TABLE 4. Prevalence of witnessing community violence among high school students, by gun carrying, suicide risk, and substance use behaviors and experiences and race and ethnicity* — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021†.
| Behavior/Experience | Witnessed
community violence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black or
African American |
White |
Hispanic or
Latino |
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| Did not experience the risk behavior % (95% CI) | Experienced the risk behavior % (95% CI) | aPR§,¶ (95% CI) | Did not experience the risk behavior % (95% CI) | Experienced the risk behavior % (95% CI) | aPR§,¶ (95% CI) | Did not experience the risk behavior % (95% CI) | Experienced the risk behavior % (95% CI) | aPR§,¶ (95% CI) | |
|
Gun
carrying**
|
26.9 (23.5–30.7) |
70.8 (54.8–83.0) |
2.6 (2.1–3.2) |
14.2 (12.4–16.3) |
45.6 (33.6–58.2) |
3.6 (2.9–4.3) |
24.6 (20.5–29.2) |
64.4 (55.0–72.8) |
2.7 (2.3–3.3) |
|
Suicide
risk
| |||||||||
| Seriously considered
attempting suicide |
26.1 (22.1–30.4) |
41.6 (34.2–49.5) |
1.7 (1.2–2.3) |
10.6 (8.9–12.5) |
29.4 (26.2–32.8) |
2.8 (2.5–3.2) |
22.3 (16.8–28.9) |
40.5 (32.6–48.8) |
1.8 (1.3–2.6) |
| Attempted suicide** |
28.0 (23.9–32.7) |
45.3 (38.7–52.1) |
1.6 (1.3–2.0) |
12.3 (10.5–14.3) |
40.7 (34.3–46.7) |
3.1 (2.7–3.6) |
23.4 (19.5–27.8) |
45.5 (36.0–55.4) |
2.0 (1.7–2.3) |
|
Substance
use
| |||||||||
| Current binge
drinking†† |
27.1 (23.4–31.1) |
58.8 (39.1–76.1) |
2.1 (1.5–2.9) |
12.8 (11.1–14.8) |
26.1 (19.5–34.0) |
2.0 (1.6–2.5) |
22.8 (18.7–27.5) |
43.5 (36.8–50.4) |
1.9 (1.5–2.5) |
| Current marijuana
use§§ |
24.2 (20.5–28.4) |
47.0 (39.2–55.1) |
1.9 (1.5–2.4) |
11.7 (9.9–13.7) |
32.3 (27.9–37.0) |
2.8 (2.2–3.4) |
22.0 (18.9–25.6) |
46.8 (39.8–53.8) |
2.1 (1.8–2.3) |
| Lifetime prescription opioid
misuse |
26.7 (22.8–31.0) |
45.3 (35.3–55.7) |
1.7 (1.4–2.2) |
12.2 (10.8–13.8) |
35.1 (27.5–43.6) |
2.8 (2.2–3.6) |
23.1 (19.5–27.1) |
44.3 (37.9–50.8) |
1.9 (1.7–2.2) |
| Lifetime illicit drug use¶¶ | 29.2 (25.0–33.9) | 51.7 (36.5–66.6) | 1.7 (1.1–2.6) | 11.9 (10.0–14.0) | 35.1 (29.5–41.1) | 2.9 (2.4–3.4) | 23.2 (19.5–27.3) | 46.9 (38.0–55.9) | 2.0 (1.7–2.3) |
Abbreviation: aPR = adjusted prevalence ratio.
* Persons of Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) origin might be of any race but are categorized as Hispanic; all racial groups are non-Hispanic.
† N = 17,232 respondents. Because the state and local questionnaires differ by jurisdiction, students in these schools were not asked all national YRBS questions. Therefore, the total number (N) of students answering each question varied. Percentages in each category are calculated on the known data.
§ aPRs were estimated with gun carrying, suicide risk, and substance use variables as the outcome. All aPRs were statistically significant if p<0.05.
¶ Logistic models adjusted for age, sex, and sexual identity. Estimates were considered statistically significant if the 95% CIs did not include 1.0.
** During the 12 months before the survey
†† Had four or more drinks of alcohol in a row (if they were female) or five or more drinks of alcohol in a row (if they were male) within a couple of hours on ≥1 day during the 30 days before the survey.
§§ One or more times during the 30 days before the survey.
¶¶ Lifetime use of at least one of the following: cocaine, ecstasy, hallucinogenic drugs, heroin, inhalants, methamphetamines, or synthetic marijuana.