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Table 14.1. |
Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported carrying a weapon at least one day during the previous 30 days, by location and selected student and school characteristics: Various years, 1993–2009 |
| Student or school characteristic | Anywhere | On school property | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | |||||||||||
| Total | 22.1 | 20.0 | 18.3 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 18.5 | 18.0 | 17.5 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 34.3 | 31.1 | 27.7 | 28.6 | 29.3 | 26.9 | 29.8 | 28.5 | 27.1 | 17.9 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 8.0 | ||||||||||
| Female | 9.2 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||||||||||
| Race/ethnicity1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 20.6 | 18.9 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 17.9 | 16.7 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 18.6 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||||||||||
| Black | 28.5 | 21.8 | 21.7 | 17.2 | 15.2 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 5.3 | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 24.4 | 24.7 | 23.3 | 18.7 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 18.5 | 17.2 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 10.4 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 5.8 | ||||||||||
| Asian | (2) | (2) | (2) | 13.0 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 8.4 | (2) | (2) | (2) | 6.5 | 7.2 | 6.6 | ! | 2.8 | ! | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||||||||
| American Indian/ Alaska Native |
34.2 | 32.0 | 26.2 | 21.8 | 31.2 | 29.3 | 25.6 | 20.6 | 20.7 | 17.6 | ! | 13.0 | ! | 15.9 | 11.6 | ! | 16.4 | 12.9 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 4.2 | |||||||
| Pacific Islander/ Native Hawaiian |
(2) | (2) | (2) | 25.3 | 17.4 | 16.3 | ! | 20.0 | ! | 25.5 | 20.3 | (2) | (2) | (2) | 9.3 | 10.0 | ! | 4.9 | ! | 15.4 | ! | 9.5 | ! | 9.8 | ||||
| Two or more races | (2) | (2) | (2) | 22.2 | 25.2 | 29.8 | 26.7 | 19.0 | 17.9 | (2) | (2) | (2) | 11.4 | 13.2 | 13.3 | ! | 11.9 | 5.0 | 5.8 | |||||||||
| Grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9th | 25.5 | 22.6 | 22.6 | 17.6 | 19.8 | 18.0 | 19.9 | 20.1 | 18.0 | 12.6 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 4.9 | ||||||||||
| 10th | 21.4 | 21.1 | 17.4 | 18.7 | 16.7 | 15.9 | 19.4 | 18.8 | 18.4 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 6.1 | ||||||||||
| 11th | 21.5 | 20.3 | 18.2 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 18.2 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||||||||||
| 12th | 19.9 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 16.6 | 10.8 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 6.0 | ||||||||||
| Urbanicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Urban | — | — | 18.7 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 17.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 5.6 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Suburban | — | — | 16.8 | 17.0 | 17.4 | 16.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 8.7 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Rural | — | — | 22.3 | 22.3 | 23.0 | 18.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 11.2 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 6.3 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| — 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. The term “anywhere” is not used in the YRBS questionnaire; students were simply asked on how many days they carried a weapon during the past 30 days. 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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