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Reduce physical fighting among adolescents — IVP‑11 Data

Status: Target met or exceeded

  Target met or exceeded

Most Recent Data:
18.3 percent (2021)

Target:
20.9 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
23.6 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 reported that they had engaged in physical fighting in the past 12 months in 2017

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Physical fighting among adolescents, 2017-2021
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2017 2019 2021
Total
23.6
CI 21.6 / 25.6
SE 0.972
21.9
CI 20.3 / 23.6
SE 0.814
18.3
CI 16.2 / 20.7
SE 1.116