Intentional Injury Questions		Demographic Categories						Other Areas
	Total	Male	Female	White	Black	Grades 9-10	Grades 11-12	TN ‘99	US ‘97
6. Carried weapon (gun, knife,club) on one or more days (past 30 days)	20%	33%	8%	22%	16%	24%	15%	21%	18%
7. Carried gun on one or more days (past 30 days)	9%	14%	4%	9%	7%	10%	7%	6%	6%
8. Carried weapon on school property on one or more days (past 30 days)	7%	10%	5%	8%	5%	7%	7%	8%	9%
9. Felt too unsafe to go to school on one or more days (past 30 days)	6%	7%	5%	4%	7%	7%	5%	4%	4%
10. Threatened or injured with a weapon on school property (past 12 months)	9%	12%	7%	8%	10%	11%	7%	8%	7%
11. In a physical fight in past twelve months	35%	43%	27%	35%	34%	40%	29%	31%	37%
12. Injured in a physical fight & needed medical treatment (past 12 months)	4%	5%	3%	3%	3%	4%	4%	3%	4%
13. Was in a physical fight on school property (past 12 months)	14%	19%	10%	13%	16%	18%	10%	14%	15%
14. Hit, slapped, or physically hurt by boy/girlfriend (past 12 months)	16%	15%	17%	15%	16%	15%	16%	10%	-
15. Ever forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not want	14%	9%	20%	13%	14%	13%	16%	8%	-

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