Reproductive Health
Adolescence marks the period between childhood and adulthood when hormonal changes transform boys and girls into young men and women able to have children of their own. Increasingly, adolescents are waiting until later to date and to have sex, and U.S. teen pregnancy and birth rates are at their lowest levels in years. Still, almost half of all high school students reported that they had had sexual intercourse in 2009 and three in ten adolescent females will become pregnant before turning 20. MORE »
Resources
Birth Rates for U.S. Teenagers Reach Historic Lows for All Age and Ethnic Groups
STD Awareness- Reaching Young People
HIV, Other STD, and Pregnancy Prevention Education in Public Secondary Schools — 45 States, 2008–2010
Reproductive Health in the States
Spotlight
Teen Pregnancy at Historic Lows
Teen pregnancy rates are at historic lows. OAH's database lists effective prevention programs to further this progress. Learn more.
DID YOU KNOW?
The majority of adolescents want to avoid a pregnancy. 4 in 5 adolescent males would be "a little or very upset" if he got his partner pregnant.
