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United States Stats

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there are about 40.7 million pre-teens and teens (aged 10- 19) in the U.S. with a general pop. est. of 281 million.

Overall, suicide is the eleventh leading cause of death for all Americans, and is the third leading cause of death for young people aged 15-24. (source)

Traffic crashes are the number one killer of teens, four times that of people age 30 to 69, and over one-third of teen traffic deaths are alcohol-related.  (NHTSA, 2004)

For all families, the poverty rate decreased from 10.2 percent in 2006to 9.8 percent in 2006. The number in poverty decreased, from 7.6 million to 7.3 million. (source)

In 2003, 5,570 young people ages 10 to 24 were murdered—an average of 15 each day. Of these victims, 82% were killed with firearms.  Among 10 to 24 year olds, homicide is the leading cause of death for African Americans, the second leading cause of death for Hispanics, and the third leading cause of death for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Asian/Pacific Islanders (CDC 2006).

Three in ten teens (30%) say online bullying is now a bigger problem than bullying in the hallways and bathrooms.  16% of students say they have been a victim of online bullying. (source)

Today’s teenagers spend:
    12.9 hours per week talking on a cell phone
    11.6 hours per week on the Internet
      9.8 hours per week watching television
      8.9 hours per week doing homework (source)

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Global Stats

232 million young adults worldwide—almost as many people as there are in the US—do not have access even to a minimal secondary education. (source: Human Development Report 2000; world estimated population is 6, 729,242,218 (census.gov).

Number of children in the world: nearly 2 billion

Number in poverty: 1 billion (every second child)

For the 1.9 billion children from the developing world, there are:

640 million without adequate shelter (1 in 3)

400 million with no access to safe water (1 in 5)

270 million with no access to health services (1 in 7)

121 million children out of education worldwide

Education- According to 2002 estimates, around 115 million children are out of school. Globally, more than 53 per cent of the children out of primary school are girls, meaning that for every 100 boys out of school, 115 girls are in the same situation (source).

The Majority of new adult HIV infections is among 15-24 year olds. (source)