Weapon-carrying among high school students--United States, 1990.
From 1980 through 1989, more than 11,000 persons died in the United States as a result of homicides committed by high school-aged youth using firearms, cutting instruments, or blunt objects (Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reports, Supplementary Homicide Report Files, unpublished data, 1980-1989). Firearm-related homicides accounted for more than 65% of these fatalities. Immediate access to a potentially lethal weapon, especially a firearm, may increase the likelihood that a lethal event would result from a violent altercation. This article presents the prevalence and incidence of self-reported weapon-carrying among high school students in grades 9-12 in the United States during 1990.
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence