• In 1999, the percentage of teens having sex increased by grade 65% of seniors had had sex, whereas 39% of freshman had had sex.

• The average as to when teens start having sex is around 16.5 years old (16.5 years old for females and 16.4 years old for males).

• For teens sexually active teens between the ages of 15 and 17, 31% say that the reason they had sex for the first time was because they "met the right person." 16% of these teens say that they had sex for the first time because "the other person wanted to," and 15% say they had sex fort he first time because they were "just curious."

• For girls between the ages of 15 and 19, 69% say that their first time was "voluntary and wanted;" 24% say theirs was "voluntary but unwanted;" and 7% say that theirs was "non-voluntary."

• The younger the age of first having sex, the greater the chances are of it being an unwanted and/or non-voluntary experience.

• Most girls between the ages of 15 an 19 say their first time was with their partner, whom they knew "fairly well;" '73% say their partner was the person they were "going steady with;" 20% say their partner was with a friend or someone they occasionally dated.

• The younger the girl is when she had sex for the first time, the greater the average age difference is between her and her partner.

• About 2 out of 3 sexually active girls between the ages of 15 and 19 use contraception, but not every time they have sex, however, the use of contraceptives has increased over the last decade.

• In 1995, 19% of all sexually active girls between the ages of 15 and 19 became pregnant.

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs)
* Every year, there are 3 million new cases of STDs reported each year (50-100 times higher than other industrialized countries)

• Every year, almost 4 million teens will contract an STD.

• 68% of sexually active teens 15-17 years old don't consider themselves at risk of contracting STDs.

• 70% of these teens have never been tested.

• 57% of these teens have never discussed STDs with a health care provider

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