Table 162.

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 2007

Type of violence or drug-related behavior	1997 total		1999 total		2003 total		2005 total		2007
									Total		Race/ethnicity						Grade
											White		Black		Hispanic		9th		10th		11th		12th
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
Felt too unsafe to go to school1	4.0	(0.6)	5.2	(1.3)	5.4	(0.41)	6.0	(0.61)	5.5	(0.39)	4.0	(0.43)	6.5	(0.64)	9.6	(1.00)	6.5	(0.64)	5.4	(0.42)	4.7	(0.61)	4.8	(0.58)
Male	4.1	(0.8)	4.8	(1.6)	5.5	(0.51)	5.7	(0.56)	5.4	(0.44)	3.7	(0.44)	6.8	(1.07)	9.6	(1.09)	5.8	(0.66)	4.8	(0.58)	5.5	(0.93)	5.3	(0.72)
Female	3.9	(0.7)	5.7	(1.5)	5.3	(0.51)	6.3	(0.77)	5.6	(0.53)	4.2	(0.66)	6.3	(0.82)	9.7	(1.24)	7.4	(0.96)	6.0	(0.68)	3.9	(0.61)	4.3	(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)	5.9	(0.37)	5.3	(0.56)	6.0	(0.46)	7.3	(0.82)	6.0	(0.59)	5.8	(0.61)	5.5	(0.68)	6.0	(0.58)
Male	12.5	(2.9)	11.0	(2.1)	8.9	(0.77)	10.2	(0.82)	9.0	(0.65)	8.5	(0.97)	8.4	(0.64)	10.4	(1.18)	8.7	(0.95)	8.8	(1.04)	8.6	(1.25)	9.8	(1.14)
Female	3.7	(0.7)	2.8	(0.7)	3.1	(0.51)	2.6	(0.31)	2.7	(0.33)	2.1	(0.37)	3.5	(0.55)	4.1	(0.72)	3.1	(0.61)	2.6	(0.71)	2.4	(0.36)	2.3	(0.50)
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)	7.8	(0.44)	6.9	(0.52)	9.7	(0.87)	8.7	(0.60)	9.2	(0.69)	8.4	(0.51)	6.8	(0.57)	6.3	(0.64)
Male	10.2	(1.4)	9.5	(1.6)	11.6	(0.97)	9.7	(0.41)	10.2	(0.59)	9.2	(0.72)	11.2	(1.34)	12.0	(0.89)	11.4	(0.88)	10.4	(0.73)	10.5	(1.06)	8.1	(1.01)
Female	4.0	(0.6)	5.8	(1.2)	6.5	(0.61)	6.1	(0.41)	5.4	(0.41)	4.6	(0.52)	8.1	(0.86)	5.4	(0.69)	6.8	(0.80)	6.3	(0.71)	3.2	(0.45)	4.5	(0.75)
Engaged in a physical fight on school property3	14.8	(1.3)	14.2	(1.3)	12.8	(0.77)	13.6	(0.56)	12.4	(0.48)	10.2	(0.57)	17.6	(1.10)	15.5	(0.81)	17.0	(0.67)	11.7	(0.86)	11.0	(0.73)	8.6	(0.62)
Male	20.0	(2.0)	18.5	(1.4)	17.1	(0.92)	18.2	(0.92)	16.3	(0.60)	14.5	(0.76)	20.0	(1.66)	18.5	(1.22)	22.3	(1.25)	15.0	(1.06)	14.8	(1.13)	11.1	(0.77)
Female	8.6	(1.5)	9.8	(1.9)	8.0	(0.71)	8.8	(0.51)	8.5	(0.62)	5.9	(0.64)	15.2	(1.10)	12.4	(1.29)	11.4	(1.02)	8.3	(1.08)	7.3	(0.96)	6.2	(0.76)
Property stolen or deliberately damaged on school property3	32.9	(2.6)	—	(†)	29.8	(0.71)	29.8	(0.77)	27.1	(0.69)	25.9	(0.81)	29.2	(1.25)	29.0	(1.34)	30.6	(1.36)	27.6	(1.19)	25.9	(0.97)	22.9	(1.29)
Male	36.1	(2.6)	—	(†)	33.1	(0.87)	31.4	(0.82)	30.4	(0.99)	29.3	(1.08)	32.8	(1.74)	32.0	(1.79)	32.2	(1.70)	29.3	(1.70)	32.1	(1.37)	27.2	(1.86)
Female	29.0	(3.7)	—	(†)	26.2	(0.82)	28.0	(1.07)	23.7	(0.73)	22.6	(0.94)	25.6	(1.75)	26.0	(1.70)	28.8	(1.63)	25.8	(1.30)	19.7	(1.14)	18.8	(1.19)
Cigarette use on school property1	14.6	(1.5)	14.0	(1.9)	8.0	(0.71)	6.8	(0.41)	5.7	(0.50)	6.4	(0.70)	3.4	(0.52)	4.9	(0.52)	4.2	(0.60)	5.4	(0.57)	5.9	(0.83)	7.4	(0.89)
Male	15.9	(1.7)	14.8	(2.0)	8.2	(0.66)	7.4	(0.41)	6.5	(0.53)	7.1	(0.72)	5.1	(0.92)	5.6	(0.66)	4.7	(0.88)	5.8	(0.85)	7.2	(0.99)	8.9	(0.97)
Female	13.0	(2.2)	13.2	(2.0)	7.6	(0.92)	6.2	(0.61)	4.8	(0.56)	5.6	(0.77)	1.7	(0.39)	4.2	(0.88)	3.7	(0.71)	5.0	(0.90)	4.7	(0.92)	5.9	(1.09)
Smokeless tobacco use on school property4	5.1	(1.4)	4.2	(1.8)	5.9	(1.53)	5.0	(0.61)	4.9	(0.71)	6.2	(0.94)	0.9	(0.22)	3.2	(0.56)	4.0	(0.90)	5.9	(0.86)	4.2	(0.74)	5.5	(0.93)
Male	9.0	(2.5)	8.1	(3.5)	8.5	(1.48)	9.2	(1.12)	8.9	(1.31)	11.3	(1.70)	1.5	(0.41)	4.9	(1.02)	6.9	(1.68)	10.4	(1.55)	7.9	(1.40)	10.2	(1.60)
Female	0.4	(0.2)	0.3	(0.2)	3.3	(1.68)	0.8	(0.15)	1.0	(0.20)	1.0	(0.26)	0.2	(0.16)	1.5	(0.40)	0.9	(0.31)	1.3	(0.44)	0.6	(0.21)	1.0	(0.54)
Alcohol use on school property1	5.6	(0.7)	4.9	(0.7)	5.2	(0.46)	4.3	(0.31)	4.1	(0.32)	3.2	(0.35)	3.4	(0.63)	7.5	(0.86)	3.4	(0.43)	4.1	(0.50)	4.2	(0.54)	4.9	(0.55)
Male	7.2	(1.3)	6.1	(1.1)	6.0	(0.61)	5.3	(0.41)	4.6	(0.35)	3.8	(0.47)	3.7	(0.70)	7.8	(0.93)	3.4	(0.45)	4.6	(0.68)	4.5	(0.64)	6.3	(0.73)
Female	3.6	(0.7)	3.6	(0.7)	4.2	(0.41)	3.3	(0.31)	3.6	(0.37)	2.6	(0.33)	3.2	(0.78)	7.1	(1.16)	3.4	(0.64)	3.6	(0.62)	3.9	(0.64)	3.4	(0.59)
Marijuana use on school property1	7.0	(1.0)	7.2	(1.4)	5.8	(0.66)	4.5	(0.31)	4.5	(0.46)	4.0	(0.61)	5.0	(0.73)	5.4	(0.80)	4.0	(0.52)	4.8	(0.60)	4.0	(0.68)	5.1	(0.73)
Male	9.0	(1.3)	10.1	(2.6)	7.6	(0.87)	6.0	(0.46)	5.9	(0.61)	5.2	(0.87)	7.4	(1.07)	6.9	(1.22)	5.2	(0.74)	6.5	(0.87)	5.3	(1.02)	6.6	(1.04)
Female	4.6	(1.1)	4.4	(0.8)	3.7	(0.46)	3.0	(0.31)	3.0	(0.39)	2.7	(0.43)	2.6	(0.66)	3.9	(0.71)	2.7	(0.65)	3.1	(0.62)	2.7	(0.54)	3.7	(0.72)
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)	22.3	(1.04)	20.7	(1.23)	19.3	(1.36)	29.1	(1.94)	21.2	(1.24)	25.3	(1.29)	22.7	(1.41)	19.6	(1.26)
Male	37.4	(2.3)	34.7	(3.3)	31.9	(2.09)	28.8	(1.22)	25.7	(1.15)	24.0	(1.48)	25.1	(1.86)	30.9	(2.08)	25.0	(1.67)	29.5	(1.51)	25.7	(1.42)	22.4	(2.03)
Female	24.7	(2.4)	25.7	(2.4)	25.0	(1.94)	21.8	(1.02)	18.7	(1.16)	17.4	(1.37)	13.4	(1.52)	27.2	(2.32)	17.2	(1.52)	21.0	(1.73)	19.8	(2.12)	16.8	(1.24)

— 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 ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), 2007 National YRBS Data Files, retrieved July 15, 2008, from http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/YRBS/data/index.htm. (This table was prepared July 2008.)