| The
following tables are from the Center for Disease
Control's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
(August 14, 1998 issue). The numbers reported are,
"....the percentage of high school students
who reported engaging in violence or in behaviors
resulting from violence on school property by sex,
race/ethnicity and grade."
Table
1.) School incidents of a threatening or injurious
nature
|
|
Threatened
or injured with a weapon on school property
|
In
a physical fight on school property |
|
Category |
Female
|
Male
|
Total
|
Female
|
Male
|
Total
|
|
Race/Ethnicity |
| White
|
3.7% |
8.2% |
6.2% |
5.9% |
19.1% |
13.3% |
| Black
|
5.8% |
14.0% |
9.9% |
17.0% |
24.6% |
20.7%
|
| Hispanic
|
4.6% |
12.7
% |
9.0% |
12.3% |
24.7% |
19.0% |
|
Grade |
| 9
|
6.1% |
13.7% |
10.1% |
12.4% |
29.3% |
21.3% |
| 10
|
5.2% |
10.1% |
7.9% |
11.3% |
21.6% |
17.0% |
| 11
|
2.3% |
9.0% |
5.9% |
6.2% |
17.8% |
12.5% |
| 12
|
2.5% |
8.4% |
5.8% |
4.9% |
13.1% |
9.5% |
|
Total |
4.0% |
10.2% |
7.4% |
8.6% |
20.0% |
14.8% |
Table 2.) Property
related school incidents
Property
stolen or deliberately damaged on school
property |
|
Category |
Female
|
Male
|
Total
|
| Race/Ethnicity
|
| White |
28.6% |
35.7% |
32.6% |
| Black |
30.6% |
37.5% |
34.0% |
| Hispanic
|
30.6% |
33.4% |
32.1% |
|
Grade |
| 9
|
33.7% |
39.8% |
36.9% |
| 10
|
30.0% |
39.7% |
35.4% |
| 11
|
27.5% |
36.2% |
32.3% |
| 12
|
25.4% |
30.0% |
27.9% |
| Total
|
29.0% |
36.1% |
32.9% |
Table 3.) School
Safety
| |
Felt
too unsafe to go to school |
Carried
a weapon on school property
|
| Category |
Female |
Male |
Total |
Female |
Male |
Total |
| Race/Ethnicity |
| White |
2.5% |
2.3% |
2.4% |
2.1% |
12.3% |
7.8% |
| Black |
6.1% |
7.5% |
6.8% |
7.8 % |
10.7% |
9.2% |
| Hispanic |
7.7% |
6.8% |
7.2% |
4.3% |
15.6% |
10.4% |
|
Grade |
| 9 |
5.8% |
5.2% |
5.5% |
5.4% |
14.5% |
10.2% |
| 10 |
3.9% |
4.0% |
4.0% |
3.5% |
11.1% |
7.7% |
| 11 |
3.2% |
5.0% |
4.2% |
3.1% |
14.6% |
9.4% |
| 12 |
3.0% |
2.3% |
2.6% |
3.0% |
10.1% |
7.0% |
| Total |
3.9% |
4.1% |
4.0% |
3.7% |
12.5% |
8.5% |
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