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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.) |