Reduce gun carrying among adolescents — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Improving

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Most Recent Data:
4.4 percent (2019)

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**-**2019**
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Population	2017	2019
Total	4.8	4.4 CI 3.8 / 5.3 SE 0.368

Data Source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC/NCHHSTP

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#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

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DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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Reduce gun carrying among adolescents — IVP‑12 Data

Status: Improving