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Table 144.Percent of high school students who reported experience with drugs and violence on school property, by race/ethnicity, grade, and sex: 1993

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                       |  Race/ethnicity    |     Grade
 Type of violence/     |____________________|_______________________
 drug-related behavior |White|Black|Hispanic|  9  | 10  | 11  | 12
_______________________|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____
           1           |  2  |  3  |   4    |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8
_______________________|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____
                       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Type of violence     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
                       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Felt too unsafe        |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  to go to school\1\   |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............| 3.0 | 7.1 |   10.1 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 3.0
    Male ..............| 2.9 | 7.0 |   10.4 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 3.3
    Female ............| 3.1 | 7.3 |    9.8 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 2.7
                       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Carried a weapon on    |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  school property\1,2\ |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............|10.9 |15.0 |   13.3 |12.6 |11.5 |11.9 |10.8
    Male ..............|17.7 |18.2 |   20.2 |19.1 |17.0 |18.2 |17.2
    Female ............| 3.4 |11.9 |    6.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.1
                       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Threatened or injured  |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  with a weapon on     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  school property\3\   |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............| 6.3 |11.2 |    8.6 | 9.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 5.5
    Male ..............| 8.1 |12.6 |   10.7 |10.6 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 7.6
    Female ............| 4.4 | 9.8 |    6.4 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 3.3
                       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
In a physical fight    |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  on school property\3\|     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............|15.0 |22.0 |   17.9 |23.1 |17.2 |13.8 |11.4
    Male ..............|22.5 |28.6 |   24.1 |33.2 |25.0 |20.0 |16.5
    Female ............| 6.8 |15.5 |   11.7 |12.7 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 6.1
                       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Property stolen or     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  deliberately         |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  damaged on school    |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  property\3\          |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............|32.0 |35.5 |   32.2 |37.2 |32.8 |32.3 |28.9
    Male ..............|35.9 |39.2 |   36.7 |41.3 |37.5 |36.4 |33.2
    Female ............|27.7 |31.8 |   27.6 |33.0 |27.6 |27.9 |24.2
                       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Type of drug-related |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  behavior             |     |     |        |     |     |     |
                       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Cigarette use on       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  school property\1\   |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............|14.6 | 5.9 |   11.1 |11.3 |12.3 |13.9 |15.0
    Male ..............|14.7 | 7.3 |   10.6 |11.4 |12.8 |12.9 |16.5
    Female ............|14.5 | 4.5 |   11.6 |11.3 |11.8 |14.9 |13.3
                       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Smokeless tobacco use  |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  on school property\4\|     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............| 8.7 | 1.4 |    2.3 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.7
    Male ..............|16.0 | 2.8 |    4.4 |10.8 |11.3 |12.9 |14.5
    Female ............| 0.9 | 0.1 |    0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7
                       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Alcohol use on         |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  school property\1\   |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............| 4.6 | 6.9 |    6.8 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.5
    Male ..............| 5.5 | 8.7 |    7.3 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 7.5
    Female ............| 3.6 | 5.1 |    6.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.5
                       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Marijuana use on       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  school property\1\   |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............| 5.0 | 7.3 |    7.5 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.1
    Male ..............| 7.1 |10.1 |   10.0 | 5.9 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 7.3
    Female ............| 2.8 | 4.5 |    4.9 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.7
                       |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Offered, sold, or given|     |     |        |     |     |     |
  an illegal drug on   |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  school\3\ property   |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............|24.1 |17.5 |   34.1 |21.8 |23.7 |27.5 |23.0
    Male ..............|28.8 |20.3 |   41.5 |24.6 |27.9 |32.9 |28.2
    Female ............|18.9 |14.8 |   26.8 |18.4 |19.2 |21.7 |17.5
_______________________|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____

\1\On one or more of the 30 days preceding the survey.
\2\Such as a gun, knife, or club.
\3\One or more times during the 12 months preceding the survey.
\4\Used chewing tobacco or snuff during the 30 days preceding the survey.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease, Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health, The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System: 1993. (This table was prepared June 1995.)


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