Table 228.99.

Percentage distribution of students in grades 9-12 and percentage reporting selected types of victimization or risk behaviors, by sex and sexual orientation: 2015

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Type of victimization or risk behavior	Total						Male						Female
	Heterosexual		Gay, lesbian, or bisexual		Not sure		Heterosexual		Gay, lesbian, or bisexual		Not sure		Heterosexual		Gay, lesbian, or bisexual		Not sure
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10
Percentage distribution of all students	88.8	(0.69)	8.0	(0.54)	3.2	(0.24)	93.1	(0.62)	4.3	(0.50)	2.6	(0.25)	84.5	(1.10)	11.8	(0.89)	3.7		(0.36)
Percent of students reporting victimization or       risk behavior
Total, any listed type	64.2	(1.11)	77.6	(1.78)	69.3	(2.34)	66.7	(1.30)	71.0	(3.42)	73.8	(4.27)	61.4	(1.34)	79.7	(2.11)	64.7		(3.23)
Bullied1 on school property2 during the       previous 12 months	18.8	(0.76)	34.2	(2.32)	24.9	(1.81)	15.0	(0.69)	26.3	(3.79)	31.7	(3.84)	23.2	(1.11)	37.2	(2.30)	19.1		(2.43)
Electronically bullied3 during the previous       12 months	14.2	(0.56)	28.0	(2.06)	22.5	(2.36)	8.7	(0.69)	22.4	(3.42)	22.3	(4.50)	20.6	(0.87)	30.5	(2.32)	20.4		(2.67)
In a physical fight one or more times during       the previous 12 months
Anywhere4	21.7	(0.78)	28.4	(2.34)	34.5	(4.44)	28.3	(1.05)	23.1	(3.32)	44.2	(5.89)	14.2	(0.92)	30.0	(2.96)	26.1		(4.77)
On school property2	7.1	(0.51)	11.2	(1.22)	14.6	(2.38)	9.7	(0.84)	13.5	(2.51)	19.1	(4.08)	4.0	(0.37)	10.4	(1.41)	9.5		(2.19)
Threatened or injured with a weapon5       on school property2 one or more times       during the previous 12 months	5.1	(0.36)	10.0	(1.19)	12.6	(2.03)	6.2	(0.50)	11.6	(2.45)	17.2	(3.94)	3.8	(0.41)	9.1	(1.42)	7.2	!	(2.55)
Carried a weapon6 at least 1 day during the       previous 30 days
Anywhere4	16.0	(0.96)	18.9	(2.07)	14.7	(3.00)	24.5	(1.37)	23.7	(3.94)	20.0	(4.78)	6.2	(0.75)	16.0	(2.00)	10.9		(2.58)
On school property2	3.7	(0.31)	6.2	(1.18)	7.1	(1.88)	5.7	(0.52)	7.4	(1.93)	10.1	(2.82)	1.4	(0.21)	5.5	(1.33)	4.4	!	(1.37)
Used alcohol anywhere4 at least 1 day during       the previous 30 days	32.1	(1.30)	40.5	(2.07)	34.6	(2.81)	32.0	(0.91)	37.9	(3.94)	36.4	(4.23)	32.3	(2.17)	41.8	(2.54)	33.2		(3.98)
Used marijuana one or more times anywhere4       during the previous 30 days	20.7	(1.29)	32.0	(1.64)	26.0	(2.28)	23.2	(1.56)	25.5	(3.40)	29.8	(4.54)	17.8	(1.34)	34.3	(1.82)	23.3		(2.60)
Offered, sold, or given an illegal drug       on school property2 during the previous       12 months	20.8	(1.24)	29.3	(2.03)	28.4	(3.03)	23.9	(1.29)	28.7	(3.45)	31.3	(4.83)	17.1	(1.34)	29.8	(2.44)	25.9		(2.95)

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

1 Bullying was defined for respondents as "when one or more students tease, threaten, spread rumors about, hit, shove, or hurt another student over and over again."

2 "On school property" was not defined for survey respondents.

3 Being electronically bullied includes "being bullied through e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, or texting."

4 The term "anywhere" is not used in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) questionnaire; students were simply asked how many times or how many days they engaged in the specified behavior.

5 Survey respondents were asked about being threatened or injured "with a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club."

6 Respondents were asked about carrying "a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club."

NOTE: Students were asked which sexual orientation--"heterosexual (straight)," "gay or lesbian," "bisexual," or “not sure"--best described them.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2015. (This table was prepared September 2016.)