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: 2019

[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	78.1		(0.81)	17.2		(0.68)	3.2		(0.24)	1.4		(0.17)	92.0		(0.50)	6.9		(0.39)	0.5		(0.11)	0.6		(0.15)
Sex
Male	71.7		(1.23)	21.3		(1.00)	4.6		(0.39)	2.3		(0.29)	88.6		(0.72)	9.8		(0.60)	0.8		(0.17)	0.8		(0.22)
Female	84.7		(1.01)	13.0		(0.89)	1.8		(0.27)	0.4		(0.09)	95.6		(0.45)	3.9		(0.33)	0.2	!	(0.06)	0.3	!	(0.13)
Race/ethnicity
White	80.2		(0.97)	16.3		(0.86)	2.6		(0.30)	0.8		(0.14)	93.6		(0.51)	5.9		(0.46)	0.3		(0.08)	0.2	!	(0.07)
Black	69.8		(1.77)	21.3		(1.66)	5.9		(0.88)	3.0		(0.78)	84.5		(1.06)	13.3		(0.80)	1.0		(0.25)	1.1	!	(0.43)
Hispanic	77.4		(1.12)	17.3		(1.15)	3.4		(0.47)	1.8		(0.38)	92.2		(0.68)	6.1		(0.47)	0.7	!	(0.26)	1.0	!	(0.39)
Asian	88.0		(1.87)	10.8		(1.72)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	95.1		(1.47)	4.4	!	(1.35)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	81.8		(4.85)	12.2		(3.20)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	90.9		(3.38)	9.1	!	(3.38)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	59.8		(6.85)	30.4		(5.62)	7.6	!	(2.96)	‡		(†)	81.1		(5.70)	15.8	!	(5.05)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	71.3		(2.43)	22.6		(2.27)	4.3		(0.95)	1.8	!	(0.68)	89.0		(1.76)	9.5		(1.75)	1.0	!	(0.50)	‡		(†)
Sexual identity3
Heterosexual	78.6		(0.87)	17.1		(0.74)	3.0		(0.25)	1.2		(0.16)	92.2		(0.51)	6.9		(0.44)	0.5		(0.11)	0.4	!	(0.11)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual	76.1		(1.68)	18.1		(1.41)	4.2		(0.82)	1.6	!	(0.56)	91.8		(1.00)	6.6		(0.80)	0.8		(0.22)	‡		(†)
Not sure	78.9		(2.59)	15.3		(2.08)	3.7		(1.02)	2.2	!	(0.89)	90.4		(1.99)	6.2		(1.11)	0.8	!	(0.40)	‡		(†)
Grade
9th	74.2		(1.51)	20.2		(1.25)	4.0		(0.52)	1.5		(0.41)	89.0		(0.87)	9.8		(0.83)	0.8		(0.20)	0.4	!	(0.18)
10th	76.7		(1.07)	18.8		(0.88)	3.1		(0.40)	1.3		(0.31)	91.7		(0.60)	7.5		(0.54)	0.4	!	(0.12)	0.5	!	(0.24)
11th	80.0		(1.01)	15.2		(0.89)	3.5		(0.34)	1.3		(0.25)	93.6		(0.73)	5.4		(0.67)	0.7	!	(0.23)	0.3	!	(0.11)
12th	82.4		(1.08)	14.3		(0.87)	2.3		(0.43)	1.1		(0.29)	94.2		(0.70)	4.8		(0.57)	0.3	!	(0.11)	0.7	!	(0.27)

†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 Students were asked which of the following--"heterosexual (straight)," "gay or lesbian," "bisexual," or “not sure"--best described them.

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and the suppression of cells that do not meet National Center for Education Statistics reporting standards.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2019. (This table was prepared September 2020.)