Violence-Related Behaviors Among High School Students--United States, 1991-2003.

Offers a look at changes in violence-related behaviors among high school students in the United States between 1991 and 2003. Analysis of data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey; Need for schools to establish physical and social environments that prevent violence and promote actual and perceived safety; Assessment of violence-behaviors including weapon carrying, physical fighting, and being in a physical fight that resulted in injuries that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse; Increase of students who are absent from school due to safety concerns; Decline of the national youth homicide rate; Increases in students being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property.