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Table 4.1. |
Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property at least one time during the previous 12 months, by selected student and school characteristics: Various years, 1993–2009 |
| Student or school characteristic | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 7.3 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | |||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 9.2 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 9.6 | |||||||||
| Female | 5.4 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | |||||||||
| Race/ethnicity1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| White | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.4 | |||||||||
| Black | 11.2 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 9.4 | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 8.6 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 9.1 | |||||||||
| Asian | (2) | (2) | (2) | 7.7 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 4.6 | 7.6 | ! | 5.5 | ||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 11.7 | 11.4 | ! | 12.5 | ! | 13.2 | ! | 15.2 | ! | 22.1 | 9.8 | 5.9 | 16.5 | |||||
| Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | (2) | (2) | (2) | 15.6 | 24.8 | 16.3 | 14.5 | ! | 8.1 | ! | 12.5 | |||||||
| Two or more races | (2) | (2) | (2) | 9.3 | 10.3 | 18.7 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 9.2 | |||||||||
| Grade | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9th | 9.4 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 8.7 | |||||||||
| 10th | 7.3 | 9.6 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.4 | |||||||||
| 11th | 7.3 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.9 | |||||||||
| 12th | 5.5 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.2 | |||||||||
| Urbanicity | ||||||||||||||||||
| Urban | — | — | 8.7 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 10.6 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Suburban | — | — | 7.0 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 8.8 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Rural | — | — | 5.6 | ! | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.2 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| — Not available. ! Interpret data with caution. 1 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 2 The response categories for race/ethnicity changed in 1999 making comparisons of some categories with earlier years problematic. In 1993, 1995, and 1997, Asian students and Pacific Islander students were not categorized separately and students were not given the option of choosing two or more races. NOTE: “On school property” was not defined for survey respondents. SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), various years, 1993–2009. |
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