Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported experience with drugs and violence on school property, by race/ethnicity, grade, and sex: 1997 and 1999

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Table 147.

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                       |1997 |                     1999
   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 ...............| 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 6.0 |   11.2 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.9
    Male ..............| 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.9 |   12.3 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4
    Female ............| 3.9 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 7.1 |   10.2 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.5
                       |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Carried a weapon on    |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  school property\1,2\ |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............| 8.5 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 5.0 |    7.9 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.2
    Male ..............|12.5 |11.0 |11.0 | 5.3 |   12.3 |11.4 |10.5 |11.1 |10.1
    Female ............| 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 4.8 |    3.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.3
                       |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Threatened or injured  |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  with a weapon on     |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  school property\3\   |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............| 7.4 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 7.6 |    9.8 |10.5 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 5.1
    Male ..............|10.2 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 9.0 |   13.1 |12.6 |10.9 | 7.0 | 6.6
    Female ............| 4.0 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.4 |    6.6 | 8.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 3.5
                       |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Engaged in a physical  |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
   fight on school     |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
   property\3\         |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............|14.8 |14.2 |12.3 |18.7 |   15.7 |18.6 |17.2 |10.8 | 8.1
    Male ..............|20.0 |18.5 |17.2 |19.0 |   20.6 |24.3 |22.3 |14.4 |10.2
    Female ............| 8.6 | 9.8 | 7.1 |18.4 |   10.8 |12.7 |12.1 | 7.1 | 6.0
                       |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Property stolen or     |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  deliberately         |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  damaged on school    |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  property\3\          |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............|32.9 |---  |---  |---  |---     |---  |---  |---  |---
    Male ..............|36.1 |---  |---  |---  |---     |---  |---  |---  |---
    Female ............|29.0 |---  |---  |---  |---     |---  |---  |---  |---
                       |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Cigarette use on       |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  school property\1\   |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............|14.6 |14.0 |15.6 | 6.7 |   12.9 |11.8 |14.9 |14.2 |14.9
    Male ..............|15.9 |14.8 |16.5 | 7.7 |   15.3 |11.9 |14.4 |14.8 |18.2
    Female ............|13.0 |13.2 |14.7 | 5.8 |   10.6 |11.7 |15.4 |13.7 |11.7
                       |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Smokeless tobacco      |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  use on school        |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  property\4\          |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............| 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 0.5 |    2.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.9
    Male ..............| 9.0 | 8.1 |11.4 | 0.9 |    3.5 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 9.5
    Female ............| 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |    1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2
                       |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Alcohol use on         |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  school property\1\   |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............| 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.3 |    7.0 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.0
    Male ..............| 7.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 |    7.3 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.6
    Female ............| 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.6 |    6.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 2.4
                       |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Marijuana use on       |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  school property\1\   |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............| 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 7.2 |   10.7 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.3
    Male ..............| 9.0 |10.1 | 9.2 | 9.8 |   14.7 | 8.7 |11.4 | 9.2 |10.4
    Female ............| 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.9 |    6.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.2
                       |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
Offered, sold, or      |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  given an illegal     |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  drug on school       |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  property\3\          |     |     |     |     |        |     |     |     |
  Total ...............|31.7 |30.2 |28.8 |25.3 |   36.9 |27.6 |32.1 |31.1 |30.5
    Male ..............|37.4 |34.7 |33.2 |30.1 |   44.4 |31.6 |37.5 |33.9 |36.7
    Female ............|24.7 |25.7 |24.1 |20.9 |   29.5 |23.5 |26.9 |28.4 |24.4
_______________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____

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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 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC Surveillance Summaries, June 9, 2000, MMWR 2000; 47 (No. SS-5). (This table was prepared June 2000.)

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