| Table 5. High school students who carried a weapon,** who were in a physical fight†, and were injured in a physical fight†§, by gender, race/ethnicity, and grade, in percent | ||||||||||||||
| Carried a Weapon Such as a Gun, Knife, or Club** | In a Physical Fight† | Injured in a Physical Fight†§, | ||||||||||||
| Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | ||||||
| Galveston* | ||||||||||||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||
| White | 11.3 | 36.2 | 22.9 | 19.5 | 41.5 | 30.0 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 5.9 | |||||
| Black | 8.1 | 17.4 | 12.4 | 35.2 | 46.8 | 40.7 | 6.3 | 12.2 | 9.1 | |||||
| Hispanic | 9.6 | 35.5 | 22.2 | 21.2 | 44.6 | 33.0 | 2.4 | 6.3 | 4.2 | |||||
| All other | 15.7 | 37.3 | 27.6 | 35.7 | 46.0 | 41.9 | 5.7 | 12.2 | 8.4 | |||||
| Grade | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | 8.8 | 29.4 | 19.4 | 31.5 | 50.2 | 42.0 | 2.9 | 9.2 | 6.4 | |||||
| 10 | 9.7 | 34.2 | 21.6 | 25.7 | 43.5 | 34.5 | 4.7 | 10.1 | 7.5 | |||||
| 11 | 12.8 | 24.4 | 18.0 | 22.7 | 37.2 | 29.7 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 5.6 | |||||
| 12 | 8.6 | 35.1 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 42.0 | 30.2 | 4.6 | 8.0 | 5.8 | |||||
| 2007 Total* | 10.1 | 30.8 | 19.9 | 26.1 | 44.4 | 34.8 | 4.2 | 8.8 | 6.4 | |||||
| 2004 Total* | 8.9 | 29.2 | 18.4 | 24.2 | 41.2 | 32.1 | 3.3 | 8.7 | 5.8 | |||||
| 2002 Total* | 8.6 | 29.7 | 18.6 | 23.5 | 40.8 | 31.6 | 2.9 | 8.6 | 5.6 | |||||
| 2000 Total* | 6.9 | 24.7 | 15.4 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 5.9 | ||||||||
| Texas* | 6.1 | 32.2 | 19.3 | 22.8 | 45.0 | 34.2 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 4.1 | |||||
| United States* | 7.1 | 29.8 | 18.5 | 28.1 | 43.4 | 35.9 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 3.6 | |||||
| *Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2007, Texas and United States 2005. | ||||||||||||||
| **On ≥ 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey. | ||||||||||||||
| † One or more times during the 12 months preceding the survey. | ||||||||||||||
| § Injuries had to be treated by a doctor or a nurse. | ||||||||||||||
| Percents may not add up to 100% due to missing values. | ||||||||||||||
| White = non-Hispanic white, Hispanic = any race, Black = non-Hispanic black, | ||||||||||||||
| All other = any other non-Hispanic | ||||||||||||||
| N/A = Not Available | ||||||||||||||