Table 6.3. Percentage of high school students who reported that they were threatened or injured with a weapon on school property, engaged in a physical fight on school property, or carried a weapon to school, by race/ethnicity: 2003
Race/ethnicity
Were threatened
or
injured with a weapon 1
Engaged in a
physical fight1
Carried a weapon2
Total3
9.2
12.8
6.1
White, non-Hispanic
7.8
10.0
5.5
Black, non-Hispanic
10.9
17.1
6.9
Hispanic
9.4
16.7
6.0
Asian4
11.5
13.1
6.6
American Indian/Alaska Native
22.1
24.2
12.9
1 In the past 12 months.
2 On one or more of the past 30 days.
3 Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown.
4 This survey separated Asians from Pacific Islanders. This category does not include Pacific Islanders.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), "Youth Risk Behavior Survey" (YRBS), 2003.
