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Table 150. Percentage 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 through 2005 
Type of violence or drug-related behavior 1997 total 1999 total 2003 total 2005
Total Race/ethnicity Grade
White Black Hispanic 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Felt too unsafe to go to school1  4.0 (0.6) 5.2 (1.3) 5.4 (0.41) 6.0 (0.61) 4.4 (0.87) 8.7 (0.97) 10.2 (0.87) 7.7 (0.92) 6.3 (0.71) 4.7 (0.61) 4.9 (0.66)
Male 4.1 (0.8) 4.8 (1.6) 5.5 (0.51) 5.7 (0.56) 3.9 (0.82) 8.2 (1.17) 10.7 (0.92) 7.3 (0.92) 5.3 (0.92) 4.5 (2.40) 5.1 (0.82)
Female 3.9 (0.7) 5.7 (1.5) 5.3 (0.51) 6.3 (0.77) 4.9 (0.97) 9.2 (1.43) 9.7 (1.43) 8.1 (1.22) 7.3 (0.92) 4.9 (0.87) 4.5 (0.71)
                                             
Carried a weapon on school property1 ,2 8.5 (1.5) 6.9 (1.2) 6.1 (0.56) 6.5 (0.46) 6.1 (0.66) 5.1 (0.66) 8.2 (0.92) 6.4 (0.77) 6.9 (0.71) 5.9 (0.71) 6.7 (0.66)
Male 12.5 (2.9) 11.0 (2.1) 8.9 (0.77) 10.2 (0.82) 10.1 (1.17) 6.8 (1.22) 13.7 (1.53) 9.8 (1.22) 10.5 (1.22) 9.8 (1.22) 10.8 (1.17)
Female 3.7 (0.7) 2.8 (0.7) 3.1 (0.51) 2.6 (0.31) 2.0 (0.31) 3.3 (0.56) 2.6 (0.51) 2.8 (0.61) 3.0 (0.56) 2.1 (0.46) 2.5 (0.61)
                                             
Threatened or injured with a weapon on school property3  7.4 (0.9) 7.7 (0.8) 9.2 (0.77) 7.9 (0.36) 7.2 (0.46) 8.1 (0.66) 9.8 (0.87) 10.5 (0.61) 8.8 (0.71) 5.5 (0.41) 5.8 (0.51)
Male 10.2 (1.4) 9.5 (1.6) 11.6 (0.97) 9.7 (0.41) 8.7 (0.56) 10.2 (1.22) 11.9 (1.43) 12.1 (0.97) 11.0 (0.87) 7.1 (0.77) 7.3 (0.82)
Female 4.0 (0.6) 5.8 (1.2) 6.5 (0.61) 6.1 (0.41) 5.7 (0.51) 6.1 (0.82) 7.5 (1.12) 8.8 (0.71) 6.5 (0.77) 3.9 (0.56) 4.2 (0.66)
                                             
Engaged in a physical fight on school property3  14.8 (1.3) 14.2 (1.3) 12.8 (0.77) 13.6 (0.56) 11.6 (0.66) 16.9 (1.38) 18.3 (1.63) 18.9 (0.92) 14.4 (1.07) 10.4 (0.77) 8.5 (0.71)
Male 20.0 (2.0) 18.5 (1.4) 17.1 (0.92) 18.2 (0.92) 16.2 (1.12) 20.1 (1.84) 24.4 (2.50) 24.0 (1.38) 20.0 (1.73) 14.1 (1.33) 11.8 (1.28)
Female 8.6 (1.5) 9.8 (1.9) 8.0 (0.71) 8.8 (0.51) 6.9 (0.61) 14.0 (1.48) 12.1 (1.38) 13.7 (1.02) 8.4 (1.07) 6.6 (0.66) 5.3 (0.77)
                                             
Property stolen or deliberately damaged on school property3  32.9 (2.6) († ) 29.8 (0.71) 29.8 (0.77) 29.1 (0.92) 29.9 (1.43) 31.9 (1.68) 33.9 (1.02) 29.5 (1.48) 27.0 (1.02) 27.1 (1.22)
Male 36.1 (2.6) (†) 33.1 (0.87) 31.4 (0.82) 30.2 (0.87) 31.2 (1.63) 36.1 (2.19) 34.2 (1.38) 30.5 (1.79) 30.6 (1.68) 29.1 (1.38)
Female 29.0 (3.7) (†) 26.2 (0.82) 28.0 (1.07) 27.8 (1.48) 28.6 (1.99) 27.3 (1.79) 33.4 (1.63) 28.3 (1.68) 23.5 (1.28) 25.1 (1.58)
                                             
Cigarette use on school property1  14.6 (1.5) 14.0 (1.9) 8.0 (0.71) 6.8 (0.41) 7.4 (0.56) 3.4 (0.41) 7.2 (0.87) 6.2 (0.61) 6.2 (0.66) 6.8 (0.71) 8.2 (0.97)
Male 15.9 (1.7) 14.8 (2.0) 8.2 (0.66) 7.4 (0.41) 7.9 (0.51) 3.6 (0.61) 8.0 (1.07) 6.3 (0.92) 6.3 (0.87) 7.6 (0.92) 9.5 (0.92)
Female 13.0 (2.2) 13.2 (2.0) 7.6 (0.92) 6.2 (0.61) 6.9 (0.87) 3.3 (0.66) 6.3 (1.12) 6.1 (0.71) 6.2 (0.82) 5.8 (0.97) 6.9 (1.58)
                                             
Smokeless tobacco use on school property4  5.1 (1.4) 4.2 (1.8) 5.9 (1.53) 5.0 (0.61) 6.3 (0.82) 1.2 (0.31) 3.2 (0.66) 4.5 (0.82) 4.9 (0.77) 5.5 (0.77) 5.2 (0.77)
Male 9.0 (2.5) 8.1 (3.5) 8.5 (1.48) 9.2 (1.12) 11.7 (1.53) 2.2 (0.51) 5.4 (1.12) 7.6 (1.43) 8.9 (1.43) 10.8 (1.43) 10.1 (1.58)
Female 0.4 (0.2) 0.3 (0.2) 3.3 (1.68) 0.8 (0.15) 0.8 (0.20) 0.2 (0.10) 1.0 (0.31) 1.4 (0.36) 0.8 (0.20) 0.4 (0.26) 0.4 (0.20)
                                             
Alcohol use on school property1  5.6 (0.7) 4.9 (0.7) 5.2 (0.46) 4.3 (0.31) 3.8 (0.41) 3.2 (0.46) 7.7 (1.02) 3.7 (0.46) 4.5 (0.46) 4.0 (0.46) 4.8 (0.56)
Male 7.2 (1.3) 6.1 (1.1) 6.0 (0.61) 5.3 (0.41) 5.0 (0.51) 3.2 (0.61) 9.0 (1.38) 4.6 (0.77) 5.3 (0.61) 5.4 (0.77) 5.9 (0.77)
Female 3.6 (0.7) 3.6 (0.7) 4.2 (0.41) 3.3 (0.31) 2.6 (0.41) 3.3 (0.56) 6.4 (1.07) 2.8 (0.46) 3.7 (0.51) 2.7 (0.61) 3.7 (0.71)
                                             
Marijuana use on school property1  7.0 (1.0) 7.2 (1.4) 5.8 (0.66) 4.5 (0.31) 3.8 (0.41) 4.9 (0.66) 7.7 (0.77) 5.0 (0.61) 4.6 (0.56) 4.1 (0.51) 4.1 (0.46)
Male 9.0 (1.3) 10.1 (2.6) 7.6 (0.87) 6.0 (0.46) 5.1 (0.61) 5.9 (0.87) 10.4 (1.28) 6.1 (1.02) 5.9 (0.77) 6.1 (0.82) 5.8 (0.82)
Female 4.6 (1.1) 4.4 (0.8) 3.7 (0.46) 3.0 (0.31) 2.4 (0.41) 3.9 (0.82) 5.0 (0.61) 3.9 (0.61) 3.3 (0.66) 2.2 (0.31) 2.3 (0.61)
                                             
Offered, sold, or given an illegal drug on school property3  31.7 (1.8) 30.2 (2.4) 28.7 (1.94) 25.4 (1.07) 23.6 (1.33) 23.9 (2.19) 33.5 (1.17) 24.0 (1.22) 27.5 (1.68) 24.9 (1.02) 24.9 (1.38)
Male 37.4 (2.3) 34.7 (3.3) 31.9 (2.09) 28.8 (1.22) 26.2 (1.63) 28.7 (2.50) 38.5 (1.84) 26.9 (1.68) 30.6 (2.04) 28.4 (1.73) 29.3 (1.53)
Female 24.7 (2.4) 25.7 (2.4) 25.0 (1.94) 21.8 (1.02) 20.9 (1.22) 19.2 (2.35) 28.5 (1.48) 21.0 (1.43) 24.2 (1.79) 21.3 (1.22) 20.4 (1.73)
—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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. 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), 49(SS-05), 53(SS-02), and 55(SS-05). (This table was prepared July 2006.)

2006 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest