Youth Risk Behavior Survey :
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is conducted every two years by the Coordinated School Health Team at the Kentucky Department of Education. The YRBS is funded by the Center for Disease Control’s Division of Adolescent and School Health. The survey is given to high school students across Kentucky. For more information on the YRBS
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Teen Pregnancy Data :
Kentucky ranks 25th in the nation for teen pregnancy and 14th for birth rate (Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2000). Kentucky’s teen pregnancy rate for girls 15-19 was 76 in 2000, as compared to 84 in the United States (National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 2000). According to the Kentucky Department for Public Health (2004), the Kentucky birth rate for people under the age of 18 was 9.4/1000.
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CONTRACEPTIVE USE :
Over 50% of unintended pregnancies occur to women who are using contraceptives during the month they become pregnant. But because the risk of unintended pregnancy in the absence of contraception is so great, 47% of unintended pregnancies occur to the very small percentage (7%) of women who are at risk but who are not using a contraceptive at all.
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