Surprising stats about teens
In the next 24 hours, 1,439 teens will attempt suicide, 15,006 teens will use drugs for the first time, and 2,795 teenage girls will become pregnant. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15 to 24 year olds. Every four minutes, a teen is arrested for an alcohol related crime and every seven minutes, a drug related one. In the next 24 hours, around 3,000 teens will run away. Every two hours, a teen is murdered. I believe that the family unit is what provides a solid structure in the raising of a child. There may be a strong correlation between these "troubled" teens and the lack of family unity. What do you think?
http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/familylife/a/statistics.htm
posted by Anonymous at
9:23 PM
1 Comments:
There's nothing in the stats you cite relative to the family unity and troubled teans. It's an idea that "fits" with our beliefs, so I'm skeptical of ideas that confirm our preconceived notions.
From a critical thinking point of view you need to provide evidence (stats or something) that support your point of view.
Stats that relate that an event occurs every seven minutes or something like this aren't very informative. We're a large country so it's not surprising that any event would happen frequently. More useful are rates as percentage of population.
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John Topoleski, at 10:07 AM
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