Buncombe County, NC

Local information on the state of adolescent health and helpful resources.

2018 Teen Pregnancies

Number of pregnancies among 15-19-year-old girls:

161

Teen pregnancy rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls:

23.8

Teen pregnancy rates by race/ethnicity

African American:	49.5
Hispanic:	44.3
White:	18.1

Teen pregnancy rates by age

15-17-year-olds:	10.7
18-19-year-olds:	42.9

Number of pregnancies among 15-17-year-old girls:

Number of pregnancies among 18-19-year-old girls:

118

Percent of Repeat Pregnancies:

21.1%

Teen birth rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls:

17.9

NC County Ranking (out of 100 counties):

Change since 2017:

+13%

Source: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics

Updated October 2019. See Archived Statistics.

Sexual Health

Number of Chlamydia Cases (2018, all ages): 1,139
Number of Gonorrhea Cases (2018, all ages): 402

Number of HIV Reports (2018, all ages): 11

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 Sources: 2018 North Carolina STD Surveillance Report and 2018 North Carolina HIV Surveillance Report - HIV/STD/Hepatitis Surveillance Unit, North Carolina DHHS, Division of Public Health, Communicable Disease Branch (2019)