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Table 13.2. |
Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported having been in a physical fight during the previous 12 months, by location, number of times, and selected student characteristics: 2009 |
| Student characteristic | Anywhere | On school property | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 times | 1 to 3 times | 4 to 11 times | 12 or more times | 0 times | 1 to 3 times | 4 to 11 times | 12 or more times | ||||||
| Total | 68.5 | 24.0 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 88.9 | 9.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | |||||
| Sex | |||||||||||||
| Male | 60.7 | 28.4 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 84.9 | 12.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | |||||
| Female | 77.1 | 19.1 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 93.3 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |||||
| Race/ethnicity1 | |||||||||||||
| White | 72.2 | 22.0 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 91.4 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |||||
| Black | 58.9 | 29.9 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 82.6 | 14.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | ! | ||||
| Hispanic | 63.8 | 26.5 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 86.5 | 11.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | |||||
| Asian | 81.1 | 13.8 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 92.3 | 5.6 | 0.8 | ! | 1.2 | ! | |||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 57.6 | 23.3 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 79.3 | 18.9 | ‡ | ‡ | |||||
| Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | 67.4 | 17.7 | 6.8 | ! | 8.0 | ! | 85.2 | 9.4 | 3.7 | ! | ‡ | ||
| Two or more races | 65.8 | 25.9 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 87.6 | 10.5 | 1.2 | ! | 0.7 | ! | |||
| Grade | |||||||||||||
| 9th | 63.0 | 27.9 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 85.1 | 13.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | |||||
| 10th | 66.5 | 25.3 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 87.9 | 10.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |||||
| 11th | 71.4 | 22.0 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 90.5 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | ! | ||||
| 12th | 75.1 | 19.3 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 93.4 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | ! | ||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||
| 1 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | |||||||||||||
| NOTE: "On school property" was not defined for survey respondents. The term "anywhere" was not used in the YRBS questionnaire; students were simply asked how many times in the last 12 months they had been in a physical fight. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2009. |
