2016 Teen Pregnancies
| Number of pregnancies among 15-19-year-old girls: | 39 | ||||||
| Teen pregnancy rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls: | 45.5 | ||||||
Teen pregnancy rates by race/ethnicity
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Teen pregnancy rates by age
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| Number of pregnancies among 15-17-year-old girls: | 9 | ||||||
| Number of pregnancies among 18-19-year-old girls: | 30 | ||||||
| Percent of Repeat Pregnancies: | 23.1% | ||||||
| Teen birth rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls: | 40.8 | ||||||
| NC County Ranking (out of 100 counties): | 10 | ||||||
| Change since 2015: | -14.8% | ||||||
*Rates based on small numbers (<20 pregnancies) are unstable and not provided.
Source: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics
Updated November 2017. See Archived Statistics.
Sexual Health
Number of Chlamydia Cases (2016, all ages): 125
Number of Gonorrhea Cases (2016, all ages): 43
Number of HIV Reports (2016, all ages): 0
The total numbers of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea cases are useful indicators of adolescent sexual health as they are most common among young people ages 15-24.
HIV reports are notable because youth ages 13-24 account for more than 1 in 5 new HIV diagnoses in the United States.
Data Source: NC DHHS, HIV/STD Surveillance Unit, Communicable Disease Branch
Montgomery County Schools Health Policies
Comprehensive Health Education
Organizations that Support Adolescent Sexual Health
Montgomery County Health Department
Winston-Salem State University (NC TPPI Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program)
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