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Due
to the high volume of questions that we receive through the
Teen-Focus Web site, we are not able to respond to requests
for statistics or other information to be used in research
papers or presentations.
However,
we hope that you find some of the following statistics to be
helpful to you in your research efforts. As you review these
statistics, please consider how this information can impact
you and those around you...
In
the 1960’s, there were basically 2 STD’s (Syphilis and
Gonorrhea). Today
there are 25+ different types of STD’s.
Institute of Medicine.
(1997). The
Hidden Epidemic – Confronting Sexually Transmitted Disease
(edited by Thomas R. Eng and William T. Butler).
Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
15.3
million Americans are newly infected with an STD each year,
including 3 million teens.
American Social Health
Association. (1998,
December) Sexually
Transmitted Disease in America:
How Many Cases and at What Cost? Menlo
Park, Calif: Kaiser
Family Foundation.
About
900,000 teens become pregnant each year.
85% of teen births are out-of-wedlock.
Donovan, Patricia.
(1998, October).
Falling Teen Pregnancy, Birthrate:
What’s Behind The Decline?
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy.
A
study produced by the Center for Disease Control showed that
sexual abstinence is catching on among teens.
1991 1998
Boys
43%
51%
Girls
50%
52%
7
out of 10 adolescent mothers drop out of school.
Maynard,R.A.
(ed.).
(1996).
Kids Having Kids:
A Robin Hood Foundation Special Report on the Costs
of Adolescent childbearing.
New York:
Robin Hood Foundation.
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