Total student, Number of school-associated violent deaths and number of homicides and suicides of youth ages 5–19, by location: 1992–2002
The Rothstein Catalogue!
Total student,
staff, and nonstudent
school-associated violent deaths(1)		 Homicides of youth ages 5–19 Suicides of youth ages 5–19
Year  at school(2) away from school(2) at school(2) away from school(3)

Total 1992–2002

462

261

28,500

55

20,390

1992–93

57

34

3,584

6

2,199

1993–94

48

29

3,804

7

2,263

1994–95

48

28

3,552

7

2,220

1995–96

53

32

3,305

6

2,113

1996–97

48

28

2,952

1

2,108

1997–98

57

34

2,728

6

2,055

1998–99

47

33

2,366

4

1,855

1999–2000(4)

35

14

2,126

8

1,920

2000–2001(4)

31

12

2,047

5

1,885

2001–2002(4)

38

17

2,036

5

1,772

(1)School-associated violent deaths include a homicide, suicide, legal intervention, or unintentional firearm-related death in which the fatal injury occurred on the campus of a functioning
elementary or secondary school in the United States, while the victim was on the way to or from regular sessions at such a school, or while the victim was attending or traveling to or from an
official school-sponsored event. Victims included students, staff members, and nonstudents. Total school-associated violent deaths include: in 1992–93, 47 homicides and 10 suicides;
1993–94, 38 homicides and 10 suicides; 1994–95, 39 homicides, 8 suicides, and 1 unintentional death; 1995–96, 46 homicides, 6 suicides, and 1 legal intervention; 1996–97, 45 homicides,
2 suicides, and 1 legal intervention; 1997–98, 47 homicides, 9 suicides, and 1 legal intervention; 1998–99, 38 homicides, 6 suicides, 2 legal interventions, and 1 unintentional death; 1999–
2000, 24 homicides, 10 suicides, and 1 unintentional death; 2000–01, 23 homicides, 7 suicides, and 1 legal intervention; 2001–02, 27 homicides, 9 suicides, and 2 legal interventions.
(2) Youth ages 5–19 from July 1, 1992, through June 30, 2002.
(3) Youth ages 5–19 in the calendar year from 1993 to 2002.
(4) Data are preliminary and subject to change.
NOTE: “At school” includes on school property, on the way to or from regular sessions at school, and while attending or traveling to or from a school-sponsored event. Due to missing data for
suicides for the 2002–03 school year, the findings for this indicator reflect data through the 2001–02 school year.
SOURCE: Data on homicides and suicides of youth ages 5–19 at school and total school-associated violent deaths are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1992–2002
School-Associated Violent Deaths Surveillance Study, partially funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, previously unpublished tabulation (March 2005);
data on suicides of youth ages 5–19 are from the CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System Fatal (WISQARS™ Fatal) (2005)
retrieved March 2005, from http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars ; and data on homicides of youth ages 5–19 away from school for the 1992–93 through 2001–02 school year are from the
Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and tabulated by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, preliminary data (March 2005).
Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2005
U.S. Department of Education -- Institute of Education Sciences -- NCES 2006–001
U.S. Department of Justice -- Office of Justice Programs -- NCJ 210697

Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being afraid of attack or threat of attack during the previous 6 months, by location and selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1995–2003

Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported avoiding one or more places in school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1995–2003

Number of student-reported nonfatal crimes against students ages 12–18 and rate of crimes per 1,000 students, by location and year: 1992–2003

Total student, Number of school-associated violent deaths and number of homicides and suicides of youth ages 5–19, by location: 1992–2002