Table 1 |
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Characteristics of adolescents in the 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (United States) |
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| Characteristic |
Total % (n) |
Males % (n) |
Females % (n) |
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| Age (years) |
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| <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 |
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| 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) |
Muula et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2008 7:8 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-7-8 |
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