Table E-12-1.  Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported that they were threatened or injured with a weapon on school property, carried a weapon on school property, engaged in a physical fight on school property, or reported that drugs were made available to them on school property, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2009

Sex and race/ethnicity		Were threatened or injured with a weapon on school property1		Carried a weapon on school property2		Engaged in a physical fight on school property1		Drugs were available on school property1
Total		7.7		5.6		11.1		22.7
Sex
Male		9.6		8.1		15.1		25.9
Female		5.5		2.9		6.7		19.3
Race/ethnicity
White		6.5		5.6		8.6		19.8
Black		9.4		5.3		17.4		22.2
Hispanic		9.1		5.8		13.6		31.2
Asian		5.5		3.6		7.7		18.3
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander		12.5		9.8		14.8		27.6
American Indian/Alaska Native		16.5		4.2		20.7		34.0
Two or more races		9.2		5.8		12.4		26.9
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White		7.8		8.3		12.4		22.7
Black		11.3		6.7		22.2		25.7
Hispanic		12.0		7.9		17.7		35.1
Asian		9.5		6.3		11.4		21.5
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native		‡		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races		14.0		7.3		18.3		31.7
Female
White		4.9		2.4		4.3		16.5
Black		7.4		4.0		12.5		18.8
Hispanic		6.3		3.7		9.3		27.1
Asian		1.6		0.9		4.1		15.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native		‡		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races		5.2		4.7		7.5		23.0

‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

1 In the past 12 months.

2 On one or more of the past 30 days.

NOTE: Weapons include items such as guns, knives, and clubs. Drug availability includes being offered, sold, or given an illegal drug. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2009.