2018 Teen Pregnancies
| Number of pregnancies among 15-19-year-old girls: | 947 | ||||||
| Teen pregnancy rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls: | 26.9 | ||||||
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: | 258 | ||||||
| Number of pregnancies among 18-19-year-old girls: | 689 | ||||||
| Percent of Repeat Pregnancies: | 23.4% | ||||||
| Teen birth rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls: | 18.1 | ||||||
| NC County Ranking (out of 100 counties): | 37 | ||||||
| Change since 2017: | -1% | ||||||
Source: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics
Updated October 2019. See Archived Statistics.
Sexual Health
Number of Chlamydia Cases (2018, all ages): 9,205
Number of Gonorrhea Cases (2018, all ages): 3,193
Number of HIV Reports (2018, all ages): 254
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)
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Health Policies
Comprehensive Health Education - Section I, Policy Code IHAM
School Policy on Bullying/Harassment - Section J, Policy Code JICK
Education for Pregnant/Parenting Students - Section J, Policy Code JIE
Organizations that Support Adolescent Sexual Health
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Charlotte
Communities In Schools Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg County Health Department
Planned Parenthood Health Systems, Inc.
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