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The NSDUH Report - Violent Behaviors among Adolescent Females
Highlights: Combined 2006 to 2008 data indicate that about one quarter (26.7 percent) of adolescent females engaged in at least one of the following violent behaviors in the past year. 18.6 percent of adolescent females got into a serious fight at school or work in the past year; 14.1 percent participated in a group-against-group fight; and, 5.7 percent attacked others with the intent to seriously hurt them. Adolescent females who engaged in at least one of these violent behaviors were more likely than those who did not to have indicated past month binge alcohol use (15.1 vs. 6.9 percent), marijuana use (11.4 vs. 4.1 percent), and use of illicit drugs other than marijuana (9.2 vs. 3.2 percent). The rate of substance use was higher the more types of violent behaviors the girls engaged in (e.g., binge drinking in the past month was reported by 6.9 percent of girls with none of the violent behaviors, 12.6 percent of those with one type of violent behavior, 17.3 percent of those with two types, and 27.2 percent of those with three types). Other OAS publications and services This Short Report,The NSDUH Report - Violent Behaviors among Adolescent Females, is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older. SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use by State. |
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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.
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