Statistics concerning America

Every Day In America...

v  2,989 children witness the divorce of their parents (The Troubles Teenagers Face, Diane Drew, The Covington News, 3/95)

v  3,288 teenagers will run away from home (The Troubles Teenagers Face, Diane Drew, The Covington News, 3/95)

v  6 teenagers will commit suicide (Youth Rick Behavior Surveillance, CDC, 1995)

v  438 teenagers will be arrested for drinking (Youth Rick Behavior Surveillance, CDC, 1995)

v  211 teenagers will be arrested for drug-related crimes (The Troubles Teenagers Face, Diane Drew, The Covington News, 3/95)

v  2,861 teenagers will drop out of school (Every day in America, Children's Defense Fund)

v  1,629 teenagers are placed in an adult jail for some reason (The Troubles Teenagers Face, Diane Drew, The Covington News, 3/95)

v  7,742 teenagers become sexually active (The Troubles Teenagers Face, Diane Drew, The Covington News, 3/95)

v  1,106 teenage girls become pregnant (The Troubles Teenagers Face, Diane Drew, The Covington News, 3/95)

v  8,219 teenagers acquire a sexually transmitted disease (Facts in Brief, Teen Sex and Pregnancy, The Alan Guttmacher Institustion, September, 1999)

In the Next 30 Minutes…..

32 teenage girls will have an abortion

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