Table 29. Middle school students who carried a weapon,** who were ever injured in a physical fight, or in past 12 months were injured in a physical fight and treated by a doctor or nurse, by gender, race/ethnicity, grade, and middle school in percent
               
Carried a Weapon Such as a Gun, Knife, or Club Have you ever been in a physical fight and had to be treated by a doctor or nurse? In the past 12 months, have you been in a physical fight and had to be treated by a doctor or nurse?
    Female Male  Total    Female Male  Total   Female Male  Total
Galveston*
Race/ethnicity
   White  10.8 30.4 20.6 8.2 16.0 12.1 3.8 16.6 10.2
   Black 11.6 25.5 19.2 9.6 12.1 11.5 9.5 16.8 14.2
   Hispanic  7.1 32.0 19.0 6.4 13.1 9.7 8.0 10.7 9.1
   All other  11.6 24.2 19.1 7.1 23.0 14.8 5.9 15.0 10.7
Grade
6 8.6 19.1 14.0 7.8 13.8 11.0 6.8 11.6 9.2
7 9.6 28.6 19.6 6.8 11.5 9.4 6.8 10.5 9.1
8 10.0 39.2 24.4 8.5 17.5 13.4 7.5 20.7 14.4
Middle School
Austin 8.7 27.9 19.1 10.2 20.0 15.5 10.2 18.1 14.9
 Central 8.2 28.0 17.8 4.8 9.2 7.3 5.7 10.0 7.9
     Crenshaw 8.0 28.0 17.3 16.0 4.0 9.4 4.0 8.0 5.7
Weis   11.5 30.7 21.4 8.0 16.3 12.4 6.9 16.7 12.1
2007 Total* 9.6 29.1 19.4 7.7 14.3 11.0 7.0 14.5 10.8
Dallas ISD, TX*         60.5 83.3 72.1   N/A N/A N/A
 
*Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2007, and Dallas ISD, TX 2003.
**On ≥ 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey.
White = non-Hispanic white,  Hispanic = any race,  Black = non-Hispanic black, All other  = any other non-Hispanic
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