Teens and Sex
- About 15% of couples who have sex with a condom will experience a pregnancy in one year of typical condom use--equivalent to the roll of a die (or about 1 out of six).(See 4parents.gov)
- 1 out of 4 sexually active teenagers will contract and STI every year.(See KFF.org)
| STI/STD |
Annual Incidence |
% out of 19 million new STI cases each year• |
| Trichomoniasis |
7.4 million 1 |
40% |
| Human Papilloma Virus |
6.2 million 2 |
33% |
| Chlamydia |
1.1 million3 |
6% |
| Herpes #2 |
1,000,0004 |
5% |
| Gonorrhea |
355,9915 |
2% |
| Hepatitis B and C |
60,0006 |
<.01% |
| Syphilis |
40,9207 |
<.01% |
| HIV/AIDS |
35,9638 |
<.01% |
Statistics and Consequences of Underage drinking
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Only 7 in 100 13-year olds drank in the past month, so about 93% have not.
- About 18 in 100 kids ages 12-17 drank in the past month, so about 82% did not.
- How many adults aged 35 and older drank in the past month? (Most parents of middle schoolers are this old.) On average about 5 out of 10 or 52% and up drank in the past month, so nearly have chosen not to drink.
- Each year, an estimated 5,000 people under the age of 21 dies from alcohol related injuries. Alcohol is a factor in about 4 out of every 10 deaths from car crashes, drownings, burns, falls and other unintentional injuries.
- More than 4 in 10 people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholic.
- Drinking under age 21 is against the law. Penalties can include not getting a drivers license on time, having the license removed for driving with any trace of alcohol in the body, losing a job, and losing a college scholarship.
Drinking Levels among Youth
Source: CDC-Center of Disease Control
The 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that among high school students, during the past 30 days
- 42% drank some amount of alcohol.
- 24% binge drank.
- 10% drove after drinking alcohol.
- 28% rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol.
Other national surveys indicate
- In 2008 the National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that 28% of youth aged 12 to 20 years drink alcohol and 19% reported binge drinking.
- In 2009, the Monitoring the Future Survey reported that 37% of 8th graders and 72% of 12th graders had tried alcohol, and 15% of 8th graders and 44% of 12th graders drank during the past month.
Consequences of Underage Drinking
Youth who drink alcohol are more likely to experience
- School problems, such as higher absence and poor or failing grades.
- Social problems, such as fighting and lack of participation in youth activities.
- Legal problems, such as arrest for driving or physically hurting someone while drunk.
- Physical problems, such as hangovers or illnesses.
- Unwanted, unplanned, and unprotected sexual activity.
- Disruption of normal growth and sexual development.
- Physical and sexual assault.
- Higher risk for suicide and homicide.
- Alcohol-related car crashes and other unintentional injuries, such as burns, falls, and drowning.
- Memory problems.
- Abuse of other drugs.
- Changes in brain development that may have life-long effects.
- Death from alcohol poisoning.
In general, the risk of youth experiencing these problems is greater for those who binge drink than for those who do not binge drink.
Youth who start drinking before age 15 years are five times more likely to develop alcohol dependence or abuse later in life than those who begin drinking at or after age 21 years.
- http://www.cdc.gov/std/Trichomonas/STDFact-Trichomoniasis.htm
- http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HIV.htm
- http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats07/Surv2007-NationalProfile.pdf
- http://www2.cdc.gov/stdtraining/ready-to-use/hsv.asp
- http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats07/Surv2007-NationalProfile.pdf
- http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Statistics.htm#section1
- http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats07/Surv2007-NationalProfile.pdf
- http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm#aidscases
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