2017 Teen Pregnancies
| Number of pregnancies among 15-19-year-old girls: | 595 | ||||||
| Teen pregnancy rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls: | 16.3 | ||||||
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: | 165 | ||||||
| Number of pregnancies among 18-19-year-old girls: | 430 | ||||||
| Percent of Repeat Pregnancies: | 19.5% | ||||||
| Teen birth rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls: | 10.6 | ||||||
| NC County Ranking (out of 100 counties): | 69 | ||||||
| Change since 2016: | -11.4% | ||||||
*Rates based on small numbers (<20 pregnancies) are unstable and not provided.
Source: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics
Updated September 2018. See Archived Statistics.
Sexual Health
Number of Chlamydia Cases (2017, all ages): 6,083
Number of Gonorrhea Cases (2017, all ages): 2,080
Number of HIV Reports (2017, all ages): 132
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
Wake County Schools Health Policies
School Policy on Bullying/Harassment
Education for Pregnant/Parenting Students
Healthful Living - no policy
Organizations that Support Adolescent Sexual Health
Boys and Girls Clubs of Wake County
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
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