25-11


25-11.		Increase the proportion of adolescents who abstain from sexual intercourse or use condoms if currently sexually active.

Target: 95 percent.

Baseline: 85 percent of adolescents in grades 9 through 12 abstained from sexual intercourse or used condoms in 1999 (50 percent had never had intercourse; 14 percent had intercourse but not in the past 3 months; and 21 percent currently were sexually active and used a condom at last intercourse).

Target setting method: 12 percent improvement.

Data source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC, NCCDPHP.

Students in Grades 9 Through 12, 1999	25-11. Abstained From Sexual Intercourse or Used Condom [Column a = b + c + d]	NOT Currently Sexually Active		Currently Sexually Active
		*Never Had Intercourse [Column b]**	*No Intercourse in Past 3 Months [Column c]**	*Used Condom at Last Intercourse [Column d]**			Did NOT Use Condom at Last Intercourse [Column e]
	Percent
TOTAL	85	50	14	21		15
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU		DSU
Asian or Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU		DSU
Asian	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC		DNC
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC		DNC
Black or African American	83	30	17	36		17
White	86	55	13	18		14

Hispanic or Latino	84	46	18	20		16
Not Hispanic or Latino	85	51	13	21		15
Black or African American	84	29	18	37		16
White	85	55	12	18		15
Gender
Female	81	52	11	18		18
Male	87	48	16	23		13
Grade
9th	90	61	12	17		10
10th	87	53	14	20		13
11th	84	47	15	22		16
12th	73	35	14	24		27
Sexual orientation	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC		DNC
Select populations
Number of sex partners(past 3 months)
None	100	79	21	NA	NA
1	57	NA	NA	57	43
2 to 3	62	NA	NA	62	38
4 or more	60	NA	NA	60	40

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable. NA = Not applicable.
*Data for never had intercourse, had intercourse but not in the past 3 months, and currently sexually active and used a condom at last intercourse are displayed to further characterize the issue.