TABLE 1.

Frequency of Violent Behaviors in a Community Sample of Adolescents in Three Cities in Colombia^a

	Never		Once		Twice		Three or Four Times		Five or More Times
Behavior	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Held a weapon like a club, gun, or knife to someone (N=2,835)	2,441	86.1	209	7.4	65	2.3	55	1.9	65	2.3
Hit someone with a weapon or shot someone (N=2,835)	2,663	93.9	85	3.0	40	1.4	19	0.7	28	1.0
Cut someone with a knife (N=2,833)	2,642	93.3	112	4.0	33	1.2	24	0.8	22	0.8
Beat someone or threw something at them (N=2,832)	2,078	73.4	314	11.1	177	6.3	127	4.5	136	4.8
Hit an instructor or supervisor (N=2,836)	2,668	94.1	118	4.2	31	1.1	11	0.4	8	0.3
Had a serious fight at school or work (N=2,831)b	1,457	51.5	561	19.8	382	13.5	237	8.4	194	6.8

^aData are from 2,837 adolescents ages 12-17 years from randomly selected households in Bogota, Medellin, and Barranquilla.

^bBased on subjects' perceptions of the seriousness of the fight.