2018 Teen Pregnancies
| Number of pregnancies among 15-19-year-old girls: | 576 | ||||||
| Teen pregnancy rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls: | 15.4 | ||||||
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: | 141 | ||||||
| Number of pregnancies among 18-19-year-old girls: | 435 | ||||||
| Percent of Repeat Pregnancies: | 22.7% | ||||||
| Teen birth rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls: | 9.2 | ||||||
| NC County Ranking (out of 100 counties): | 67 | ||||||
| Change since 2017: | -6% | ||||||
*Rates based on small numbers (<20 pregnancies) are unstable and not provided.
Source: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics
Updated October 2019. See Archived Statistics.
Sexual Health
Number of Chlamydia Cases (2018, all ages): 6,500
Number of Gonorrhea Cases (2018, all ages): 2,147
Number of HIV Reports (2018, all ages): 114
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)
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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