18,000/year sounds like a lot but... In 2021, there were about 26.2 million children between the ages of 12 and 17 years old living in the United States. [0]

18,000/year sounds like a lot but... In 2021, there were about 26.2 million children between the ages of 12 and 17 years old living in the United States. [0] Even taking the high version of the estimate that it is per year, that is 0.3% of this population. And 0.12% if you include the under 12 population also [0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/457786/number-of-children-in-the-us-by-age https://www.statista.com/statistics/457786/number-of-childre...