Strange but True Facts About Teenagers
Many people believe that they know everything about the average teenager such as why they act a certain way or moreover if they participate in doing inane activities such as drug and alcohol use, skipping school, etc. Here are some strange but true facts that give you some real insight on an average teenager’s life:
Over 70% of girls age 15 to 17 avoid normal daily activities, such as attending school, when they feel bad about their looks
75% of girls with low self-esteem reported engaging in negative activities like cutting, bullying, smoking, drinking, or disordered eating which compares to 25% of girls with high self-esteem
20% of teens will experience depression before adulthood (cheer up guys!)
7 of 10 girls believe they are not good enough or don't measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members
A girl's self-estem is more strongly related to how she views her own body shape and body weight than how much she actually weighs
More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined
1 in 9 high school seniors has tried synthetic marijuana
Approximately 28% of teens know a friend or classmate who has used ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one user
Fewer than 2% of adolescents have had sex by the time they reach their 12th birthday. Only 6% of teens have had sex by age 15, compared with one third of those aged 16 , 48% of those aged 17, 61% aged 18, and 71% aged 19, slight difference in gender in the timing of first sex
Approximately 1 million teenagers every year become pregnant. Up to 95% of those were unplanned and unwanted
3 out of 10 teenaged mothers do not complete high school and those who do complete high school are less likely to go to college than non-teen mothers
For every sexually active teenager, 1 in 4 will get an STD within one year
About half of all new STDs in 2000 occurred among youth ages 15 to 24
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