TEEN STATS USA Alarming Stats In the next
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TEEN STATS - USA
Alarming Stats In the next twenty four hours, 1, 439 Teens will attempt suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15 to - 24 years old, and the sixth leading cause of death for 5 - to - 14 year old. In the next twenty four hours, 15, 006 Teens will use drugs for the first time. In the next twenty four hours, 2, 795 Teenage girls will become pregnant. www. parentingteens. com
Alarming Stats Every 4 minutes a youth is arrested for an alcohol related crime. Every 7 minutes a youth is arrested for a drug crime. In the next twenty four hours, 3, 506 Teens will run away. Every 2 hours a youth is murdered. www. parentingteens. com
Abortions 1. 2 million abortions were performed in 2005 More than 52 percent of abortions obtained are by women who are under 25. Teenagers obtain 19 percent of abortions As of 2000, there were around 1800 places in the United States where a women could get an abortion. www. pregnantteenhelp. org
TEXAS Teen Pregnancy Statistics: According to the Texas Department of State Health Services: Every 10 minutes a teen gives birth. Every 48 minutes a teen has an abortion. Texas has the highest rate of repeat teen births of any state at 23 percent. Houston lead U. S. cities in girls under 15 giving birth. http: //www. thechampinyou. com/texasteenpregnancy. html
Stats by Barna Group is widely considered to be the leading research organization focused on the intersection of faith and culture. Three out of every four teenagers have engaged in at least one type of psychic or witchcraft-related activity. Most Americans have a period of time during their teen years when they are actively engaged in a church youth group. However, Barna’s tracking of young people showed that most of them had disengaged from organized religion during their twenties. www. barna. org
Stats by Barna Seven out of ten parents claim they are effective at developing the spiritual maturity of their children, but the Barna survey among 8 -to-12 -year-olds discovered that only onethird of them say a church has made "a positive difference" in their life; one-third contend that prayer is very important in their life; most of them would rather be popular than to do what is morally right.
