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NHSDA REPORT: YOUTH VIOLENCE AND SUBSTANCE USE: 2001 UPDATE November 8, 2002
0% 0%
Serious Fight at Group-Against- Attacked Others Serious Fight at Group-Against- Attacked Others
School or Work Group Fight with the Intent of School or Work Group Fight with the Intent of
Seriously Hurting Seriously Hurting
Them Them
Type of Violent Behavior Type of Violent Behavior
12 or 13 30% Black
30%
25.2
14 or 15 Hispanic
21.9
25% 16 or 17 25% White
20.7 Asian
18.0
18.0
19.0
17.3
20% 17.1 20%
16.5
14.5
13.7
13.8
12.7
15% 15%
11.5
11.4
10% 8.9
6.7 7.7
10%
7.1
7.0
5%
3.7
5%
0%
Serious Fight at Group-Against- Attacked Others 0%
School or Work Group Fight with the Intent of Serious Fighting Group-Against- Attacked Others
Seriously Hurting at School or Work Group Fight with the Intent of
Them Seriously Hurting
Them
Type of Violent Behavior Type of Violent Behavior
The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is an annual Figure 5. Percentages of Youths Aged 12 to 17
survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA). The 2001 data are based on information
Reporting Any Illicit Drug Use** or Alcohol Use in the
obtained from 69,000 persons aged 12 or older, including approximately Past Year, by the Number of Types of Violent
23,000 youths aged 12 to 17. The survey collects data by administering Behaviors:*** 2001
questionnaires to a representative sample of the population through face-
to-face interviews at their place of residence.
The NHSDA Report is prepared by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS), 60% Illicit Drug Use
SAMHSA, and by RTI in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Alcohol Use 52.0
Information and data for this issue are based on the following publication
and statistics:
50%
Office of Applied Studies. (2002). Results from the 2001 National 39.1 40.4
Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Volume I. Summary of national findings 40%
(DHHS Publication No. SMA 02-3758, NHSDA Series H-17). Rockville, MD:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
29.9
30% 26.5
Also available on-line: http://www.DrugAbuseStatistics.samhsa.gov.
Additional tables available upon request. 20% 16.5
Figure Notes