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Every hour, at least one baby is born prematurely in Arizona.
(Arizona March of Dimes, 2000: 9,914 babies born pre-term.)

An Arizona child dies before his or her first birthday, every 15 hours.
(Voices for Working Families, 2001)

A child is born into poverty every 33 minutes in Arizona.
(Voices for Working Families, 2001)

In Arizona, a woman files for unemployment benefits every 6 minutes.
(Arizona Department of Economic Security 2003: 58% working poor female, Voices for Working Families 2003: 149,300 claims for unemployment.)

A girl drops out of an Arizona high school every 49 minutes.
(Arizona Department of Education 2000: 10,782 female dropouts.)

Every 45 minutes, a baby is born to an Arizona teenage mother.
(Arizona Department of Health Services 2003: 11,700 teen births.)

A teen becomes pregnant in Arizona every 39 minutes.
(Arizona Department of Health Services 2003: 13,654 births to teens 19 and under.)

In Arizona, every 5 hours a teenager has an abortion.
(Arizona Department of Health Services 2003: 1,867 abortions to teens 19 and under.)

Less than every 2 minutes, an Arizona woman applies for Food Stamps to feed her family.
(Arizona Department of Economic Security 2005: 547,671 total food stamp applications; 58% female, net 317,649.)

In 2004 a woman lost her health care coverage every 51 minutes in Arizona.
(Arizona Department of Health Services, cited by Kerry 2004 campaign: 20,500 total lost health benefits, 50.1% female.)

Every 6 minutes, a teen is arrested in Arizona.
(Voices for American Families 2001: 89,033 juvenile arrests.)

Arizona ranks 43rd in adequacy of prenatal care.
(United Health Foundation 2004: only 63% get adequate care.)

Arizona ranks 43rd for the percentage of women in poverty.
(Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 2000)