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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Youth Serv Rev. 2009 Aug 1;31(8):885–895. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.04.002

Table 2.

Prevalence of Fighting, Injuring Someone, Alcohol Use, and Marijuana Use by Gender and Race/ethnicity (2001–2005 combined)

Fighting Injuring Someone Alcohol Use Marijuana Use
Race/ethnicity Boys Girls Ratio Boys Girls Ratio Boys Girls Ratio Boys Girls Ratio
White 14.6 9.3 1.6 17.2 4.6 3.7 56.1 49.8 1.1 40.1 35.1 1.1
African American 21.9 15.9 1.4 24.4 9.7 2.5 35.1 25.5 1.4 35.0 21.0 1.7
Hispanic 25.1 11.8 2.1 20.4 7.6 2.7 48.8 42.6 1.1 35.7 27.7 1.3
Asian American 14.8 5.8 2.6 13.8 2.7 5.1 34.8 27.3 1.3 23.4 15.7 1.5
Native American 21.2 3.5 6.1 28.9 5.8 5.0 49.0 43.5 1.1 45.0 38.6 1.2

Note: The largest 95% confidence intervals around percentages are 3.6% for Whites, 6.2% for African Americans, 5.6% for Hispanics, 8.0% for Asian Americans, and 17.2% for Native Americans.