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Table 4.2. |
Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property during the previous 12 months, by state: 2003 and 2005 |
| State | 2003 | 2005 | State | 2003 | 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9.2 | 7.9 | ||||
| Alabama | 7.2 | 10.6 | Montana | 7.1 | 8.0 | |
| Alaska | 8.1 | — | Nebraska | 8.8 | 9.7 | |
| Arizona | 9.2 | 10.7 | Nevada | 6.0 | 8.1 | |
| Arkansas | — | 9.6 | New Hampshire | 7.5 | 8.6 | |
| California | — | — | New Jersey | — | 8.0 | |
| Colorado | — | 7.6 | New Mexico | — | 10.4 | |
| Connecticut | — | 9.1 | New York | 7.2 | 7.2 | |
| Delaware | 7.7 | 6.2 | North Carolina | 7.2 | 7.9 | |
| District of Columbia | 12.7 | 12.1 | North Dakota | 5.9 | 6.6 | |
| Florida | 8.4 | 7.9 | Ohio | 7.7 | 8.2 | |
| Georgia | 8.2 | 8.3 | Oklahoma | 7.4 | 6.0 | |
| Hawaii | — | 6.9 | Oregon | — | — | |
| Idaho | 9.4 | 8.3 | Pennsylvania | — | — | |
| Illinois | — | — | Rhode Island | 8.2 | 8.7 | |
| Indiana | 6.7 | 8.8 | South Carolina | — | 10.1 | |
| Iowa | — | 7.8 | South Dakota | 6.5 | 8.1 | |
| Kansas | — | 7.4 | Tennessee | 8.4 | 7.4 | |
| Kentucky | 5.3 | 8.0 | Texas | — | 9.3 | |
| Louisiana | — | — | Utah | 7.3 | 9.8 | |
| Maine | 8.5 | 7.1 | Vermont | 7.3 | 6.3 | |
| Maryland | — | 11.7 | Virginia | — | — | |
| Massachusetts | 6.3 | 5.4 | Washington | — | — | |
| Michigan | 9.7 | 8.6 | West Virginia | 8.5 | 8.0 | |
| Minnesota | — | — | Wisconsin | 5.5 | 7.6 | |
| Mississippi | 6.6 | — | Wyoming | 9.7 | 7.8 | |
| Missouri | 7.5 | 9.1 | ||||
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— Not available. NOTE: "On school property" was not defined for survey respondents. 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Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), previously unpublished tabulation, 2003 and 2005.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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