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Overall, volunteering by America’s youth is at an all-time record high with 6 out of 10 or 13.3 million America’s teens volunteering an average 3 hours per week.

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Volunteering is up 12 percent over the last 10 years: 74.2 percent of college freshmen volunteered during their last year of high school in 1998 (UCLA/High Education Research Institute Annual Freshman Survey).

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Most Montana young adults, 83.7%, wore seatbelts the last time they were in a vehicle either as a driver or passenger.

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92 percent of young people say that “volunteering locally to help directly” is an effective way to make change (National Youth Survey, 20/20 Vision, September, 1999).

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In 2000, 58% of children ages 3 to 5 were read to daily by a family member(America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2002).

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Most very young teens have not had intercourse: 8 in 10 girls and 7 in 10 boys are sexually inexperienced at age 15 (Trends in sexual activity among adolescent American women: 1982- 1995).

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80% of adolescents age 12-17 years reported no use of alcohol or illicit drugs in the past 30 days in 2000 (Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators with 22 measures: United States, 1990-2000 and 2010 target).

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65% of adults age 65 years and over received influenza vaccine in the past 12 months in 2000 (Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators with 22 measures: United States, 1990-2000 and 2010 target).

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83% of pregnant women received prenatal care in the first trimester in 2000 (Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators with 22 measures: United States, 1990-2000 and 2010 target).

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According to the National Safe Kids Campaign the number of children hit and killed by automobiles was cut nearly in half during the 1990s.

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Teen smoking declines sharply in 2002, more than offsetting large increases in the early 1990s. American young people are turning away from cigarette smoking at a pace that should bring cheer to parents, educators, and health professionals alike. Teen use of cigarettes has been dropping steadily and substantially since the peak rates in 1996 and 1997. Between 2001 and 2002, the proportion of teens saying that they had ever smoked cigarettes fell by 4 or 5 percentage points in each grade surveyed (8, 10, and 12) – more than in any recent year.(Monitoring the Future)

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Ecstasy use is finally beginning to decline among adolescents, the proportion using any illicit drug is also down, the proportion drinking alcohol has dropped, and the proportion reporting cigarette smoking continues to drop sharply.(Monitoring the Future)

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Number of merit badges in Safety awarded to Boy Scouts since 2001 : 15,417