Courtesy of www.lungusa.org Every day approximately 3,600 children between 12 and 17 years of age smoke their first cigarette, and an estimated 1,100 of them will become regular smokers. Half of them will ultimately die from their habit.
90% adults stared smoking when they were in High school
http://teenbirths.phi.org/
The following links have statistics on teenage pregnancy: "http://crihb.org/files/statistic_on_teen_pregnancy.pdf" "http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-teen-pregnancy"
Only in the USA, approximately 400,000 people die of diseases related to smoking. 90% of them, this is around 396,000 smokers, started as teens. Statistics show that there are around 800,000 new teen smokers each year.
African Americans are the ethnic group that have the fewest amount of teen smokers at 9.6 percent. The highest is Hispanic with 20.3 percent.
William Vaughan has written: 'Teenage pregnancies in Missouri, 1972-1982' -- subject(s): Statistics, Teenage mothers, Teenage pregnancy
African American Youth Obesity rate
This is a faulty question, a question that includes a presupposition that has no basis in fact. There are no valid statistics that people who smoke miss work more often than non-smokers. If you have such information, question how those statistics were derived.
25% of teenage self harmer's are male while 75% are female. 1 in 10 girls are self harmer's.
Although statistics are constantly changing as more studies are performed, the last substantial report on teenage smoking in Europe was a shocking 20 percent.
That's an opinion, not a fact, unless you get true statistics.
I don't think alcoholics specifically suffer from emphysema; it's generally smokers that suffer from that. I don't think alcoholics specifically suffer from emphysema; it's generally smokers that suffer from that.
Sandra Hale has written: 'Trends in Montana--teen pregnancies and their outcomes, 1980-1991' -- subject(s): Statistics, Teenage pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion, Statistics, medical, Perinatal deaths, Abortions, Statistics, vital, Vital Statistics, Medical Statistics, Perinatal death