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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

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                       |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.)


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