Young women experience the highest rates of rape and sexual assault among all age groups.5 One in four women ages 15 to 24 report that they have talked with a health care provider about dating violence. Seven percent of students have been physically forced to have sexual intercourse, with more females (11%) than males (4%) reporting this experience. More than 10% of students reported experiencing physical violence, and 10% of students reported experiencing sexual dating violence. One in ten high school students who dated or went out with someone within the previous 12 months reported having experienced dating violence.More males reported using alcohol or drugs (26%) compared to females (19%), and White males (28%) had higher rates than Black males (19%). Almost one-quarter (22%) of these students reported using alcohol or drugs during their most recent sexual encounter. One-third (34%) of high school students are currently sexually active, defined as having had sexual intercourse with at least one person in the previous three months.The percentage of high school students who report having had four or more sexual partners declined from 18% in 1995 to 15% in 2013. More than one in ten (13%) female teens and one in six (17%) male teens had more than four sexual partners in their lives.A higher share of Black high school students (14%) and Hispanic students (6%) initiated sex before age 13 compared to White students (3%). Black high school students are more likely to have had intercourse (60%) compared to White (44%) and Hispanic students (49%). There are racial and ethnic differences in sexual activity rates.A similar share of male and female students report ever having had sex (48% vs. Nearly half (47%) of all high school students report ever having had sexual intercourse in 2013, a decline from 54% in 1991.This fact sheet provides key data on sexual activity, contraceptive use, pregnancy, prevalence of STIs, and access to reproductive health services among teenagers and young adults in the U.S. than in other developed nations and are considerably higher among certain racial and ethnic minorities and in different geographic regions in the nation.
Despite this shift, recent data indicate that the rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among teens and young adults remain higher in the U.S. Similarly there has been a drop off in the share of adolescents engaging in sexual activity.
In recent years, there has been a reduction in rates of teen pregnancy, births, and abortions.
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