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Table 145. Percent of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported experience with drugs and violence on school property, by race/ethnicity, grade, and sex: Selected years, 1997 to 2003

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                       |1997 |1999 |   2001   |                                              2003
Type of violence       |_____|_____|__________|___________________________________________________________________________________________
or                     |     |     |          |          |           Race/ethnicity          |                   Grade
drug-related behavior  |     |     |          |          |___________________________________|____________________________________________
                       |Total|Total|     Total|     Total| White, non-|Black, non-|  Hispanic|         9|       10 |       11 |       12
                       |     |     |          |          |    Hispanic|   Hispanic|          |          |          |          |
_______________________|_____|_____|__________|__________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________
1                      |   2 |   3 |        4 |         5|          6 |         7 |        8 |        9 |       10 |       11 |       12
_______________________|_____|_____|__________|__________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________
Felt too unsafe        |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   to go to school\1\  |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
  Total ...............|  4.0|  5.2| 6.6(0.51)| 5.4(0.41)|  3.1 (0.31)|  8.4(0.61)| 9.4(0.77)| 6.9(0.61)| 5.2(0.56)| 4.5(0.51)| 3.8(0.56)
    Male ..............|  4.1|  4.8| 5.8(0.56)| 5.5(0.51)|  3.3 (0.36)|  7.9(1.12)| 8.9(1.07)| 7.1(0.87)| 5.3(0.56)| 4.3(0.61)| 3.8(0.77)
    Female ............|  3.9|  5.7| 7.4(0.66)| 5.3(0.51)|  2.9 (0.41)|  9.0(0.66)|10.0(1.22)| 6.6(0.71)| 5.1(0.87)| 4.6(0.71)| 3.9(0.66)
                       |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
Carried a weapon on    |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   school property\1,2\|     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
  Total ...............|  8.5|  6.9| 6.4(0.51)| 6.1(0.56)|  5.5 (0.56)|  6.9(0.97)| 6.0(0.56)| 5.3(1.12)| 6.0(0.51)| 6.6(0.82)| 6.4(0.66)
    Male ..............| 12.5| 11.0|10.2(0.87)| 8.9(0.77)|  8.5 (0.82)|  8.4(1.28)| 7.7(1.02)| 6.6(0.82)| 8.9(0.87)|10.3(1.48)|10.2(1.02)
    Female ............|  3.7|  2.8| 2.9(0.26)| 3.1(0.51)|  2.2 (0.66)|  5.5(1.12)| 4.2(0.71)| 3.8(1.53)| 3.0(0.51)| 2.7(0.61)| 2.5(0.51)
                       |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
Threatened or injured  |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   with a weapon on    |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   school property\3\  |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
  Total ...............|  7.4|  7.7| 8.9(0.56)| 9.2(0.77)|  7.8 (0.77)| 10.9(0.82)| 9.4(1.22)|12.1(1.28)| 9.2(1.02)| 7.3(0.71)| 6.3(0.92)
    Male ..............| 10.2|  9.5|11.5(0.66)|11.6(0.97)|  9.6 (1.07)| 14.3(1.33)|11.9(1.53)|15.4(2.04)|11.3(1.28)| 9.2(0.97)| 8.5(1.43)
    Female ............|  4.0|  5.8| 6.5(0.51)| 6.5(0.61)|  5.8 (0.56)|  7.5(0.77)| 6.9(1.43)| 8.3(0.87)| 7.0(0.97)| 5.4(1.12)| 3.9(0.77)
                       |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
Engaged in a physical  |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   fight on school     |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   property\3\         |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
  Total ...............| 14.8| 14.2|12.5(0.51)|12.8(0.77)| 10.0 (0.71)| 17.1(1.28)|16.7(1.12)|18.0(1.22)|12.8(0.92)|10.4(0.92)| 7.3(0.71)
    Male ..............| 20.0| 18.5|18.0(0.77)|17.1(0.92)| 14.3 (0.82)| 21.5(1.68)|19.3(1.48)|23.3(1.58)|18.1(1.33)|14.2(1.38)| 9.6(1.07)
    Female ............|  8.6|  9.8| 7.2(0.46)| 8.0(0.71)|  5.3 (0.92)| 12.6(1.43)|13.8(1.63)|12.2(1.17)| 7.3(0.77)| 6.4(0.87)| 4.7(0.82)
                       |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
Property stolen or     |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   deliberately        |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   damaged on school   |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   property\3\         |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
  Total ...............| 32.9| --- |---   (†) |29.8(0.71)| 28.2 (0.71)| 30.4(1.48)|32.3(1.17)|34.8(1.53)|30.5(1.12)|27.2(1.07)|24.2(1.07)
    Male ..............| 36.1| --- |---   (†) |33.1(0.87)| 30.6 (1.02)| 33.9(1.73)|37.0(1.63)|37.4(1.84)|34.3(1.22)|30.5(1.38)|27.9(1.58)
    Female ............| 29.0| --- |---   (†) |26.2(0.82)| 25.6 (0.87)| 27.0(2.09)|27.6(1.33)|31.9(1.63)|26.6(1.53)|23.9(1.38)|20.2(1.58)
                       |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
Cigarette use on       |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   school property\1\  |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
  Total ...............| 14.6| 14.0| 9.9(0.61)| 8.0(0.71)|  8.9 (0.87)|  5.9(0.71)| 6.0(0.61)| 7.5(0.97)| 7.7(0.92)| 8.2(0.92)| 8.3(0.87)
    Male ..............| 15.9| 14.8|11.3(0.66)| 8.2(0.66)|  8.2 (0.77)|  8.4(0.97)| 6.2(0.87)| 7.3(0.97)| 7.5(0.87)| 8.1(1.07)|10.5(1.22)
    Female ............| 13.0| 13.2| 8.5(0.71)| 7.6(0.92)|  9.6 (1.28)|  3.5(0.66)| 5.8(0.77)| 7.7(1.22)| 8.0(1.22)| 8.4(1.48)| 5.9(0.97)
                       |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
Smokeless tobacco      |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   use on school       |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
  property\4\          |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
  Total ...............|  5.1|  4.2| 5.0(0.61)| 5.9(1.53)|  6.7 (2.14)|  2.5(0.51)| 3.6(1.38)| 5.2(1.48)| 5.2(1.63)| 7.1(3.62)| 6.3(3.21)
    Male ..............|  9.0|  8.1| 9.4(1.17)| 8.5(1.48)|  9.9 (2.09)|  3.2(0.82)| 4.6(1.89)| 6.0(1.33)| 7.7(1.68)|10.8(5.51)|10.1(5.15)
    Female ............|  0.4|  0.3| 0.7(0.15)| 3.3(1.68)|  3.3 (2.35)|  1.8(0.51)| 2.6(0.97)| 4.4(1.73)| 2.6(0.36)| 3.2(1.63)| 2.3(1.17)
                       |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
Alcohol use on         |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   school property\1\  |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
  Total ...............|  5.6|  4.9| 4.9(0.26)| 5.2(0.46)|  3.9 (0.46)|  5.8(0.82)| 7.6(1.07)| 5.1(0.66)| 5.6(0.61)| 5.0(0.56)| 4.5(0.66)
    Male ..............|  7.2|  6.1| 6.1(0.41)| 6.0(0.61)|  4.5 (0.56)|  7.9(1.22)| 7.4(1.17)| 5.1(0.77)| 6.1(0.71)| 6.4(0.87)| 6.5(1.12)
    Female ............|  3.6|  3.6| 3.8(0.41)| 4.2(0.41)|  3.2 (0.51)|  3.8(0.87)| 7.9(1.28)| 5.2(0.92)| 5.0(0.61)| 3.5(0.51)| 2.6(0.56)
                       |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
Marijuana use on       |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   school property\1\  |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
  Total ...............|  7.0|  7.2| 5.4(0.36)| 5.8(0.66)|  4.5 (0.66)|  6.6(0.87)| 8.2(0.71)| 6.6(1.02)| 5.2(0.71)| 5.6(0.71)| 5.0(0.77)
    Male ..............|  9.0| 10.1| 8.0(0.56)| 7.6(0.87)|  5.8 (0.82)|  9.7(1.12)|10.4(1.07)| 8.1(1.12)| 7.2(1.12)| 7.9(1.12)| 7.1(1.02)
    Female ............|  4.6|  4.4| 2.9(0.31)| 3.7(0.46)|  3.1 (0.56)|  3.6(0.92)| 6.0(0.71)| 5.1(1.02)| 3.0(0.56)| 3.3(0.56)| 2.6(0.66)
                       |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
Offered, sold, or      |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   given an illegal    |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   drug on school      |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
   property\3\         |     |     |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |
  Total ...............| 31.7| 30.2|28.5(1.02)|28.7(1.94)| 27.5 (2.70)| 23.1(1.43)|36.5(1.94)|29.5(2.40)|29.2(2.04)|29.9(2.35)|24.9(2.24)
    Male ..............| 37.4| 34.7|34.6(1.22)|31.9(2.09)| 30.2 (2.81)| 27.7(1.28)|40.6(2.45)|32.1(2.35)|31.9(2.30)|33.5(2.35)|29.7(2.65)
    Female ............| 24.7| 25.7|22.7(1.02)|25.0(1.94)| 24.5 (2.70)| 18.3(1.94)|32.5(1.94)|26.7(1.63)|26.5(2.40)|26.1(2.70)|19.6(2.30)
_______________________|_____|_____|__________|__________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________

---Not available.

†Not applicable.
\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 January 2005.)