Statistics

Some statistics from a recent presentation on health issues of Australian 13-24 year olds.
Births to teenage mothers
Year Married Not-married
1971..... 20,281..... 9,951
1981 ......7,736.... 10,076
1991 ..... 2,593 ... 12,048
2001 .....1,110 .... 10,706
(Married numbers in above table do not include de facto relationships)
In South Australia in the period 1995/99, 53.8% of all teenage pregnancies were terminated (not all states publish data on induced abortions).
A study in Queensland in 2003 indicated that more than 10% of year 10/11 females self harmed in the last 12 months.
In 1997, around 13% of 13-17 year olds were diagnosed with mental health problems.
In 1997, around 27% of 18-24 year olds suffered from some form of mental health problem.
In 1999, 10.7% of females and 2.9% of males aged 18-24 suffered from affective mental disorders (depression, mania, dysthymia, hypomania, bipolar affective disorder).
In 2003, it was estimated that 100,000 children and adolescents in Australia suffered from depression.
In 2003, around 20,000 prescriptions for anti-depressants were issued per month to people under 19.