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Sexual Activity, Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Hawaii Teens

Hawaii’s Board of Education Meeting February 4, 2014

Glenn M. Wasserman, M.D., M.P.H. Chief, Communicable Disease and Public Health Nursing Division

Hawaii Department of Health

Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data: Sexual Activity

• 24% of high school students have had sex in

the past 3 months

• 53% used birth control during last intercourse

YRBS Data: “Ever had sex” by Grade, 2011

Source: 2011 YRBS

Source: Hawaii Department of Health, Family Health Services Division Profiles Special Calculations

46.3 43.9 40.5 39.3 37.8 38.3 41.5 41.5 42.0 40.8 32.5 29.9 27.7 71.3 68.7 57.8 60.9 57.3 59.3 64.4 62.4 61.4 58.3 47.0 42.4 25 50 75 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Rate per 1,000 females 15-19 years of age Year

State of Hawai‘i, Pregnancy and Birth Rates among Females 15-19 Years of Age: 2000-2012

Births to teenagers Teen pregnancy rate

Chlamydia in 15­19 Y.O. Female Adolescents

Source: CDC WONDER

Chlamydia Case Rates, Hawaii 2010-2012

200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2010 2011 2012 Year Case Rates (per 100,000) 15-19 Year Old All Other Age Groups

Adolescents 15 – 19 Have Highest Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections

Source: CDC WONDER

Sexual Identity – YRBS Data

• 9% of HS boys and 12% of HS girls identify

themselves as other than heterosexual (gay, lesbian, bisexual or not sure)

• 4% of HS boys and 8% of girls had same sex

sexual contacts

Source: 2011 YRBS

Consequences

• Early pregnancies, births
• 9% of births statewide are to women 15‐19 years of

age (~1500 births per year)

• STIs and their health consequences
• Risks for pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and
• ther serious conditions
• 1 in 4 sexually active adolescent females have an STI
• High rates of sexually transmitted infections

Acknowledgements

Thank you to the following staff members for contributing to this presentation

• Gerald L. Hasty, Ph.D., M.S. – STD/AIDS Prevention Branch
• Donald Hayes, M.D., M.P.H. – Family Health Services Division
• Tonya Lowery St. John, M.P.H. – Healthy Hawaii Initiative