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| UNITED STATES TEEN STATISTICS |
1,439 Teens will attempt suicide, 6 of those attempts will end in death.
Every 100 minutes another teenager will commit suicide.
2,795 Teenage girls will become pregnant.
373 Teenager girls will miscarry.
1,295 Teen girls will give birth.
1,106 Teenagers have abortions.
48 Teens will contract the HIV virus.
623 Teenagers will get syphilis or gonorrhea.
9,506 Teens will take their first drink of alcohol.
11 Teens will be killed & over 350 will be injured in alcohol related auto accidents.
3,561 Teens will runaway from home.
2,806 Teenagers will drop out of school.
2,989 Teens will see their parents divorce
24 more Children/Teens will be sexually abused than were yesterday.
12 kids, ages 19 and under will die from a gunshot wound.
35 percent more teenage girls are smoking now than 10 years ago.
4,800 Teens will smoke their first cigarette each day.
1,440 people will be raped, many of them will be teenagers.
In the United States 1 in 5 men will be raped in his lifetime, most before the age
of 18. 1 in 3 women will be raped in her lifetime, many as teenagers.
If you are a young person in need of some kind of help, please call or email someone
(Natural Helpers, Student Support Coordinator, school counselor, hotline phone number).
You are not alone and help is out there.
Most of these statistics are from the U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2001-2002 & The Children's Defense Fund, 2002. They will be updated as soon as the data is available.
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