U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce gun carrying among adolescents — IVP‑12 Data

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Most Recent Data:
3.5 percent (2021)

Target:
3.7 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
4.8 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 reported that they had carried a gun (excluding carrying guns only for hunting or for a sport such as target shooting) on at least 1 day in the past 12 months in 2017

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Adolescent gun carrying, 2017-2021
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2017 2019 2021
Total
4.8
CI 4.1 / 5.7
SE 0.395
4.4
CI 3.8 / 5.3
SE 0.368
3.5
CI 2.8 / 4.4
SE 0.379