Girl Statistics
- Girls who are age 13—18 are 25% of the population in the United States. Female to male ratio fluctuates from year to year. In 2000, males outnumbered females by 8% on average (http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/people/a_gender.html).
- The dropout rate for girls in 2007 was nearly half of the total dropouts (http://www.nwlc.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/when_girls_dont_graduate.pdf).
- The pregnancy rate in 2010 is 1 million. 95% of those pregnancies were unintended (www.teenpregnancy.org ).
- 6 in 10 girls who have had sex wished they had waited (www.teenpregnancy.org ).
- The suicide rate is lower in girls than boys because girls are less successful. They attempt at a rate of 1 in 12 teens (http://www.teendepression.org/related/teen-suicide-statistics) .
- The college entrance rate is 10.4 million, almost 3 million more than boys (http://howtoedu.org/college-facts/how-many-people-go-to-college-every-year/).
- The obesity rate is 31.7%. More black girls and Hispanic boys, ages 2 to 19, are overweight and obese than white children. (http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2010-01-13-obesity-rates_N.htm).
- The other health issues are diabetes and coronary disease (http://www.nwlc.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/when_girls_dont_graduate.pdf).
- The gang relationship and membership of females is between 6% and 10%. This means that 32,000 are females (http://www.helpinggangyouth.com/statistics.html). 15% of the imprisoned gang members are females.
- The reading scores for girls are 10 points better than 4th grade boys in 2009 (http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/?q=node/93).