by APFLI | Jul 22, 2016 | Abortion - Archive, Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Abortion during the late teen and early adult years raises a woman’s risk of mental health problems and may be linked to almost one in ten cases of these women’s mental disorders, a new study says. A sociologist at CUA found that the risks of a mental disorder with...
by APFLI | Jan 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
The figure is a bar chart showing that from 1991 to 2014, the birth rate for females aged 15-19 years declined 61%, from 61.8 to 24.2 births per 1,000, the lowest rate ever recorded for the United States. Declines ranged from 60% for non-Hispanic white teens to 72%...
by APFLI | Dec 31, 2015 | Right to Life - Archive
Sports-related injuries can have a substantial impact on the long-term health of student-athletes. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) monitors injuries among college student-athletes at member schools. In academic year 2013–14, a total of 1,113 member...
by APFLI | Dec 31, 2015 | Right to Life - Archive
Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among youths and young adults aged 16–25 years in the United States (1). The prevalence of drinking and driving among high school students aged 16–19 years has declined by 54%, from 22.3% in 1991 to 10.3% in 2011...
by APFLI | Nov 25, 2015 | Abortion - Archive, General Information / History / Stats / Types
Since 1969, CDC has conducted abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions in the United States. Each year, CDC requests abortion data from the central health agencies of 52 reporting areas (the 50 states,...
