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70% of youth in juvenile justice systems have at least one mental health condition ¹

Young drivers are 17 times more likely to die in a crash when they have a blood alcohol concentration of .08% ²

More than half of transgender male teens reported attempting suicide in their lifetime ³

33% of adolescents in America are victim to sexual, physical, verbal, or emotional dating abuse. ⁴

Alcohol is the number one substance teens in America abuse ⁵

About half of 9th through 12th grade students reported ever having used marijuana ⁶

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for college-age youth and ages 12-18.  ⁷

Young people aged 15–24 years acquire half of all new STDs ⁸

One in four sexually active adolescent females has an STD, such as chlamydia or human papillomavirus ⁹

In 2017, chlamydial infection among persons aged 15–24 years, represented 62.6% of all chlamydia cases. ¹⁰

Herpes simplex virus is the most prevalent of sexually transmitted infections ¹¹

About 21 percent of students ages 12–18 reported being bullied at school during the school year ¹²

In the next 24 hours, 2,795 teenage girls will become pregnant ¹³

71% of all teenagers use Facebook ¹⁴

Only 1 in 5 teenagers who suffer from anxiety receive treatment. ¹⁵

90% of daily tobacco users begin by age 18 ¹⁶

More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin and cocaine combined. ¹⁷

45% of high school students report being stressed all the time ¹⁸

In 2017, 5455 teenagers died from an overdose ¹⁹ 

37.3 percent of 12th graders reporting vaping in the past 12 months ²⁰

30 percent of teens with depression also develop a substance abuse problem ²¹

People age 12-20 drink 11% of all alcohol consumed in the United States ²²

At least 80% of sexually active people will have an HPV infection at some point in their lifetime ²³

In 2016, 56 percent of deaths among passenger vehicle occupants ages 16-19 were drivers ²⁴

In pregnancies among 15–19 years old, 75% were unintended ²⁵

Hispanic and Black Teens have the highest teen birth rate ²⁶

Young women ages 15-19 account for 12.2 percent of abortions ²⁷

1 in 3 young people will be in an abusive or unhealthy relationship ²⁸

50% of young people who experience rape or physical or sexual abuse will attempt to commit suicide ²⁹