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. 2013 Feb 21;8(2):e56403. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056403

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)