2017 CDC Sexual Risk Behaviors Can Lead to HIV, STDs, & Teen Pregnancy

Among U.S. high school students surveyed in 2017

• 40% had ever had sexual intercourse.
• 10% had four or more sexual partners.
• 7% had been physically forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not want to.
• 30% had had sexual intercourse during the previous 3 months, and, of these
  • 46% did not use a condom the last time they had sex.
  • 14% did not use any method to prevent pregnancy.
  • 19% had drunk alcohol or used drugs before last sexual intercourse.
• Less than 10% of all students have ever been tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

• Half of all new STDs reported each year are among young people 15 to 24.
• More than 46% of sexually active high school students did not use a condom the last time they had sex.

• Many young people engage in sexual risk behaviors and experiences that can result in unintended health outcomes.
• CDC data show that lesbian, gay, and bisexual high school students are at substantial risk for serious health outcomes as compared to their peers.

HIV- 21% of all new HIV diagnoses were among young people (aged 13-24) in 2017; 87% were young men and 13% were young women.2

STDs- Half of the 20 million new STDs reported each year were among young people (aged 15 to 24)3

Teen Pregnancy- Nearly 210,000 babies were born to teen girls (aged 15–19 years) in 2016.⁴