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

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).

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).

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).

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).

It seems as though a lot of people are just a bit too hard on them self's. This should not be the case. We should strive to better our self's! We should look at our past and see our mistakes but not dwell on them so much. We should see that we where wrong or that time was hard, but you lived and you are a stronger person for it. Though, yes, everything must end. But that doesn't mean we should just hold all that negativity until we die and pray to any kind of benevolent being for happiness or at lest a release from pain. But that's the point: death means not fugging feeling anything. Why hang on to that pain when there is a chance for you to feel happy? I am saying this more to me than you by the way. But you should take this advice as well. I know I won't.

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)

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.