Alarming statistics about teenagers and health

Some statistics about teen health in the United States:

¢ 17 percent of U.S. adolescents ages 12 to 19 are overweight.

¢ 35 percent of high school students are physically active at least an hour a day, weekdays.

¢ 48 percent of high school students have had sexual intercourse.

¢ One-third of girls in the United States get pregnant before age 20.

¢ 25 percent of high school students use computers for three or more hours a day on nonschool work.

¢ 38 percent of high school students have used marijuana.

¢ 4,600 young people (ages 10 to 24) commit suicide each year.

¢ 23 percent of U.S. high school students smoke.

¢ 4 million teens contract a sexually transmitted disease each year.

¢ 11 percent of high school students never or rarely wear a seat belt when riding in a car driven by others.

¢ 4 percent of high school students have used methamphetamines.

¢ 65 percent of high school students do not get enough exercise.

¢ 3.5 million people aged 12 to 20 meet the criteria for having an alcohol use disorder.

¢ 8 percent of high school students have been physically forced to have sexual intercourse.