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With three school shootings occurring within one week, U.S. school officials have focused on safety. Here are some statistics on school shootings that have taken place in the past decade:

Number of people killed in school shootings this school year (since August 2006): 9

Number of teachers and principals killed in shootings in the past decade: 10

Age of youngest assailant: 11

Average age of assailant in shootings in the past decade: 15

Number of school shootings taken place in the southern United States (the region with highest number of incidents) since 1996: 15

Number of high school shooting incidents since 1996: 32

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