| Percent of High School Students Experiencing Dating Violence by Gender and State, 2013 | ||||||||
Experienced Physical Dating Violence |
Experienced Sexual Dating Violence |
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Girls |
Boys |
Girls |
Boys |
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State |
Percent |
Rank |
Percent |
Rank |
Percent |
Rank |
Percent |
Rank |
Alabama |
12.9% |
30 |
10.2% |
35 |
13.7% |
11 |
7.2% |
20 |
Alaska |
11.3% |
16 |
6.2% |
7 |
16.6% |
29 |
5.7% |
11 |
Arizona |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Arkansas |
14.8% |
37 |
11.6% |
36 |
15.2% |
22 |
9.7% |
32 |
California |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Colorado |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Connecticut |
10.1% |
7 |
7.9% |
24 |
15.5% |
23 |
7.3% |
22 |
Delaware |
10.7% |
10 |
6.8% |
13 |
12.3% |
4 |
8.4% |
29 |
District of Columbia |
15.0% |
38 |
8.0% |
25 |
10.5% |
1 |
7.3% |
22 |
Florida |
10.6% |
9 |
9.1% |
32 |
13.1% |
7 |
7.7% |
25 |
Georgia |
12.9% |
30 |
11.6% |
36 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Hawaii |
12.3% |
25 |
8.8% |
30 |
18.4% |
32 |
8.0% |
27 |
Idaho |
11.8% |
20 |
6.3% |
9 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Illinois |
13.7% |
35 |
8.5% |
29 |
16.7% |
30 |
6.5% |
16 |
Indiana |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Iowa |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Kansas |
9.4% |
3 |
5.9% |
4 |
11.6% |
2 |
4.0% |
1 |
Kentucky |
11.8% |
20 |
7.6% |
22 |
13.1% |
7 |
6.4% |
13 |
Louisiana |
16.1% |
39 |
12.6% |
39 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Maine |
11.1% |
15 |
6.8% |
13 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Maryland |
12.0% |
23 |
9.7% |
34 |
13.8% |
13 |
9.0% |
30 |
Massachusetts |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Michigan |
11.0% |
12 |
6.6% |
10 |
14.1% |
15 |
5.5% |
9 |
Minnesota |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Mississippi |
13.4% |
33 |
7.3% |
15 |
12.7% |
6 |
8.3% |
28 |
Missouri |
11.6% |
19 |
7.4% |
18 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Montana |
11.0% |
12 |
6.6% |
10 |
15.6% |
24 |
6.4% |
13 |
Nebraska |
10.0% |
6 |
5.3% |
1 |
15.6% |
24 |
4.7% |
4 |
Nevada |
12.4% |
26 |
9.1% |
32 |
17.1% |
31 |
7.2% |
20 |
New Hampshire |
9.1% |
2 |
5.8% |
3 |
14.8% |
20 |
5.0% |
5 |
New Jersey |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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New Mexico |
11.0% |
12 |
7.7% |
23 |
12.6% |
5 |
7.3% |
22 |
New York |
12.4% |
26 |
11.7% |
38 |
14.2% |
16 |
9.3% |
31 |
North Carolina |
12.2% |
24 |
6.2% |
7 |
14.5% |
18 |
5.1% |
6 |
North Dakota |
11.9% |
22 |
7.3% |
15 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Ohio |
N/A |
N/A |
13.4% |
9 |
6.1% |
12 |
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Oklahoma |
11.3% |
16 |
5.7% |
2 |
13.9% |
14 |
5.5% |
9 |
Oregon |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Pennsylvania |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Rhode Island |
9.4% |
3 |
7.3% |
15 |
12.0% |
3 |
5.2% |
7 |
South Carolina |
13.1% |
32 |
7.5% |
21 |
13.7% |
11 |
7.0% |
19 |
South Dakota |
9.6% |
5 |
6.0% |
5 |
15.8% |
28 |
5.3% |
8 |
Tennessee |
10.8% |
11 |
8.4% |
28 |
14.4% |
17 |
6.9% |
18 |
Texas |
12.5% |
28 |
7.4% |
18 |
14.5% |
18 |
7.9% |
26 |
Utah |
7.7% |
1 |
6.1% |
6 |
15.1% |
21 |
6.4% |
13 |
Vermont |
11.4% |
18 |
9.0% |
31 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Virginia |
13.5% |
34 |
8.1% |
27 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Washington |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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West Virginia |
13.8% |
36 |
8.0% |
25 |
13.4% |
9 |
4.2% |
3 |
Wisconsin |
10.3% |
8 |
6.7% |
12 |
15.7% |
26 |
4.0% |
1 |
Wyoming |
12.6% |
29 |
7.4% |
18 |
15.7% |
26 |
6.7% |
17 |
United States |
13.0% |
7.4% |
14.4% |
6.2% |
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Notes: N/A=not available. For students in grades 9–12. |
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Source: IWPR compilation of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. |
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