Important
Teen Facts
- The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
shows that by the time kids reach ninth
grade, a third of teens are having sex.
- "Fewer Than 1 in 10 Teenagers Believe that
Music Piracy is Morally Wrong,"
The Barna Group, www.barna.org, 2004.
- The survey of 512 youth ages 12 to 17 by Wirthlin
worldwide revealed that since last year, exposure
to bullies has increased dramatically among
this age group, but particularly among teenage girls.
The proportion of [American teenagers] seeing bullying
either several times a day or once a day rose from
37 percent in 2001 to 61 percent in 2002. Although
daily exposure to bullying among boys increased
by 39 percent (from 44 percent to 61 percent), girls'
daily exposure skyrocketed an alarming 88 percent
in that interval (from 32 percent to 60 percent)."
-"Bullying, Not Terrorist Attack, Biggest Threat
Seen By U.S.Teens," The National Crime Prevention
Council, www.ncpc.org, 2004
- According to Amisafe.net, automobile accidents
are the leading cause of death for children
ages 15-19. Statistics show that although teenagers
account for just seven percent of the driving population,
they are involved in 14 percent of all accidents
and deaths. One out of three teens is involve din
a crash during their first year of driving. In 1999
alone, there were over 2,000,000 teen driving crashes
and 6,000 deaths (www.amisafe.net., 2003).
- The American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry’s web site reports that suicide
among young people continues to increase dramatically.
Teen suicide is considered the second or third leading
cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds, even though
it is seriously underreported (www.aacap.org. 2004).
- According to the National Credit Research Foundation,
55% of students age 16-22 have a major credit card.
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