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National Statistics (United States)

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%