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Table 148. Percent of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported experience with drugs and violence on school property, by race/ethnicity, grade, and sex: 1997, 1999, and 2001

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                       | 1997| 1999|                                  2001
   Type of violence    |_____|_____|___________________________________________________________________________________
          or           |Total|Total|Total    |          Race/ethnicity         |         Grade
 drug-related behavior |     |     |         |_________________________________|_______________________________________
                       |     |     |         |White, non-|Black, non-|Hispanic |   9     |   10    |  11     |  12
                       |     |     |         | Hispanic  | Hispanic  |         |         |         |         |
_______________________|_____|_____|_________|___________|___________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
           1           |  2  |  3  |   4     |    5      |    6      |   7     |   8     |   9     |  10     |  11
_______________________|_____|_____|_________|___________|___________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
Felt too unsafe        |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  to go to school\1\   |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  Total ...............|  4.0|  5.2| 6.6(0.5)|  5.0 (0.6)|  9.8 (0.8)|10.2(0.7)| 8.8(0.9)| 6.3(0.7)| 5.9(0.6)| 4.4(0.4)
    Male ..............|  4.1|  4.8| 5.8(0.6)|  4.2 (0.7)|  9.6 (1.0)| 9.0(0.8)| 8.0(1.0)| 5.6(0.8)| 5.0(0.8)| 3.9(0.6)
    Female ............|  3.9|  5.7| 7.4(0.7)|  5.6 (0.7)| 10.0 (1.2)|11.4(0.8)| 9.6(1.1)| 7.0(0.9)| 6.8(0.9)| 5.0(0.6)
                       |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
Carried a weapon on    |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  school property\1,2\ |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  Total ...............|  8.5|  6.9| 6.4(0.5)|  6.1 (0.6)|  6.3 (0.9)| 6.4(0.5)| 6.7(0.7)| 6.7(0.6)| 6.1(0.7)| 6.0(0.7)
    Male ..............| 12.5| 11.0|10.2(0.9)| 10.0 (1.1)|  8.4 (1.5)| 9.1(0.9)|10.7(1.1)|10.5(1.0)| 9.5(1.3)| 9.6(1.1)
    Female ............|  3.7|  2.8| 2.9(0.3)|  2.3 (0.3)|  4.2 (0.7)| 3.8(0.8)| 2.9(0.4)| 2.9(0.5)| 2.9(0.5)| 2.7(0.6)
                       |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
Threatened or injured  |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  with a weapon on     |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  school property\3\   |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  Total ...............|  7.4|  7.7| 8.9(0.6)|  8.5 (0.7)|  9.3 (0.7)| 8.9(1.1)|12.7(0.9)| 9.1(0.8)| 6.9(0.7)| 5.3(0.5)
    Male ..............| 10.2|  9.5|11.5(0.7)| 11.1 (0.9)| 11.9 (1.3)|11.3(1.4)|15.7(1.2)|11.9(0.9)| 9.1(0.9)| 7.7(0.9)
    Female ............|  4.0|  5.8| 6.5(0.5)|  6.0 (0.6)|  6.7 (0.8)| 6.4(1.2)|10.0(1.0)| 6.3(0.8)| 4.7(0.7)| 3.0(0.5)
                       |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
Engaged in a physical  |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
   fight on school     |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
   property\3\         |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  Total ...............| 14.8| 14.2|12.5(0.5)| 11.2 (0.6)| 16.8 (1.3)|14.1(0.9)|17.3(0.8)|13.5(0.9)| 9.4(0.7)| 7.5(0.6)
    Male ..............| 20.0| 18.5|18.0(0.8)| 17.2 (0.9)| 21.3 (1.6)|17.3(1.4)|25.1(1.3)|19.5(1.5)|13.8(1.1)|10.7(1.1)
    Female ............|  8.6|  9.8| 7.2(0.5)|  5.4 (0.6)| 12.7 (1.6)|11.0(1.0)|10.2(0.9)| 7.7(0.7)| 5.1(0.6)| 4.4(0.7)
                       |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
Property stolen or     |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  deliberately         |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  damaged on school    |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  property\3\          |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  Total ...............| 32.9|  ---| ---(---)|  --- (---)|  --- (---)| ---(---)| ---(---)| ---(---)| ---(---)| ---(---)
    Male ..............| 36.1|  ---| ---(---)|  --- (---)|  --- (---)| ---(---)| ---(---)| ---(---)| ---(---)| ---(---)
    Female ............| 29.0|  ---| ---(---)|  --- (---)|  --- (---)| ---(---)| ---(---)| ---(---)| ---(---)| ---(---)
                       |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
Cigarette use on       |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  school property\1\   |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  Total ...............| 14.6| 14.0| 9.9(0.6)| 11.3 (0.8)|  4.9 (1.0)| 7.7(1.0)| 8.8(0.9)|10.2(0.8)|10.0(0.9)|10.8(1.3)
    Male ..............| 15.9| 14.8|11.3(0.7)| 12.8 (0.8)|  7.2 (1.6)| 7.5(0.9)|11.1(1.0)|10.7(0.9)|11.8(1.3)|12.1(1.3)
    Female ............| 13.0| 13.2| 8.5(0.7)|  9.8 (0.9)|  2.8 (0.9)| 7.9(1.5)| 6.7(1.0)| 9.8(1.2)| 8.3(0.8)| 9.6(1.6)
                       |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
Smokeless tobacco      |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  use on school        |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  property\4\          |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  Total ...............|  5.1|  4.2| 5.0(0.6)|  6.2 (0.9)|  1.1 (0.3)| 2.7(0.3)| 3.8(0.7)| 5.9(0.7)| 5.1(0.9)| 5.3(0.9)
    Male ..............|  9.0|  8.1| 9.4(1.2)| 11.9 (1.6)|  2.0 (0.6)| 4.3(0.8)| 7.4(1.3)|10.8(1.4)| 9.5(1.6)|10.4(1.6)
    Female ............|  0.4|  0.3| 0.7(0.2)|  0.7 (0.2)|  0.3 (0.2)| 1.0(0.4)| 0.4(0.2)| 1.2(0.4)| 0.8(0.3)| 0.4(0.2)
                       |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
Alcohol use on         |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  school property\1\   |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  Total ...............|  5.6|  4.9| 4.9(0.3)|  4.2 (0.3)|  5.3 (0.7)| 7.0(0.7)| 5.3(0.5)| 5.1(0.5)| 4.7(0.5)| 4.3(0.5)
    Male ..............|  7.2|  6.1| 6.1(0.4)|  5.3 (0.5)|  7.5 (0.9)| 6.9(0.9)| 6.3(0.6)| 5.4(0.6)| 6.5(0.8)| 6.1(0.8)
    Female ............|  3.6|  3.6| 3.8(0.4)|  3.2 (0.5)|  3.1 (0.6)| 7.1(0.9)| 4.4(0.7)| 4.8(0.7)| 2.9(0.5)| 2.6(0.7)
                       |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
Marijuana use on       |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  school property\1\   |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  Total ...............|  7.0|  7.2| 5.4(0.4)|  4.8 (0.5)|  6.1 (0.6)| 7.4(0.6)| 5.5(0.6)| 5.8(0.5)| 5.1(0.5)| 4.9(0.7)
    Male ..............|  9.0| 10.1| 8.0(0.6)|  7.4 (0.7)| 10.2 (1.1)| 9.0(1.0)| 8.0(1.1)| 8.6(0.9)| 7.7(0.8)| 7.5(1.1)
    Female ............|  4.6|  4.4| 2.9(0.3)|  2.2 (0.4)|  2.3 (0.5)| 5.8(0.6)| 3.0(0.6)| 3.2(0.5)| 2.5(0.5)| 2.4(0.5)
                       |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
Offered, sold, or      |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  given an illegal     |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  drug on school       |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  property\3\          |     |     |         |           |           |         |         |         |         |
  Total ...............| 31.7| 30.2|28.5(1.0)| 28.3 (1.3)| 21.9 (1.7)|34.2(1.2)|29.0(1.6)|29.0(1.4)|28.7(1.4)|26.9(1.3)
    Male ..............| 37.4| 34.7|34.6(1.2)| 34.2 (1.5)| 27.9 (2.4)|39.8(1.9)|35.1(2.3)|34.7(1.7)|34.6(1.8)|33.8(1.7)
    Female ............| 24.7| 25.7|22.7(1.0)| 22.7 (1.3)| 16.2 (1.6)|28.7(1.3)|23.4(1.6)|23.6(1.7)|22.8(1.4)|20.4(1.9)
_______________________|_____|_____|_________|___________|___________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________

---Not available.
\1\One or more times during 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 one or more times during the 30 days preceding the survey.

NOTE: Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC Surveillance Summaries, MMWR 47(SS-03) and 51(SS-04). (This table was prepared July 2002.)


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