Child Health USA 2005

Line Chart: High School Students Threatened or Injured with a Weapon on School Property in Past 12 Months, by Race/Ethnicity: 1993-2003

Line Chart: High School Students Threatened or Injured with a Weapon
on School Property in Past 12 Months, by Race/Ethnicity: 1993-2003

(Percent of Students)

Non-Hispanic White
1993: 6.3; 1995: 7; 1997: 6.2; 1999: 6.6; 2001: 8.5; 2003: 7.8

Non-Hispanic Black
1993: 11.2; 1995: 11; 1997: 9.9; 1999: 7.6; 2001: 9.3; 2003: 10.9

Hispanic
1993: 8.6; 1995: 11.2; 1997: 9; 1999: 9.8; 2001: 8.9; 2003: 9.4

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Youth risk behavior surveillance: United States, 2003. MMWR, Vol. 53, No. SS-2; 2004 May.
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