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TABLE 2. Percentage of public secondary schools in which specific human immunodefiency virus (HIV), sexually transmitted disease (STD), or pregnancy prevention topics were taught in a required course in grades 9, 10, 11, or 12 — 45 states, 2008 and 2010
State
Relationship among HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy
Relationship between alcohol and other drug use and risk for HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy
2008
2008
2010
2010
Benefits of being sexually abstinent 2008
2010
How to prevent HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy
How to access valid and reliable health information, products, and services*
Influences of media, family, and social and cultural norms on sexual behavior
Communication and negotiation skills†
Goal-setting and decisionmaking skills†
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
All eight topics 2008
2010
Alabama 97.5 87.9§ 98.1 86.9§ 97.6 88.9§ 98.7 82.7§ 95.4 85.2§ 94.7 83.6§ 93.7 84.1§ 95.6 86.4§ 84.7 75.7§ Alaska 69.2 56.6§ 72.5 62.0 66.6 65.1 74.9 65.9 63.9 61.7 65.7 56.7 63.1 58.2 64.1 56.9 48.4 45.3 Arizona 73.4 66.1 67.4 70.3 71.6 69.3 72.9 71.6 66.6 62.6 69.2 62.2 69.0 63.2 68.2 59.5 45.7 50.9 Arkansas 96.2 95.0 98.5 98.7 96.8 96.8 98.4 96.9 92.9 91.0 99.3 93.3§ 95.3 91.2 96.1 90.0 87.2 84.9 California 95.2 89.7 93.8 91.9 93.7 91.3 94.5 93.3 93.0 89.7 93.8 87.7 91.6 88.5 89.6 89.1 80.1 84.4 Connecticut 95.4 94.2 97.5 95.0 95.0 95.0 97.5 95.2 95.4 93.1 89.7 90.4 87.2 91.6 91.7 89.0 79.6 80.2 Delaware 96.8 96.7 96.8 100.0 96.8 100.0 96.8 100.0 93.7 96.7 96.8 96.7 90.6 100.0 90.6 96.7 84.0 93.3 Florida 86.6 87.0 89.0 85.8 90.3 88.5 88.0 87.1 82.1 83.9 86.2 81.1 82.7 85.8 84.9 84.8 74.1 71.5 Hawaii 100.0 86.0 97.3 91.0 100.0 95.3 100.0 95.3 97.2 93.0 97.2 95.3 97.2 90.7 94.4 93.0 86.7 81.7 Idaho 95.2 94.5 96.0 96.5 98.6 97.8 97.1 97.1 85.9 92.8§ 94.8 94.5 92.0 93.5 90.3 93.3 73.8 83.2§ Indiana 96.2 95.6 96.1 97.5 97.7 99.3 97.6 99.4 94.1 90.0 94.1 96.2 93.9 93.4 92.2 92.6 83.4 84.7 Iowa 84.1 81.9 82.9 82.3 82.6 82.2 82.8 83.8 78.3 74.6 77.8 76.8 74.7 73.6 74.8 72.1 67.6 66.9 Kansas 93.1 92.8 90.7 94.9 94.8 95.6 94.0 94.2 85.3 84.0 85.3 89.9 88.2 91.3 85.9 87.0 68.3 71.2 Kentucky 98.2 96.5 98.2 96.5 98.2 98.3 98.2 97.5 96.0 95.7 98.2 97.5 96.4 96.6 95.6 94.9 89.2 90.6 Maine 96.0 92.0 96.2 95.8 96.1 96.7 97.1 96.9 93.3 94.7 92.3 89.8 90.3 92.1 92.2 86.4 80.8 78.1 Maryland 99.1 98.9 99.1 100.0 99.1 100.0 99.1 100.0 95.3 97.6 97.2 94.8 96.0 100.0 96.2 98.9 88.3 92.1 Massachusetts 87.0 88.1 86.5 90.5 88.1 90.7 87.0 92.0 83.8 87.5 83.1 84.0 84.6 86.2 81.2 82.8 73.7 72.2 Michigan 93.7 90.9 93.7 90.9 93.7 93.1 93.7 92.3 88.3 82.3 88.5 87.8 87.8 86.4 87.7 86.3 73.7 76.3 Minnesota 88.8 89.7 90.4 94.0 88.6 97.1§ 90.0 96.0§ 83.0 89.8§ 86.0 92.1 82.9 88.3 83.1 85.1 72.7 73.5 Mississippi 95.5 95.3 95.5 98.1 95.5 98.1 95.5 98.1 91.9 92.5 91.9 97.1 91.3 90.5 92.0 93.3 79.7 86.3 Missouri 93.9 95.6 92.6 96.9 93.8 97.5 95.3 97.5 87.0 92.5 91.3 92.4 91.5 89.2 88.6 90.4 77.8 84.5 Montana 88.9 86.4 91.4 91.2 89.7 91.4 90.6 91.3 85.3 82.1 84.5 85.4 82.3 82.8 77.5 79.7 63.8 67.9 Nebraska 82.0 82.7 84.3 84.7 83.5 86.1 84.2 85.4 72.4 77.3 78.2 79.5 72.0 70.6 73.7 74.8 64.9 63.6 Nevada 95.8 100.0 97.1 100.0 95.7 98.4 97.1 100.0 90.3 96.1 91.3 97.3 92.9 98.4 93.0 98.4 76.9 94.9§ New Hampshire 100.0 95.9 98.4 97.3 98.4 97.3 100.0 97.3 97.0 93.1 95.5 94.5 95.4 90.5 94.0 87.4 88.8 82.9 New Jersey 98.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.4 99.0 99.1 98.1 100.0 97.1 100.0 98.1 91.3 96.4 New York 100.0 99.2 98.7 99.0 99.0 98.9 100.0 99.5 95.3 98.3 97.0 97.9 96.6 96.8 97.3 96.9 90.6 92.0 88.3 94.5 91.9 94.4 90.6 86.0 80.5 92.4 85.1 92.9 81.4§ 92.0 80.9§ 79.9 70.9 North Carolina 94.5 86.0§ 93.6 North Dakota 83.3 83.2 88.4 86.8 88.4 86.6 89.4 86.1 77.6 80.6 82.3 85.9 82.6 79.9 81.5 80.7 63.7 70.5 Ohio 94.8 95.3 97.8 95.2 96.1 95.2 96.1 94.7 92.7 91.2 92.0 90.9 92.0 92.8 93.0 90.6 84.6 80.6 Oklahoma 78.0 65.8§ 77.8 67.4 74.8 68.2 77.7 68.3 73.3 64.9 70.4 62.4 70.8 64.6 71.5 64.9 58.5 51.1 Oregon 93.2 95.4 96.2 96.1 96.9 95.5 96.9 97.0 90.9 94.1 96.2 91.6 94.5 94.7 93.0 93.8 85.5 84.3 Pennsylvania 97.5 97.0 97.4 95.8 97.5 97.0 97.5 97.0 91.9 91.0 92.1 93.7 90.7 91.6 91.4 92.4 81.2 83.6 Rhode Island 92.1 88.9 92.7 93.2 92.7 93.2 92.5 93.2 91.9 92.9 85.3 87.4 89.6 92.7 94.9 88.4 80.6 81.8 South Carolina 92.3 91.1 92.3 92.3 93.4 93.9 93.3 93.2 88.9 88.9 85.7 90.3 87.5 88.3 87.5 89.0 77.1 83.8 South Dakota 73.5 65.1 77.0 71.8 73.7 66.2 76.7 69.5 69.9 61.3 70.9 63.8 68.8 60.3 66.5 60.6 53.6 48.1 Tennessee 97.8 94.2 98.5 93.4 97.0 96.2 97.7 94.3 95.5 92.4 90.9 90.5 93.9 89.4 94.6 89.3 84.9 82.1 Texas 92.9 91.7 94.9 92.6 95.3 94.0 95.1 92.3 88.0 80.0§ 91.9 86.5 91.4 83.0§ 90.7 87.7 76.7 73.5 Utah 93.1 89.6 93.1 92.0 97.2 94.6 94.3 88.1 83.4 81.0 90.4 88.9 90.6 92.3 95.8 84.5§ 69.4 73.3 Vermont 100.0 91.3 100.0 93.9 100.0 94.0 100.0 94.0 100.0 94.0 97.7 91.5 97.7 85.7 97.7 87.2 91.3 80.3 Virginia 92.6 86.1 95.5 89.6 96.9 92.3 94.8 90.9 89.0 89.0 89.1 85.7 85.3 86.7 90.4 87.2 78.2 78.0 Washington 91.9 96.4 94.5 93.2 94.2 95.6 94.5 97.1 92.1 90.9 88.9 93.1 91.9 91.1 90.1 89.6 76.1 83.4 West Virginia 100.0 96.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.1 100.0 98.1 98.6 94.4 98.8 98.1 97.4 94.4 98.6 93.0 95.8 91.1 Wisconsin 94.1 89.7 96.4 90.8 97.1 95.1 96.4 93.9 93.4 87.3 97.1 90.5§ 92.7 87.7 92.6 87.3 82.7 79.9 Wyoming 89.6 82.2 88.3 85.7 93.2 92.1 89.9 85.5 88.3 74.5 88.0 79.4 86.5 79.0 88.2 80.6 78.3 65.1 State median 94.1 91.3 95.5 93.2 95.5 95.1 95.3 94.2 90.9 90.0 91.3 90.4 91.3 89.4 91.4 87.7 79.6 80.3 State range (69.2– (56.6– (67.4– (62.0– (66.6– (65.1– (72.9– (65.9– (63.9– (61.3– (65.7– (56.7– (63.1– (58.2– (64.1– (56.4– (45.7– (45.3– 100.0) 100.0) 100.0) 100.0) 100.0) 100.0) 100.0) 100.0) 100.0) 99.0) 99.3) 98.1) 100.0) 100.0) 100.0) 98.9) 95.8) 96.4) * Related to HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy. † Related to eliminating or reducing risk for HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy. § Significant difference between 2008 and 2010 (p<0.05).
description of the HIV, other STD, and pregnancy prevention topics taught in required courses was not verified by other sources.
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Finally, the effect of changes between 2008 and 2010 in the percentage of secondary schools in a state that taught HIV, other