2018 Teen Pregnancies
| Number of pregnancies among 15-19-year-old girls: | 432 | ||||||
| Teen pregnancy rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls: | 20.6 | ||||||
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: | 114 | ||||||
| Number of pregnancies among 18-19-year-old girls: | 318 | ||||||
| Percent of Repeat Pregnancies: | 18.1% | ||||||
| Teen birth rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls: | 13.9 | ||||||
| NC County Ranking (out of 100 counties): | 60 | ||||||
| Change since 2017: | -8% | ||||||
Source: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics
Updated October 2019. See Archived Statistics.
Sexual Health
Number of Chlamydia Cases (2018, all ages): 5,161
Number of Gonorrhea Cases (2018, all ages): 1,969
Number of HIV Reports (2018, all ages): 109
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)
Guilford County Schools Health Policies
Reproductive Health & Safety Education
Organizations that Support Adolescent Sexual Health
Children's Home Society of North Carolina
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro
Youth Focus, Inc. (includes My Sister Susan's House)
YWCA Greensboro (NC TPPI Adolescent Parenting Program)
YWCA High Point (NC TPPI Adolescent Parenting Program)
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