Title: Fact sheet on reproductive health: adolescents and young adults.

POPLINE Document Number: 281946

Corporate Author(s):

University of California, San Francisco. National Adolescent Health Information Center [NAHIC]

Source citation:

San Francisco, California, NAHIC, 2003. 6 p.

Abstract:

Highlights: Adolescent pregnancy rates have decreased to record lows; White adolescent females have a lower rate of pregnancy than their Black and Hispanic peers; Adolescents' initiation of sexual activity has declined during the past decade; About 4 in 10 Black male students have had sex with 4 or more people during their lifetime; The prevalence of chlamydia is over six times higher for female adolescents than their male peers; Females account for more than half of the HIV cases among adolescents. (excerpt)

Keywords:

United States
Teaching Materials
Tables and Charts
Adolescents
Youth
Reproductive Health
Sex Behavior
Risk Behavior
Adolescent Pregnancy
Demographic Factors
Sex Factors
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
North America
Americas
Developed Countries
Age Factors
Population Characteristics
Population
Health
Behavior
Reproductive Behavior
Fertility
Population Dynamics
Reproductive Tract Infections
Infections
Diseases