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ORPHAN STATISTICS
Sub-Saharan Africa Orphan Statistics
- The total number of orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa is greater than the total number of children in Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Canada and Sweden.
- There are currently an estimated 53.1 million orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa. Of those children, 30% lost parents to the AIDS epidemic.
- An estimated 12% of all children in Sub-Saharan Africa are orphans. Of those children, 5.7 million were orphaned in 2010 alone.
- There are 28.5 million estimated maternal orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Asia Orphan Statistics
- There are currently 68.9 million orphans in Asia, giving this region the largest absolute number of orphans in the world.
- Roughly 6% of all children in Asia are orphans, with 7.7 million orphaned in 2010 alone.
- In Cambodia, Laos and Korea the prevalence is even higher where 10% of all children are orphans.
- There are 20.3 million maternal orphans in Asia.
Latin America Orphan Statistics
- Roughly 5% of all children in Latin America are orphans (10.2 million in total), with 1.2 million orphaned in 2010 alone.
- Even before the tragic earthquake in Haiti, over 15% of children were estimated to be orphans, more than twice the regional average.
- There are 2.5 million maternal orphans in Latin America
Foster Care in the United States
Approximately 25,000 children age out of the foster care system every year at age 18.- 25% of these foster children will become homeless
- 56% of these emancipated foster care children enter the unemployment ranks
- 27% of the emancipated male children in foster care end up in jail
- 30% of the emancipated females in foster care experience early parenthood
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