| Table 148. | Percent of students in grades 9 through 12 who reportedexperience with drugs and violence on school property, byrace/ethnicity, grade, and sex: 1993 and 1995 |
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|1993 | 1995
Type of violence |_____|__________________________________________________
or |Total|Total| Race/ethnicity | Grade
drug-related behavior | | |____________________|_______________________
| | |White|Black|Hispanic| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
_______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
_______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____
Felt too unsafe | | | | | | | | |
to go to school\1\ | | | | | | | | |
Total ...............| 4.4 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.3
Male ..............| 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.9
Female ............| 4.4 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 2.8
| | | | | | | | |
Carried a weapon on | | | | | | | | |
school property\1,2\ | | | | | | | | |
Total ...............|11.8 | 9.8 | 9.0 |10.3 | 14.1 |10.7 |10.4 |10.2 | 7.6
Male ..............|17.9 |14.3 |14.1 |12.2 | 19.4 |14.9 |14.8 |15.4 |12.0
Female ............| 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.1
| | | | | | | | |
Threatened or injured | | | | | | | | |
with a weapon on | | | | | | | | |
school property\3\ | | | | | | | | |
Total ...............| 7.3 | 8.4 | 7.0 |11.0 | 12.4 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 6.7
Male ..............| 9.2 |10.9 | 9.2 |15.2 | 15.2 |11.9 |12.0 |10.6 | 9.0
Female ............| 5.4 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 4.5
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In a physical fight | | | | | | | | |
on school property\3\| | | | | | | | |
Total ...............|16.2 |15.5 |12.9 |20.3 | 21.1 |21.6 |16.5 |13.6 |10.6
Male ..............|23.5 |21.0 |18.4 |27.9 | 25.7 |29.4 |20.8 |18.6 |15.5
Female ............| 8.6 | 9.6 | 6.5 |14.3 | 16.6 |12.1 |11.9 | 8.4 | 5.6
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Property stolen or | | | | | | | | |
deliberately | | | | | | | | |
damaged on school | | | | | | | | |
property\3\ | | | | | | | | |
Total ...............|32.7 |34.9 |34.9 |33.6 | 34.0 |39.0 |36.2 |35.2 |29.4
Male ..............|37.0 |41.4 |42.2 |39.6 | 35.6 |46.3 |40.5 |41.4 |37.5
Female ............|28.1 |28.0 |26.6 |29.0 | 32.4 |30.2 |31.6 |28.6 |21.5
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Cigarette use on | | | | | | | | |
school property\1\ | | | | | | | | |
Total ...............|13.2 |16.0 |17.6 | 7.6 | 14.9 |13.9 |15.4 |16.7 |17.5
Male ..............|13.5 |16.8 |17.5 |11.6 | 16.2 |15.3 |15.3 |16.4 |20.0
Female ............|12.9 |15.1 |17.7 | 4.5 | 13.6 |12.4 |15.5 |17.0 |14.9
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Smokeless tobacco | | | | | | | | |
use on school | | | | | | | | |
property\4\ | | | | | | | | |
Total ...............| 6.8 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 5.9
Male ..............|12.5 |11.2 |14.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 8.8 |11.2 |13.7 |11.2
Female ............| 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6
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Alcohol use on | | | | | | | | |
school property\1\ | | | | | | | | |
Total ...............| 5.2 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.2
Male ..............| 6.2 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 8.4
Female ............| 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 9.4 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.0
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Marijuana use on | | | | | | | | |
school property\1\ | | | | | | | | |
Total ...............| 5.6 | 8.8 | 7.0 |12.3 | 12.9 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 8.0
Male ..............| 7.8 |11.9 | 9.7 |17.6 | 17.6 |11.2 |12.9 |12.0 |11.2
Female ............| 3.3 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 4.7
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Offered, sold, or | | | | | | | | |
given an illegal | | | | | | | | |
drug on school | | | | | | | | |
property\3\ | | | | | | | | |
Total ...............|24.0 |32.1 |31.7 |28.5 | 40.7 |31.1 |35.0 |32.8 |29.1
Male ..............|28.5 |38.8 |38.8 |35.3 | 46.7 |35.8 |43.0 |39.8 |36.2
Female ............|19.1 |24.8 |23.5 |22.5 | 34.9 |24.9 |26.4 |25.3 |22.0
_______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____
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\1\On one or more of 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 during the 30 days preceding the survey. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease, Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health, The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System: 1995. (This table was prepared April 1997.)
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