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In
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1,439 Teens will attempt suicide, 6 of those attempts will end in death.
Every 100 minutes another teenager will commit suicide. Learn to recognize the warning signs.
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 and over 350 will be injured in alcohol related auto accidents.
3,561 Teens will run away
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
1350 Teens will sustain a sports
injury
35 percent more teenage girls are smoking
now than 10 years ago.
4,800
Teens will smoke their first
cigarette each day, almost 2 million become regular smokers
every year.
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. One in 3 women will be raped in her lifetime, many
as teenagers.
Teens now account for over 30% of all sexually transmitted diseases.
About 1 million teens will
become pregnant this year in the
USA -- the highest rate of any industrialized country; 95% of those
pregnancies are unintended, and almost one third will end in abortion. See 'Pregnancy'
for more statistics.
One in 250 Americans
is HIV
positive; only one in 500 knows it.
Over 50% of all teens use alcohol
or drugs. More teens than ever
before are in need of help.
If you are a teenager in need of some kind of help, please see our Hotline
list and call someone who will talk to you any time of the day, any
day of the week. You
are not alone, 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.
January is Cervical Cancer
Awareness Month.
February is National Children’s Dental
Health Month.
March is National Nutrition Month
& Kidney
Health Month.
April
is Alcohol Awareness Month and STD
Awareness Month.
May is Allergy and Asthma
Awareness Month; May 7th is Teen Pregnancy
Awareness Day. May is also Multiple
Sclerosis Awareness Month.
June is Headache
Awareness Month and Prostate
Cancer Awareness Month.
July is Sexual Health Awareness
Month and Nat'l Blueberry Month.
August is Cataract
Awareness Month. Learn about your Eyes,
Eye Care and Cool
Eye Facts. Be kind to your eyes!
September is Menopause
Awareness Month and Lymphoma
Awareness Month.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness
Month and Vegetarian Awareness Month.
November
is Smoking Awareness Month and
Diabetes Awareness Month.
December is HIV
Awareness Month - Get informed! One in 250 Americans is HIV
positive and only one in
500 knows it.
