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Table 13.2. |
Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported having been in a physical fight during the previous 12 months, by location and state: 2003 and 2005 |
| Anywhere | On school property | Anywhere | On school property | |||||||
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| State | 2003 | 2005 | 2003 | 2005 | State | 2003 | 2005 | 2003 | 2005 | |
| United States | 33.0 | 35.9 | 12.8 | 13.6 | ||||||
| Alabama | 30.0 | 31.7 | 12.9 | 14.6 | Montana | 28.6 | 30.5 | 10.3 | 10.9 | |
| Alaska | 27.1 | — | 8.6 | — | Nebraska | 29.6 | 28.5 | 10.6 | 9.3 | |
| Arizona | 30.7 | 32.4 | 10.8 | 11.7 | Nevada | 35.0 | 34.5 | 12.6 | 14.2 | |
| Arkansas | — | 32.1 | — | 13.9 | New Hampshire | 30.5 | 26.4 | 11.6 | 10.7 | |
| California | — | — | — | — | New Jersey | — | 30.7 | — | 10.1 | |
| Colorado | — | 32.2 | — | 12.1 | New Mexico | — | 36.7 | — | 15.7 | |
| Connecticut | — | 32.7 | — | 10.5 | New York | 32.1 | 32.1 | 14.6 | 12.5 | |
| Delaware | 34.9 | 30.3 | 11.4 | 9.8 | North Carolina | 30.9 | 29.9 | 10.7 | 11.6 | |
| District of Columbia | 38.0 | 36.3 | 15.2 | 16.4 | North Dakota | 27.2 | — | 8.6 | 10.7 | |
| Florida | 32.1 | 30.0 | 13.3 | 11.5 | Ohio | 31.5 | 30.2 | 11.3 | 10.2 | |
| Georgia | 31.4 | 33.8 | 11.1 | 12.1 | Oklahoma | 28.4 | 31.1 | 11.4 | 12.1 | |
| Hawaii | — | 27.0 | — | 10.0 | Oregon | — | — | — | — | |
| Idaho | 28.3 | 32.3 | 11.7 | 12.1 | Pennsylvania | — | — | — | — | |
| Illinois | — | — | — | — | Rhode Island | 27.6 | 28.4 | 11.4 | 11.2 | |
| Indiana | 30.6 | 29.3 | 10.9 | 11.2 | South Carolina | — | 31.3 | — | 12.7 | |
| Iowa | — | 28.3 | — | 11.3 | South Dakota | 27.0 | 26.5 | 9.0 | 8.4 | |
| Kansas | — | 28.0 | — | 10.1 | Tennessee | 28.3 | 30.9 | 12.2 | 10.9 | |
| Kentucky | 26.4 | 29.6 | 10.1 | 12.7 | Texas | — | 34.2 | — | 14.5 | |
| Louisiana | — | — | — | — | Utah | 28.7 | 25.9 | 11.9 | 10.4 | |
| Maine | 26.5 | 28.2 | 9.2 | 10.0 | Vermont | 26.9 | 24.3 | 12.2 | 12.2 | |
| Maryland | — | 36.6 | — | 14.9 | Virginia | — | — | — | — | |
| Massachusetts | 30.7 | 28.6 | 10.2 | 10.2 | Washington | — | — | — | — | |
| Michigan | 30.8 | 30.1 | 12.2 | 11.4 | West Virginia | 26.5 | 29.1 | 10.3 | 12.1 | |
| Minnesota | — | — | — | — | Wisconsin | 31.4 | 32.6 | 11.6 | 12.2 | |
| Mississippi | 30.6 | — | 10.3 | — | Wyoming | 31.2 | 30.4 | 12.7 | 12.2 | |
| Missouri | 28.2 | 29.8 | 9.8 | 10.2 | ||||||
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— Not available. NOTE: "On school property" was not defined for survey respondents. The term "anywhere" is not used in the YRBS questionnaire; students are simply asked how many times in the last 12 months they had been in a physical fight. The estimate for the United States is drawn from a nationally representative sample of schools and is not the aggregate of participating states. Each state estimate is based on a sample that is representative of that state. Population sizes from the Digest of Education Statistics, 2005 (NCES 2006-030) for students in grades 9–12 are 15,723,000 in 2003 and 16,286,000 (projected) in 2005. SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), previously unpublished tabulation, 2003 and 2005. |
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