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Teens having sex are statistically more likely...

• To experience pregnancy (1)

• To live in poverty and have less financial net worth (2)

• To contract sexually transmitted infections (3)

• To experience sexual abuse and victimization (4)

Among 15-17-year-olds, 69% of boys and 72% of girls have never had sex. (5)

50% of 18-19-year-olds wish they had waited longer to have sex. (6)

Young adults contract about 10 million new STIs each year, costing about $4.16 billion in direct medical costs. (7)

Most teens support reserving sex until marriage, both in general and for themselves. (8)

1 Bradley, B., Green, Am (2013). Do health and education agencies in the US share responsibility for academic achievement and health? Journal of Adolescent Health. 52:5213-532 | 2 Finger R, Thelen T, Vessey JT, Mohn JK, Mann JR. (2004) Association of virginity at age 18 with educational, economic, social, and health outcomes in middle adulthood. Adolesc Fam Health. 3:164-170 | 3 Lee, S. Y., Lee, H. J., Kim, T. K., Lee, S. G., and Park, E.-C. (2015) Sexually Transmitted Infections and First Sexual Intercourse Age in Adolescents: The Nationwide Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 12:2313-2323 | 4 Kastborn, A., Sydsjo, G., Bladh, M., Svedin, C., (2015, May 4). Sexual debut before the age of 14 leads to poorer psychosocial health and risky behavior in later life. Acta Paediatrica 104:91-100 | 5 National Center for Health Statistics. (2015, Nov) Key statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth– T Listing. National Survey of Family Growth. National Health Statistics Reports 2011-2015. Retrieved on February 16, 2018 at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg/key_statistics/t.htm#teenagers Abma JC, Martinez GM. Sexual activity and contraceptive use among teenagers in the United States, 2011–2015. National health statistics reports; no 104. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2017 | 6 Barna Group. (2015). Teens Speak Out survey. Ventura: Author. Albert, B. (2012). With One Voice 2012. Washington, DC: the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Retrieved March 18, 2015 at https://thenationalcampaign.org/sites/default/files/resource-primary-download/wov_2012.pdf This older survey shows that among younger teens, the regret is even more pronounced. | 7 CDC (2021) Sexually Transmitted Infections Prevalence, Incidence, and Cost Estimates in the United States. Accessed at https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/prevalence-2020-at-a-glance.htm National Overview - Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2019. (2021, April 13). National Overview - Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/2019/overview.htm | 8 5U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2010) National Survey of Adolescents and Their Parents: Attitudes and Opinions About Sex and Abstinence. Washington, D. C. : HHS. Accessed August 29, 2011 at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/content/docs/20090226_abstinence.pdf