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Table 231.20. Percentage distribution of students in grades 9-12, by number of times they reported having been in a physical fight anywhere or on school property during the previous 12 months and selected student characteristics: 2013
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Student characteristic Anywhere (including on school property)1 On school property2
0 times 1 to 3 times 4 to 11 times 12 or more times 0 times 1 to 3 times 4 to 11 times 12 or more times
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Total 75.3 (0.74) 18.8 (0.59) 4.0   (0.26) 1.9   (0.18) 91.9 (0.35) 7.1   (0.34) 0.6   (0.08) 0.5   (0.07)
                                           
Sex                                          
Male 69.8 (1.10) 22.1 (0.82) 5.4   (0.43) 2.7   (0.30) 89.3 (0.55) 9.1   (0.48) 0.8   (0.15) 0.7   (0.12)
Female 80.8 (0.72) 15.6 (0.64) 2.6   (0.21) 1.0   (0.17) 94.4 (0.38) 5.1   (0.38) 0.3 ! (0.09) 0.3   (0.07)
                                           
Race/ethnicity3                                          
White 79.1 (0.70) 16.5 (0.61) 3.2   (0.30) 1.2   (0.18) 93.6 (0.45) 5.7   (0.44) 0.4   (0.11) 0.3   (0.08)
Black 65.3 (1.67) 26.3 (1.49) 5.9   (0.66) 2.5   (0.31) 87.2 (0.84) 11.1   (0.90) 1.2   (0.30) 0.5   (0.13)
Hispanic 71.6 (1.15) 20.4 (1.30) 5.2   (0.55) 2.8   (0.44) 90.6 (0.44) 7.9   (0.41) 0.7   (0.17) 0.7   (0.14)
Asian 83.9 (1.87) 10.4 (1.55) 2.1 ! (0.80) 3.7 ! (1.28) 94.5 (1.39) 3.1 ! (0.94)   (†)   (†)
Pacific Islander 78.0 (4.95) 19.9 (3.98)   (†)   (†) 92.9 (2.58) 7.1 ! (2.58)   (†)   (†)
American Indian/Alaska Native 67.9 (7.39) 23.0 (5.74)   (†)   (†) 89.3 (3.13) 9.1 ! (3.14)   (†)   (†)
Two or more races 71.5 (2.31) 22.3 (2.03) 3.7   (0.83) 2.6 ! (0.81) 90.0 (1.04) 9.1   (1.03)   (†)   (†)
                                           
Grade                                          
9th 71.7 (1.17) 20.8 (1.02) 5.1   (0.38) 2.4   (0.35) 89.1 (0.78) 9.5   (0.77) 0.9   (0.24) 0.5   (0.12)
10th 73.6 (1.42) 20.8 (1.21) 3.8   (0.46) 1.8   (0.31) 91.7 (0.61) 7.4   (0.59) 0.4   (0.10) 0.5   (0.14)
11th 76.0 (1.04) 18.7 (0.82) 3.4   (0.46) 1.9   (0.31) 92.5 (0.53) 6.4   (0.52) 0.4 ! (0.15) 0.6   (0.17)
12th 81.2 (1.19) 14.5 (0.91) 3.1   (0.45) 1.1   (0.19) 95.1 (0.63) 4.1   (0.54) 0.5 ! (0.14) 0.4   (0.10)
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
1 The term "anywhere" is not used in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) questionnaire; students were simply asked how many times in the past 12 months they had been in a physical fight.
2 In the question asking students about physical fights at school, "on school property" was not defined for respondents.
3 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2013. (This table was prepared June 2014.)

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