Table 2. Prevalence of physical fighting, weapon carrying, and potential adolescent health outcomes, percentages (standard errors) by gender and country, 2006.
Variables | Belgium-French % (SE) | Canada % (SE) | Israel % (SE) | FYR Macedonia % (SE) | United States % (SE) | |||||
Boys (N = 1 295) | Girls (N = 1 197) | Boys (N = 2 698) | Girls (N = 3 048) | Boys (N = 1 648) | Girls (N = 2 587) | Boys (N = 2 520) | Girls (N = 2 566) | Boys (N = 1 208) | Girls (N = 1 358) | |
Physical Fighting (last 12 months): | ||||||||||
Never | 36.6 (1.3) | 66.2 (1.4) | 46.7 (1.0) | 69.3 (0.8) | 45.3 (1.2) | 84.3 (0.7) | 48.7 (1.0) | 75.4 (0.9) | 54.5 (1.4) | 74.6 (1.2) |
Infrequent (1–2 times) | 36.8 (1.3) | 21.1 (1.2) | 34.5 (0.9) | 20.7 (0.7) | 35.5 (1.2) | 12.3 (0.6) | 32.5 (0.9) | 18.5 (0.8) | 32.5 (1.3) | 19.3 (1.1) |
Frequent (3 or more times) | 26.2 (1.2 | 12.7 (1.0) | 18.8 (0.8) | 10.0 (0.5) | 19.2 (1.0) | 3.3 (0.4) | 18.8 (0.8) | 6.2 (0.5) | 13.1 (1.0) | 6.1 (0.7) |
Weapon Carrying (last 30 days) | 11.3 (0.9) | 1.6 (0.4) | 16.2 (0.7) | 3.5 (0.3) | 18.4 (1.0) | 3.2 (0.3) | 11.9 (0.6) | 1.7 (0.3) | 22.2 (1.2) | 7.1 (0.7) |
Both Violent Behaviors | 7.1 (0.7) | 0.6 (0.2) | 6.6 (0.5) | 1.3 (0.2) | 8.3 (0.7) | 1.0 (0.2) | 5.2 (0.4) | 0.5 (0.1) | 6.3 (0.7) | 2.1 (0.4) |
Medically Attended Injury | 49.3 (1.4) | 34.8 (1.4) | 46.5 (1.0) | 37.4 (0.9) | 59.8 (1.2) | 44.5 (1.0) | 33.2 (0.9) | 21.3 (0.8) | 52.9 (1.4) | 41.4 (1.3) |
Emotional Health Outcomes | 28.3 (1.3) | 43.5 (1.4) | 26.2 (0.8) | 36.5 (0.9) | 45.1 (1.2) | 53.5 (1.0) | 26.4 (0.9) | 37.9 (1.0) | 32.4 (1.3) | 50.6 (1.4) |