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Teen mothers are less likely to receive prenatal care and babies of teen mothers are more likely to be born at a low birth weight

71% of teenage mothers in 2000 were unmarried

Teens ages 15-19 have among the highest age-specific rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia

The birth rate for teens 15-17 has declined from 36.3 per 1,000 in 1992 to 25.4 in 2001

The birth rate for African American teens 15-17 dropped 40% between 1992-2000

The birth rate for Hispanic teens declined 15% from 91.6 to 77.8 per 1,000 between 1992 and 2000

The above statistics directly correlate with the onset of sexual abstinence education in the State of Colorado.

Source: Adolescent Health in Colorado 2003

The Facts About Abstinence

Nearly 6 out of 10 teenagers are NOT sexually active. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001)

62% of teenagers who have been sexually active wish they had waited longer (Roper Starch World Wide Poll, in conjunction with SIECUS, 1994)

Seven out of 10 adolescent mothers drop out of high school. (Robin Hood Foundation, report "Kids having Kids" edited by Rebecca Maynard)

Four out of every 10 girls become pregnant at least once before age 20. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001)

There are over 30 significant Sexually Transmitted Infections today. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, )

Having a Sexually Transmitted Infections increases a person's risk of acquiring HIV. (Kaiser Family Foundation, Sexually Transmitted Disease in the United States, Fact Sheet)

Only 30% of girls who become pregnant at the age of 17 or younger will earn a high school diploma by the age of 30. (Robin Hood Foundation report "Kids Having Kids" edited by Rebecca Maynard)

The teenage sons of adolescent mothers are 2.7 times more likely to spend time in prison than the sons of mothers who delay childbearing until their early 20s. (Robin Hood Foundation report, "Kids Having Kids" edited by Rebecca Maynard)

By age 24, at least one in three sexually active people are estimated to have contracted a Sexually Transmitted Infection. (Kaiser Family Foundation, Sexually Transmitted Disease in the United States, Fact Sheet)

As many as half of all new HIV infections are estimated to be among young people under the age of 25, and as many as one quarter among youth under the age of 22. (Kaiser Family Foundation, Sexually Transmitted Disease in the United States, Fact Sheet)