A CDC official said teenage girls “are in crisis” after a new report showed they are feeling sadder and experiencing more violence than they have in the past …
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00:00A top official at the CDC says teenage girls are in crisis right now.
00:04So what exactly prompted this concern?
00:05Brie can explain in less than 60 seconds.
00:07According to a new CDC report,
00:09teen girls today are feeling sadder and experiencing more violence than they have in the past.
00:14In 2021, 57% of teenage girls said they felt persistently sad or hopeless,
00:19which is the highest rate in a decade.
00:21The same report indicated approximately 30% of teenage girls seriously considered suicide,
00:26compared to 19% reported in 2011.
00:29And when it comes to violence,
00:3018% of teenage girls reported experiencing sexual violence in 2021,
00:34compared to 5% of teenage boys.
00:37The CDC also found that 14% of teenage girls
00:40said they had been forced to have sex in their lifetime,
00:42with American Indian and Alaska Native girls
00:44experiencing sexual violence at the highest rate among racial and ethnic groups.
00:49This CDC report is conducted every two years,
00:51and this year they received over 17,000 responses from across the country.