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Table 1 Characteristics of adolescents in the 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (United States)

From: Correlates of weapon carrying among high school students in the United States

Characteristic

Total

% (n)

Males

% (n)

Females

% (n)

Age (years)

   

   <15

10.7 (1,221)

9.6 (520)

11.9 (701)

   15

26.4 (3,170)

25.6 (1,450)

27.6 (1,720)

   16

25.9 (3,535)

26.9 (1,718)

24.9 (1,817)

   17

23.3 (3,661)

23.0 (1,780)

23.7 (1,881)

   18+

13.6 (2,270)

14.9 (1,196)

12.3 (1,074)

Ethnicity

   

   White

67.8 (6,117)

68.3 (3,015)

67.4 (3,102)

   American Indian or Alaska native

1.1 (144)

1.1 (86)

1.2 (58)

   Asian

3.7 (366)

4.0 (187)

3.4 (179)

   Black

16.0 (3,343)

15.6 (1,575)

16.5 (1,768)

   Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

0.9 (90)

0.8 (44)

1.1 (46)

   Hispanic

10.5 (2,063)

10.3 (920)

10.6 (1,143)

Substance use (tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs)

85.9 (6,969)

86.7 (3,541)

85.1 (3,428)

Depression

28.5 (4,136)

20.4 (1,477)

36.7 (2,719)

Suicidal ideation

16.9 (2,330)

12.0 (772)

21.8 (1,558)

Property stolen or deliberately damaged on school property

29.7 (4,132)

31.4 (2,105)

28.0 (2,027)

Rape

7.5 (1,046)

4.2 (308)

10.8 (738)

Threatened or injured with a weapon on school property

7.9 (1,083)

9.7 (649)

6.1 (434)

Physical fighting

35.8 (4,862)

43.4 (2,877)

28.2 (1,985)

Weapon carrying on school property

6.5 (815)

10.2 (625)

2.6 (190)