Teen Statistics.....

Even a snapshot of what our children are facing and how they're crumpling offers a clear picture of how desperately our families need prayer.

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Teen "Quick Facts" from About: Parenting of Adolescents
  • 800,00 to 1,000,000 U.S. teenage girls become pregnant each year - Teen Help
  • In a 6 year period murders by juveniles 16 and under increased 96% - Violent Crime by Pre-Teens
  • Daily 15,000 teens will use drugs for the first time - Teen Help
  • Every 4 minutes a youth is arrested for an alcohol related crime- Crime Time by Safe Place
  • Sexual abuse was reported up to 80,000 times in 1995 - Facts for Families
  • Daily 3,500 teens run away from home - Facts for Families
  • Every 2 hours a youth is murdered - Crime Time by Safe Place
  • In recent years the homicide rate among 18 to 24 year olds increased 65% and 165% for 14 to 17 year olds - Biden warns of Rising Time of Youth Violence
  • Every 7 minutes a youth is arrested for a drug crime - Crime Time by Safe Place
 
U.S. STD Statistics from Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
  • 1 in 4 teens will be infected with an STD before the graduate high school
  • Daily 33,000 or more Amercians become infected with an STD
  • 22,000 of these new STD infections are contracted by 15 to 25 year olds each day
  • In 1980, four million people reported having been infected with an STD
  • By 1990 that number tripled with 12 million people reporting a new STD infection that year
  • 19,000,000 new STD infections annually in the U.S. cost $19,000,000,000- New York Times
 
U.S. Teen Sexuality Statistics and Trends
 
Teen Pregnancy Fact Sheet from National Campaign Prevent Teen Pregnancy