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Table 151 | Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported experience with drugs and violence on school property, by race/ethnicity, grade, and sex: 1995 and 1997 |
________________________________________________________________________________ |1995 | 1997 Type of violence |_____|__________________________________________________ or |Total|Total| Race/ethnicity | Grade drug-related behavior | | |____________________|_______________________ | | |White|Black|Hispanic| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 _______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 _______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____ Felt too unsafe | | | | | | | | | to go to school\1\ | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| 4.5 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 2.6 Male ..............| 4.7 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 2.3 Female ............| 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.0 | | | | | | | | | Carried a weapon on | | | | | | | | | school property\1,2\ | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| 9.8 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 10.4 |10.2 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 7.0 Male ..............|14.3 |12.5 |12.3 |10.7 | 15.6 |14.5 |11.1 |14.6 |10.1 Female ............| 4.9 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | | | | | | | | | Threatened or injured | | | | | | | | | with a weapon on | | | | | | | | | school property\3\ | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| 8.4 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 9.9 | 9.0 |10.1 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 5.8 Male ..............|10.9 |10.2 | 8.2 |14.0 | 12.7 |13.7 |10.1 | 9.0 | 8.4 Female ............| 5.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | | | | | | | | | In a physical fight | | | | | | | | | on school property\3\| | | | | | | | | Total ...............|15.5 |14.8 |13.3 |20.7 | 19.0 |21.3 |17.0 |12.5 | 9.5 Male ..............|21.0 |20.0 |19.1 |24.6 | 24.7 |29.3 |21.6 |17.8 |13.1 Female ............| 9.6 | 8.6 | 5.9 |17.0 | 12.3 |12.4 |11.3 | 6.2 | 4.9 | | | | | | | | | Property stolen or | | | | | | | | | deliberately | | | | | | | | | damaged on school | | | | | | | | | property\3\ | | | | | | | | | Total ...............|34.9 |32.9 |32.6 |34.0 | 32.1 |36.9 |35.4 |32.3 |27.9 Male ..............|41.4 |36.1 |35.7 |37.5 | 33.4 |39.8 |39.7 |36.2 |30.0 Female ............|28.0 |29.0 |28.6 |30.6 | 30.6 |33.7 |30.0 |27.5 |25.4 | | | | | | | | | Cigarette use on | | | | | | | | | school property\1\ | | | | | | | | | Total ...............|16.0 |14.6 |15.8 | 8.8 | 11.9 |14.0 |14.4 |15.8 |14.1 Male ..............|16.8 |15.9 |16.5 |12.4 | 15.3 |15.9 |15.5 |16.2 |16.1 Female ............|15.1 |13.0 |14.9 | 5.5 | 7.7 |11.8 |13.2 |15.2 |11.6 | | | | | | | | | Smokeless tobacco | | | | | | | | | use on school | | | | | | | | | property\4\ | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| 6.3 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 6.0 Male ..............|11.2 | 9.0 |11.3 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 9.5 | 5.7 | 9.8 |10.6 Female ............| 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | | | | | | | | | Alcohol use on | | | | | | | | | school property\1\ | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 5.9 Male ..............| 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 8.8 Female ............| 5.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.2 | | | | | | | | | Marijuana use on | | | | | | | | | school property\1\ | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| 8.8 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 5.7 Male ..............|11.9 | 9.0 | 7.3 |13.0 | 14.1 | 9.6 | 8.2 |10.2 | 8.2 Female ............| 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 2.6 | | | | | | | | | Offered, sold, or | | | | | | | | | given an illegal | | | | | | | | | drug on school | | | | | | | | | property\3\ | | | | | | | | | Total ...............|32.1 |31.7 |31.0 |25.4 | 41.1 |31.4 |33.4 |33.2 |29.0 Male ..............|38.8 |37.4 |36.1 |34.6 | 46.8 |34.5 |40.0 |38.8 |36.4 Female ............|24.8 |24.7 |24.5 |16.7 | 34.4 |28.0 |25.3 |26.4 |19.6 _______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____ |
\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 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC Surveillance Summaries, August 14, 1998, MMWR 1998; 47 (No. SS-3). (This table was prepared October 1998.) |