Health indicators of school children

  Year of survey Consumed alcohol in last 30 days Alcohol intoxication in the past Overweight Obesity Physically active Physically inactive Smoked tobacco in last 30 days Passive smoking in last 7 days
(%)  (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Antigua and Barbuda 2009 45.1 22.7 31.8 54.8 7.4 53.2
Botswana 2005 20.6 20.9     11.7 34.5 7 45
Dominica 2009 54.5 33.4 24.8 9.1 23.7
Fiji 2010 16.4 12.7 19.2 5.2 33.4 26.9 11.7 55.7
Ghana 2007 28.1 32.7 6.9 0.7 13.1 27.4
Grenada 2008 45.6 27.4     15.2 42.7 4.7 60.4
Guyana 2010 39.2 29.3 15.3 4.1 21.3 35.6 12 58.9
Jamaica 2010 52.5 35.3 21.7 6     23.9 69.5
Kenya 2003 14.6 19.7 12 37.8 13.9 54.6
Kiribati 2011 30.3 21.7 39.8 8.2 26.8 14.2 26.1 77.2
Malawi 2009 3.9 3.2 6 0.3 4.9 41.8
Maldives 2009 4.9 4     27 42.3 8.9 57.8
Mauritius 2011 25.2 17.1 21 6.2 32.7 40.6 16.3 69.3
Namibia 2004 32.8 31.8     9.9 31 16.1 60.3
Nauru 2011 21.9 19.7 44.5 16.7 14.7 33.4 22.1 61.8
Pakistan 2009     6.5 1 15.5 8.2 6.3 49.2
St Kitts and Nevis 2011 32.5 14.4 25.6 58.4
St Lucia 2007 55.4 35.3     15.6 55.1 7.8 63.4
St Vincent and the Grenadines 2007 53.2 35.1 13.3 40.3 8.5 65
Seychelles 2007 61.6 53.1 24.5 10.6 18.8 54.7 17.2 64.7
Solomon Islands 2011 18 16.8 20 2.2 27.2 26.8
Sri Lanka 2008     4.5 0.5 14.2 34    
Swaziland 2003 16 18.6
Tonga 2010 16.4 14.4 59.6 21.9 25.6 29.4 21.6 65.4
Trinidad and Tobago 2007 41 27.9 19 50.1 9.3 66.3
Uganda 2003 12.8 15.2 7.1 0.7 15.3 27.5 4.3 43.1
United Republic of Tanzania 2006 5.8 5.5 25.4 27.7 3.8 58.8
Zambia 2004 42.3 42.8     9.8 32.6    

  • Consumed alcohol in last 30 days: Percentage of students who had at least one drink containing alcohol on one or more days during the past 30 days
  • Alcohol intoxication in the past: Percentage of students who drank so much alcohol that they were really drunk one or more times during their life
  • Physically active: Percentage of students who were physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day on all 7 days during the past 7 days
  • Physically inactive: Percentage of students who spent three or more hours per day during a typical or usual day sitting and watching television, playing computer games, talking withfriends, or doing other sitting activities
  • Smoked tobacco in last 30 days: Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on one or more days during the past 30 days
  • Passive smoking in last 7 days: Percentage of students who reported people smoking in their presence on one or more days during the past 7 days