July 2011

• Every minute a child is abused or neglected.
• Every one and a half minutes a public school student is suspended.*
• Every 7 minutes a high school student drops out.*
• Every 14 and a half minutes a public school student is corporally punished.*
• Every 16 minutes a baby is born to an unmarried mother.
• Every 28 minutes a child is arrested.
• Every 49 minutes a baby is born into poverty.
• Every 59 minutes a baby is born to a teen mother.
• Every 7 hours a child is arrested for a drug offense.
• Every 16 and a half hours a child is arrested for a violent offense.
• Every one and a half days a child dies in an accident.
• Every 6 and a half days a child or teen commits suicide.
• Every 9 days a child or teen is killed by a firearm.

* Based on calculations per school day (180 days of seven hours each) 

Learn more stats about the state of children in America on our Each Day in America page.