15-39.
Reduce weapon carrying by adolescents on school property.
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15-39. | |
Reduce weapon carrying by adolescents on school property. |
Target: 4.9 percent.
Baseline: 6.9 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 carried weapons on school property during the past 30 days in 1999.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC, NCCDPHP.
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Students in Grades 9 Through 12, 1999 |
Weapon Carrying on School Property in Past 30 Days |
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
6.9 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
6.1 |
|
White |
7.0 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
7.9 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
6.8 |
|
Black or African American |
5.0 |
|
White |
6.4 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
2.8 |
|
Male |
11.0 |
|
Parents’ education level |
|
|
Less than high school |
DNC |
|
High school graduate |
DNC |
|
Some college |
DNC |
|
Select populations |
|
|
9th grade |
7.2 |
|
10th grade |
6.6 |
|
11th grade |
7.0 |
|
12th grade |
6.2 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.