Sentences with phrase «percent of all youth»

Throwing injuries in young athletes are one of the most common pediatric overuse injuries, with 30 to 50 percent of all youth baseball players suffering from this in their career.

While 81 percent of youth coaches said they believe it is important to be very knowledgeable about sports injuries, only 52 percent said they felt like they were very knowledgeable, according to a recent survey commissioned by SafeKids USA ®.

The AAP is calling for a ban on checking in organized games with players under 15, citing one study that blamed aggressive contact for as much as 86 percent of youth hockey injuries.

Almost 30 percent of youth in the United States are estimated to be involved in bullying as either a bully, a target of bullying, or both, according to Safeyouth.org, a nonprofit that studies the issue.

In contrast, less than 1 percent of youth who did not use cigarettes reported daily cannabis use.

The study found that only 8 percent of those youth identified themselves as gang members.

Just 58 percent of youth had a transition plan by the federally required age.

Over 60 percent of youth had at least two health or mental health conditions in addition to autism spectrum disorder.

«This is important to know, given that 95 percent of 12 to 17 year olds in the United States access the Internet every day, and 80 percent of those youth use online social networking sites to communicate.»

The study also finds that tablet access surpasses use of desktop computers among American teens, with 54 percent of youth having access to a desktop, compared with 68 percent of teens having access to a tablet computer.

Among those who reported currently using e-cigarettes, 98.6 percent of youth and 95.2 percent of young adults in Texas said that their first e-cigarette was flavored.

More than 75 percent of youths have screen - based media in their bedrooms, 60 percent interact with them in the hour before bedtime, and 45 percent use their phones as an alarm.

«Don't txt n drive: Teens not getting msg: 43 percent of youths admit to texting while driving.»

In comparison, only 10 percent of the youths who were not baseline e-cigarette users started smoking traditional cigarettes.

Affecting 13 to 20 percent of youth under 18, mental disorders impact a child's behavior, ability to learn, and cope with their emotions.

Roughly 20 percent of youth ages 6 to 19 are obese.

Did you know that roughly 30 to 50 percent of youth with ADHD also have ODD or a different disruptive behavior disorder known as conduct disorder, according to some reports?

Currently, ninety percent of the youth are subscribed to these sites.

The central finding — that 30 percent of youths are involved in bullying — depends on three manipulations, three methodological choices.

Almost 80 percent of youth picked high achievement or happiness as their top choice, while about 20 percent selected caring for others.

We certainly never stated that 30 percent of youth were «subject» to bullying — rather that 30 percent were involved in bullying as bully, victim, or both.

Confused readers might have added these numbers and said that 36 percent of students were involved in bullying, not understanding that 6 percent of the youth were both bullies and victims.

Considering the current state of our democracy (with partisan politics resulting in policy gridlock), it is concerning that the civic mission of public schools is so neglected, particularly given the lack of civic knowledge of our youth (evidenced by their poor performance on the 2010 NAEP in Civics)-- and low civic engagement (for example, just 41.2 percent of youth — voters age 18 - 24 — turned out for the 2012 presidential election).

Almost 80 percent of the youth surveyed picked high achievement or happiness as their top choice.»

The fact that 20 percent of all youths and 50 percent of black teen - agers are out of work, the Gallup Poll's president said, has resulted in major social problems such as teen - age crime, drug abuse, and alcoholism.

Asked which country is best at math and science, 90 percent of the youths chose a country other than the United States; 67 percent...

Almost 80 percent of youth picked high achievement or happiness as their top choice, while about 20 percent selected caring for...

This is particularly the case for Trump, who found himself in hot water recently for saying to African Americans that «You live in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed.»

that «You live in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed.»

My final analysis estimated that 69.6 percent of youth who were of graduating age had received diplomas in 2000.

Student mental health is a big concern among educators, with over 20 percent of youth having a diagnosed mental health disorder.

Jennifer Self - Aulgur, humane education coordinator for the Humane Society of West Michigan, regularly presents programs at a juvenile detention center, where more than 60 percent of the youth have seen a dogfight.

Transitions from more restrictive to less restrictive programs corresponded to deescalating levels of problem behavior, and over 80 percent of the youth were stepped down to either family - based or independent living situations at departure.

Five percent of youths reported engaging in seriously violent behavior in the past 12 months.

Only about 5 percent of youth who should be eligible for evidence - based programs participate in one.57

Although more than ten years of solid evidence is now available on evidence - based programs, only about 5 percent of youth who should be eligible participate in these programs.

ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed disorder in children, affecting fully seven percent of the youth population.

In 2015, 67 percent of youth in county detention were black, compared to just 10 percent of white youth.

Isolated behaviors (e.g., shoplifting, experimentation with marijuana or alcohol) are common, and specific antisocial acts may occur in up to 80 percent of youth in the United States.6 By contrast, a diagnosis of conduct disorder requires a persistent history of multiple problem behaviors.

Although graduation rates generally have been on the rise across the nation, data indicates that 90 percent of youth living in public housing still aren't graduating from high school.

Fifty - three percent of the youth lived in a two - parent household, 41 % lived in single parent households, and 6 % lived in other family constellations or declined to respond.

Consistent with prevalence rates of depression in adolescents with diabetes (Anderson, Freedland, Clouse, & Lustman, 2001; de Groot & Lustman, 2001; Grey, Whittemore, & Tamborlane, 2002), results indicated that the percent of youth at high risk for depression were higher than expected based on published general population norms (Reynolds & Kamphaus, 1998).

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Indeed, in countries like Spain and Greece, youth unemployment remains above 50 percent and shows little sign of abating despite improvements in the economies of these countries.

His latest effort is aimed at the issue of youth unemployment, which is stuck at 12 percent for people 16 to 24 years of age.

Given persistently high rates of youth unemployment — at 13.6 percent, more than double the national average — selecting an entrepreneurial path represents not only an acceptable choice for youth, but a strategic decision.

And for those who didn't pay attention, he did actually win the youth vote in, I think, every single state among Democrats and he took 46 percent of the vote nationally.

Less than half of these youth will be employed within four years of emancipation, and just three percent will graduate from college.

The latest numbers from Eurostat show 52 percent of the country's youth are out of work.

Zooming in on the five risks presented in this year's Global Opportunity Report, 42 percent of the leaders we asked across the world singled out youth unemployment as the most pressing issue to solve.

In November it announced that 10 percent of new hires in stores will be opportunity youth, and over the next three years it will create 600 work placements for youth who are not ready for their first job yet.