September 2013 - Children's Defense Fund
Every 1½ seconds during the school year a public school student receives an out-of-school suspension.*
Every 8 seconds during the school year a public high school student drops out.*
Every 19 seconds a child is arrested.
Every 19 seconds a baby is born to an unmarried mother.
Every 32 seconds a child is born into poverty.
Every 30 seconds during the school year a public school student is corporally punished.*
Every 47 seconds a child is abused or neglected.
Every 70 seconds a baby is born without health insurance.
Every 82 seconds a baby is born to a teen mother.
Every 2 minutes a baby is born at low birth-weight.
Every 3 minutes a child is arrested for a drug offense.
Every 7 minutes a child is arrested for a violent offense.
Every 20 minutes a baby dies before his or her first birthday.
Every hour a child dies from an accident.
Every 3 hours and 15 minutes a child or teen is killed by a firearm.
Every 6 hours a child commits suicide.
Every 7 hours a child is killed by abuse or neglect.
Every 9 hours a baby’s mother dies due to complications from pregnancy or childbirth. *
Based on 180 school days of seven hours each. The calculation for suspensions is based on data that show that 2,923,895 students received one or more out-of-school suspensions in 2009 but that do not show the exact number of suspensions each student received. As a result, we are underreporting the actual suspension rate. The rate for corporal punishment is underreported for the same reason -
