDC funded school-based survey of middle and high school students. The survey helps to characterize adolescent health behaviors, as well as resiliency, or protective factors. The NM YRRS is made possible by a collaborative partnership between the New Mexico Department of Health (DOH), the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED), the University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center (UNM PRC), and the Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center (AASTEC).

AASTEC’s Involvement
- Each survey year, AASTEC identifies schools in New Mexico that serve a high rate of American Indian/Alaska Native students. These schools are generally on, or near, tribal communities and include public, charter, tribal, and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools. At these specific schools, an oversample (or census) of the NM YRRS is administered. This means that all 6-12 grade students are given the opportunity to complete the survey.
- The aim of the AASTEC oversample project is to ensure that American Indian students are adequately represented in the results of the NM YRRS. Employing an oversample technique ensures that the NM YRRS data is representative of American Indian/Alaska Native youth, and therefore, more useful to tribal communities and tribal-serving organizations.
- The AASTEC oversample project began in 2007, and as of 2019, 44 high school and middle schools participated in the oversample. Through the AASTEC oversample project, the number of American Indian/Alaska Native students represented within the NM YRRS state sample has roughly doubled.

Students in grades 6-12 voluntarily participate in the survey during the Fall of odd-number years.

Topic areas include personal safety, mental health, and resiliency, among many others. The resiliency, or protective factors, topic area is a unique aspect of the survey and provides more information about family, peer, school, and community support.

AASTEC develops fact sheets, state-level and school-specific reports, presentations, and other materials to support schools that participate in the NM YRRS.
2019 Data Highlights
Reports & Publications
2019
- 2019 Marijuana Use Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2019 Suicide Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2019 Drug Use Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2019 New Mexico YRRS American Indian Middle School Students
- 2019 New Mexico YRRS American Indian High School Students
2017
- 2017 Sexual Health Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2017 Suicide Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2017 New Mexico YRRS American Indian Middle School Students
- 2017 New Mexico YRRS American Indian High School Students
2015
- 2015 Tobacco Use Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2015 Hepatitis C and HIV-related Risk Behaviors Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2015 Marijuana and Other Drug Use Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2015 Nutrition Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2015 Physical Activity Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2015 New Mexico YRRS American Indian Middle School Students
- 2015 New Mexico YRRS American Indian High School Students
2013
- 2013 Tobacco Use Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2013 Tobacco YRRS Report
- 2013 Alcohol Use Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2013 Bullying Experiences Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2013 Marijuana Use Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2013 Nutrition & Weight Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2013 Physical Activity Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2013 New Mexico YRRS American Indian Middle School Students
- 2013 New Mexico YYRRS American Indian High School Students
2011
- 2011 Alcohol Use Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2011 Tobacco Use Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2011 HIV-related Risk Behaviors Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2011 Physical Activity and Weight Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2011 Drug Related Behaviors Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2011 Suicide Issues Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2011 New Mexico YRRS American Indian Middle School Students
- 2011 New Mexico YRRS American Indian High School Students
2009
- 2009 Suicide Issues Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2009 Alcohol Related Behaviors Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2009 Drug Related Behaviors Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2009 Tobacco Related Behaviors Among American Indian Youth in New Mexico
- 2009 New Mexico YRRS American Indian Middle School Students
- 2009 New Mexico YRRS American Indian High School Students
Resources
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Contact Us
If you’d like to request NM YRRS American Indian/Alaska Native oversample data or technical assistance, please complete the form below and a team member will follow-up with you. If you have any questions, please contact Carolyn Parshall, NM YRRS Epidemiologist, at cparshall@aaihb.org.