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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017

Supplementary Tables 133-158: Sexual Behaviors Related to Unintended Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Including HIV Infection


TABLE 133. Percentage of high school students who ever had sexual intercourse, by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts* — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI % CI % CI
Total 37.7 (34.3–41.2) 41.4 (38.6–44.3) 39.5 (36.8–42.4)
Race/Ethnicity
White§ 38.7 (34.4–43.2) 38.5 (35.5–41.6) 38.6 (35.4–41.9)
Black§ 39.4 (34.6–44.4) 52.7 (46.8–58.5) 45.8 (41.3–50.3)
Hispanic 37.9 (33.0–43.0) 44.1 (39.4–48.9) 41.1 (36.5–45.9)
Grade
9 17.2 (14.2–20.7) 23.3 (19.9–27.2) 20.4 (17.8–23.2)
10 34.4 (30.2–38.8) 38.0 (34.1–41.9) 36.2 (32.9–39.5)
11 45.8 (41.4–50.3) 48.8 (45.1–52.5) 47.3 (44.1–50.6)
12 55.8 (51.0–60.5) 58.9 (54.5–63.2) 57.3 (53.1–61.4)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 36.3 (32.6–40.1) 41.6 (38.6–44.7) 39.1 (36.1–42.2)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 50.1 (44.3–55.8) 42.5 (35.2–50.2) 48.4 (43.9–52.9)
Not sure 25.7 (19.0–33.8) 30.8 (21.7–41.7) 28.4 (22.2–35.5)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 76.6 (72.2–80.5) 79.6 (76.9–82.0) 78.2 (75.1–81.0)
Same sex only or both sexes 74.0 (67.7–79.4) 76.1 (69.5–81.6) 74.5 (69.9–78.7)

* Students who had no sexual contact are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
95% confidence interval.
§ Non-Hispanic.

TABLE 134. Percentage of high school students who ever had sexual intercourse, by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts* — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Same sex only or both sexes
% CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska 38.7 (32.9–44.9) 35.3 (30.3–40.6) 36.9 (32.7–41.3) §
Arizona 32.3 (27.3–37.8) 35.8 (31.2–40.7) 34.0 (29.8–38.5) 32.7 (28.9–36.8) 46.3 (35.7–57.3) 33.2 (18.9–51.5)
Arkansas 43.5 (36.8–50.5) 44.8 (36.4–53.6) 44.2 (38.6–49.9) 41.9 (36.6–47.5) 68.1 (55.4–78.5) 14.9 (5.2–35.7) 83.8 (78.9–87.7) 82.0 (61.7–92.8)
California 27.9 (23.1–33.3) 36.6 (30.7–42.9) 32.3 (28.1–36.8) 32.3 (28.0–36.8) 39.5 (29.1–51.0) 12.3 (4.0–32.3) 71.0 (66.1–75.4) 59.9 (49.5–69.4)
Colorado 32.9 (25.9–40.8) 33.8 (28.3–39.7) 33.4 (28.4–38.8) 32.9 (28.0–38.2) 41.8 (32.0–52.4) 23.8 (12.8–39.9)
Connecticut 32.4 (28.8–36.2) 34.3 (29.9–39.0) 33.3 (30.4–36.4) 32.3 (29.0–35.8) 41.2 (35.1–47.5) 28.6 (20.6–38.2) 66.7 (61.1–71.8) 73.0 (66.1–78.8)
Delaware 43.9 (38.9–48.9) 46.9 (42.6–51.2) 45.4 (41.5–49.4) 45.1 (40.9–49.3) 49.5 (42.1–57.0) 29.3 (18.1–43.5) 79.3 (75.7–82.4) 71.8 (63.0–79.2)
Florida 34.4 (32.3–36.6) 42.0 (39.3–44.7) 38.1 (36.0–40.2) 37.1 (34.9–39.3) 48.4 (44.9–51.9) 32.6 (24.5–41.8) 78.4 (76.0–80.6) 71.3 (65.9–76.2)
Hawaii
Idaho 34.8 (31.2–38.6) 35.5 (30.5–40.7) 35.1 (31.3–39.0)
Illinois 37.8 (34.9–40.8) 38.4 (32.2–45.0) 38.0 (33.7–42.5) 37.4 (33.0–42.0) 54.2 (43.5–64.5) 22.6 (15.0–32.4) 76.8 (71.2–81.6) 80.6 (72.2–86.9)
Iowa 45.7 (40.2–51.4) 40.2 (32.2–48.8) 43.1 (38.9–47.4) 41.1 (37.0–45.4) 60.5 (44.7–74.4) 49.6 (26.0–73.3) 80.3 (75.5–84.3) 85.0 (67.7–93.9)
Kansas 35.1 (31.0–39.4) 35.8 (30.3–41.8) 35.4 (31.2–39.9)
Kentucky 36.5 (31.1–42.2) 40.3 (33.5–47.5) 38.4 (33.2–44.0) 38.3 (32.7–44.1) 44.9 (36.3–53.9) 29.6 (18.6–43.6) 77.2 (71.2–82.3) 74.5 (63.8–82.8)
Louisiana
Maine 40.0 (37.2–42.8) 37.9 (35.5–40.3) 39.0 (36.7–41.3) 38.6 (36.2–41.1) 46.6 (42.7–50.6) 25.9 (20.4–32.2) 74.3 (72.0–76.5) 73.8 (68.8–78.2)
Maryland 29.7 (28.4–31.0) 33.9 (32.8–35.1) 31.8 (30.7–32.8) 30.8 (29.7–31.9) 41.8 (39.5–44.1) 22.1 (19.8–24.7)
Massachusetts 34.9 (30.7–39.3) 35.8 (31.7–40.0) 35.3 (31.8–39.1) 35.1 (31.7–38.7) 44.9 (37.3–52.8) 20.8 (12.8–32.1) 73.8 (69.7–77.6) 72.3 (64.5–78.9)
Michigan 39.9 (34.0–46.1) 36.9 (30.0–44.3) 38.3 (32.7–44.3) 37.5 (31.7–43.7) 50.2 (42.8–57.7) 32.8 (23.5–43.8) 73.7 (66.0–80.1) 75.0 (63.5–83.8)
Missouri 42.4 (35.2–50.0) 41.2 (34.9–47.8) 41.9 (36.0–48.0)
Montana 44.8 (42.0–47.6) 41.6 (38.7–44.5) 43.2 (40.8–45.6)
Nebraska 28.2 (23.1–33.8) 30.0 (24.4–36.2) 29.1 (24.8–33.8) 28.7 (24.5–33.4) 43.3 (29.7–57.9) 15.0 (6.6–30.8) 69.1 (60.8–76.3) 81.3 (68.6–89.7)
Nevada 35.6 (29.6–42.0) 36.9 (32.0–42.0) 36.2 (32.0–40.7) 34.7 (30.2–39.6) 45.3 (37.0–54.0) 28.0 (16.8–42.8) 78.5 (74.6–82.0) 73.1 (60.6–82.7)
New Hampshire 37.5 (35.3–39.7) 40.0 (37.7–42.4) 38.9 (37.0–40.8) 38.6 (36.5–40.7) 46.1 (42.4–49.8) 27.9 (22.9–33.4) 72.6 (70.6–74.5) 73.9 (69.3–77.9)
New Mexico 36.4 (31.8–41.3) 40.9 (36.6–45.4) 38.6 (34.6–42.8) 37.9 (34.3–41.7) 48.1 (39.9–56.4) 30.7 (21.5–41.8) 81.1 (78.0–83.9) 78.1 (72.1–83.1)
New York 31.6 (28.4–35.1) 29.4 (25.5–33.7) 30.6 (27.4–34.0) 30.3 (26.8–33.9) 39.2 (33.5–45.3) 21.8 (17.6–26.6) 75.8 (72.3–78.9) 67.9 (59.2–75.5)
North Carolina 36.2 (31.3–41.5) 39.3 (33.0–45.8) 37.7 (32.7–43.0) 36.4 (31.5–41.5) 51.8 (41.9–61.6) 33.5 (22.2–47.0) 72.3 (67.1–77.0) 72.4 (64.4–79.2)
North Dakota 36.6 (32.1–41.3) 36.6 (32.4–41.1) 36.6 (32.8–40.6) 36.6 (32.6–40.8) 45.8 (37.7–54.0) 16.3 (9.8–25.9)
Oklahoma 42.8 (37.5–48.3) 42.9 (38.9–47.0) 42.8 (38.9–46.8) 41.8 (37.5–46.3) 58.3 (50.0–66.1) 41.4 (21.7–64.4) 77.4 (72.9–81.5) 69.6 (52.6–82.5)
Pennsylvania 35.8 (32.5–39.3) 39.5 (35.8–43.3) 37.6 (34.6–40.8) 37.4 (34.5–40.3) 44.8 (34.9–55.2) 20.9 (13.0–31.8) 74.3 (70.3–78.0) 72.3 (61.5–81.1)
Rhode Island 33.3 (26.0–41.4) 38.1 (31.2–45.5) 35.7 (29.9–42.0) 35.4 (29.2–42.1) 43.4 (30.5–57.4) 27.0 (13.6–46.7) 73.4 (65.5–80.0) 75.9 (65.9–83.7)
South Carolina 37.1 (31.6–43.1) 41.1 (35.3–47.2) 39.1 (34.2–44.2) 37.5 (32.3–42.9) 50.3 (39.1–61.6) 37.8 (24.2–53.6) 74.8 (69.3–79.6) 70.9 (58.0–81.2)
Tennessee
Texas 38.3 (32.2–44.7) 40.3 (35.9–44.9) 39.2 (34.7–44.0) 38.5 (33.6–43.7) 48.5 (41.8–55.2) 30.9 (19.0–45.9) 80.7 (77.4–83.6) 79.8 (73.6–84.9)
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia 44.2 (39.0–49.5) 47.7 (41.8–53.7) 45.9 (41.4–50.5) 45.8 (40.8–50.9) 51.1 (40.6–61.5) 31.7 (17.9–49.6) 81.8 (77.7–85.2) 78.2 (64.9–87.4)
Wisconsin 32.1 (28.2–36.4) 34.9 (30.7–39.2) 33.6 (30.3–37.0) 33.7 (30.0–37.6) 34.9 (28.4–42.0) 25.7 (14.9–40.5) 67.9 (63.6–72.0) 67.7 (52.3–80.1)
Median 36.4 38.1 37.7 37.2 46.2 27.9 75.3 73.4
Range 27.9–45.7 29.4–47.7 29.1–45.9 28.7–45.8 34.9–68.1 12.3–49.6 66.7–83.8 59.9–85.0
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA 38.3 (33.9–42.9) 48.1 (42.6–53.7) 43.2 (39.3–47.2) 43.1 (39.1–47.2) 51.0 (41.7–60.2) 30.8 (19.2–45.4) 82.4 (77.9–86.1) 78.7 (69.9–85.4)
Broward County, FL 32.3 (25.3–40.2) 43.0 (34.2–52.2) 37.4 (31.0–44.4) 38.1 (31.3–45.4) 43.3 (28.8–58.9) 19.1 (7.1–42.1) 72.2 (63.3–79.6) 64.5 (46.3–79.3)
Chicago, IL 35.2 (30.2–40.6) 43.8 (38.5–49.2) 39.0 (34.8–43.4) 38.8 (33.9–43.9) 46.5 (36.8–56.4) 21.9 (12.7–35.1) 81.1 (75.8–85.5) 68.0 (56.9–77.4)
Cleveland, OH 45.6 (40.3–50.9) 52.9 (47.4–58.4) 49.2 (45.1–53.4) 49.1 (44.6–53.6) 56.2 (46.7–65.2) 37.1 (23.0–53.9) 85.6 (82.2–88.4) 78.6 (69.2–85.8)
DeKalb County, GA 30.1 (25.4–35.2) 44.0 (39.6–48.5) 36.6 (32.8–40.7) 34.5 (30.6–38.7) 57.6 (48.1–66.5) 28.8 (18.8–41.4) 73.3 (68.9–77.3) 70.3 (60.1–78.9)
Detroit, MI 31.4 (24.6–39.1) 49.8 (42.5–57.1) 39.3 (34.0–44.9) 38.1 (32.7–43.8) 50.8 (38.9–62.6) 23.0 (9.9–44.7) 78.6 (72.5–83.6) 67.9 (57.9–76.5)
District of Columbia 37.5 (35.8–39.2) 54.6 (52.7–56.6) 45.6 (44.3–46.9) 45.6 (44.2–47.1) 50.4 (46.8–53.9) 30.5 (25.0–36.5) 84.3 (82.9–85.6) 73.4 (69.6–76.9)
Duval County, FL 32.7 (29.3–36.3) 41.9 (37.8–46.2) 37.1 (34.0–40.3) 35.0 (31.7–38.4) 52.5 (46.3–58.7) 25.3 (16.7–36.3) 66.6 (62.9–70.1) 67.0 (61.1–72.5)
Ft. Worth, TX 33.3 (30.7–36.0) 42.4 (39.4–45.5) 37.7 (35.6–39.8) 36.9 (34.7–39.2) 49.7 (43.1–56.2) 30.7 (21.9–41.1) 83.5 (81.1–85.6) 80.9 (73.9–86.4)
Houston, TX 30.6 (27.4–34.0) 39.8 (36.2–43.4) 35.0 (32.3–37.9) 33.5 (30.5–36.6) 48.8 (42.5–55.1) 28.7 (20.2–39.0) 81.9 (78.7–84.8) 73.0 (65.9–79.2)
Los Angeles, CA 25.5 (20.3–31.5) 34.3 (28.1–41.1) 30.0 (25.0–35.5) 29.4 (24.4–34.9) 49.4 (34.1–64.8) 14.4 (8.2–24.1) 67.6 (62.3–72.5) 73.4 (55.4–85.9)
Miami-Dade County, FL 37.7 (33.6–42.1) 43.9 (38.5–49.6) 40.8 (36.7–45.0) 40.2 (35.8–44.8) 51.4 (43.3–59.4) 23.9 (13.1–39.6) 79.5 (75.3–83.1) 68.5 (60.1–75.9)
New York City, NY 23.4 (20.5–26.6) 30.5 (26.4–35.1) 26.8 (23.6–30.2) 26.0 (22.4–29.9) 40.2 (35.7–44.9) 21.0 (18.3–24.0) 75.6 (71.0–79.7) 63.3 (56.5–69.5)
Oakland, CA 24.0 (19.7–28.7) 37.4 (32.6–42.4) 30.7 (26.8–34.9) 30.7 (26.7–35.0) 37.8 (29.6–46.8) 17.2 (9.7–28.6) 76.0 (71.1–80.3) 50.1 (38.9–61.2)
Orange County, FL 29.5 (24.7–34.7) 36.6 (31.0–42.7) 33.0 (28.7–37.6) 32.3 (27.7–37.3) 45.5 (35.5–55.8) 16.3 (6.8–34.3) 71.9 (65.5–77.5) 69.4 (57.8–79.0)
Palm Beach County, FL 32.1 (27.6–37.0) 38.3 (34.2–42.7) 35.2 (31.7–38.9) 33.9 (30.0–38.1) 44.1 (37.0–51.4) 38.1 (25.7–52.2) 74.2 (70.2–77.9) 69.6 (60.9–77.1)
Philadelphia, PA 35.7 (28.7–43.4) 45.9 (37.3–54.7) 40.4 (33.6–47.6) 39.6 (32.3–47.3) 48.4 (38.4–58.5) 26.3 (15.0–41.8) 82.2 (76.0–87.1) 73.7 (61.4–83.1)
San Diego, CA 28.6 (24.6–32.9) 33.4 (29.8–37.2) 31.0 (27.7–34.4) 31.1 (27.5–34.9) 38.1 (30.9–46.0) 18.7 (12.1–27.6) 65.3 (60.8–69.6) 60.6 (50.6–69.8)
San Francisco, CA 18.2 (15.1–21.6) 25.4 (22.5–28.4) 21.7 (19.3–24.2) 21.5 (19.0–24.2) 29.4 (20.9–39.6) 10.0 (5.5–17.4) 71.0 (66.8–74.9) 56.4 (44.1–68.0)
Shelby County, TN 37.7 (32.7–42.9) 52.8 (48.7–56.9) 44.4 (40.5–48.4) 44.3 (40.3–48.3) 49.8 (41.0–58.6) 18.2 (7.1–39.4) 80.7 (75.1–85.3) 74.0 (60.4–84.2)
Median 32.2 42.7 37.2 36.0 49.1 23.4 77.3 69.5
Range 18.2–45.6 25.4–54.6 21.7–49.2 21.5–49.1 29.4–57.6 10.0–38.1 65.3–85.6 50.1–80.9

* Students who had no sexual contact are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
95% confidence interval.
§ Not available.

TABLE 135. Percentage of high school students who had sexual intercourse for the first time before age 13 years, by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts* — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI % CI % CI
Total 2.0 (1.6–2.5) 4.8 (4.0–5.7) 3.4 (3.0–3.9)
Race/Ethnicity
White§ 1.8 (1.2–2.5) 2.3 (1.7–3.2) 2.1 (1.7–2.6)
Black§ 2.5 (1.4–4.5) 12.8 (9.7–16.7) 7.5 (5.9–9.5)
Hispanic 1.9 (1.2–3.1) 6.0 (4.9–7.2) 4.0 (3.3–4.7)
Grade
9 2.2 (1.4–3.5) 5.7 (4.3–7.7) 4.1 (3.2–5.2)
10 2.2 (1.4–3.4) 4.6 (3.4–6.1) 3.4 (2.6–4.4)
11 1.2 (0.6–2.4) 3.5 (2.6–4.5) 2.3 (1.8–2.9)
12 1.9 (1.3–2.9) 5.1 (3.9–6.6) 3.5 (2.8–4.4)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 1.3 (0.9–1.8) 4.6 (3.8–5.6) 3.0 (2.5–3.7)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 5.2 (3.6–7.4) 8.1 (4.5–14.1) 6.1 (4.6–8.0)
Not sure 2.5 (1.2–5.3) 4.6 (2.1–9.8) 4.1 (2.5–6.4)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 2.8 (2.0–4.0) 8.4 (7.0–10.0) 5.8 (4.9–7.0)
Same sex only or both sexes 8.2 (6.1–11.1) 17.5 (10.3–28.0) 10.5 (8.0–13.7)

* Students who had no sexual contact are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
95% confidence interval.
§ Non-Hispanic.

TABLE 136. Percentage of high school students who had sexual intercourse for the first time before age 13 years, by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts* — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Same sex only or both sexes
% CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska 2.8 (1.6–4.9) 4.6 (2.7–7.5) 3.7 (2.5–5.6) §
Arizona 1.1 (0.5–2.4) 4.3 (1.9–9.1) 2.7 (1.4–5.1) 2.4 (1.3–4.7) 5.4 (2.3–12.2) 0.3 (0.0–2.8)
Arkansas 4.5 (2.7–7.6) 5.3 (3.1–9.0) 4.9 (3.3–7.2) 3.3 (1.9–5.9) 17.9 (10.9–28.0) 5.6 (1.2–23.0) 6.6 (3.8–11.3) 17.8 (9.3–31.5)
California 1.0 (0.4–2.3) 3.0 (1.9–4.9) 2.1 (1.3–3.2) 1.9 (1.2–3.0) 4.0 (1.5–10.5) 0.9 (0.1–7.4) 3.3 (1.9–5.6) 7.8 (3.7–15.8)
Colorado 2.4 (1.3–4.4) 3.4 (2.2–5.3) 2.9 (2.0–4.2) 2.6 (1.5–4.4) 6.4 (2.8–14.3) 1.9 (0.2–15.2)
Connecticut 1.5 (0.7–3.2) 4.2 (3.3–5.3) 2.9 (2.3–3.7) 2.7 (2.1–3.5) 2.7 (1.4–5.3) 6.9 (2.7–16.5) 4.7 (3.6–6.1) 10.5 (6.9–15.7)
Delaware 1.7 (1.1–2.7) 5.4 (4.0–7.2) 3.6 (2.8–4.6) 3.3 (2.4–4.6) 5.5 (3.2–9.3) 5.0 (2.0–12.2) 5.4 (3.9–7.3) 10.2 (6.8–15.1)
Florida 2.0 (1.5–2.6) 8.0 (6.8–9.5) 5.0 (4.3–5.7) 4.4 (3.6–5.2) 7.4 (5.1–10.6) 10.2 (6.3–16.1) 9.0 (7.5–10.8) 15.5 (11.7–20.3)
Hawaii 2.2 (1.6–3.0) 4.3 (3.4–5.5) 3.4 (2.8–4.0) 2.7 (2.1–3.5) 6.5 (4.3–9.8) 4.7 (2.3–9.5) 7.0 (5.3–9.1) 12.7 (8.5–18.7)
Idaho 2.8 (1.7–4.7) 3.4 (2.3–5.1) 3.1 (2.1–4.5)
Illinois 2.1 (1.3–3.5) 5.4 (3.8–7.5) 3.9 (3.0–5.0) 2.7 (2.0–3.7) 10.2 (6.9–14.7) 5.6 (2.5–12.1) 5.3 (4.0–7.1) 18.5 (13.8–24.4)
Iowa 2.1 (1.2–3.5) 2.2 (1.1–4.6) 2.4 (1.4–3.9) 1.4 (0.8–2.6) 7.6 (4.1–13.6) 8.7 (1.8–33.4) 2.8 (1.6–4.9) 9.2 (3.7–21.2)
Kansas 2.3 (1.4–4.0) 3.5 (2.4–5.1) 2.9 (2.0–4.2)
Kentucky 1.8 (1.1–3.1) 5.3 (3.7–7.5) 3.7 (2.7–5.0) 2.8 (2.2–3.6) 9.2 (4.3–18.5) 9.4 (4.8–17.6) 6.1 (4.7–8.0) 13.9 (7.5–24.4)
Louisiana
Maine 2.4 (1.8–3.2) 3.0 (2.5–3.7) 2.8 (2.3–3.3) 2.0 (1.6–2.4) 7.1 (5.6–8.9) 7.9 (5.8–10.6) 3.8 (3.2–4.5) 12.9 (10.1–16.3)
Maryland 2.0 (1.8–2.2) 6.5 (6.0–7.1) 4.3 (4.0–4.6) 3.4 (3.1–3.7) 7.9 (6.9–8.9) 7.1 (5.7–8.7)
Massachusetts 1.3 (0.7–2.3) 3.4 (2.3–5.1) 2.4 (1.6–3.4) 2.1 (1.4–3.0) 5.1 (2.7–9.2) 2.6 (0.7–9.1) 4.1 (2.7–6.1) 7.7 (4.2–13.5)
Michigan 1.7 (1.2–2.5) 4.9 (2.6–9.0) 3.3 (2.0–5.5) 2.8 (1.4–5.3) 7.8 (4.6–12.8) 6.2 (2.7–13.2) 5.9 (3.2–10.7) 8.2 (3.3–19.1)
Missouri 1.2 (0.7–2.3) 3.6 (1.8–7.0) 2.5 (1.3–4.6)
Montana 2.3 (1.7–3.0) 3.4 (2.6–4.4) 2.9 (2.3–3.6)
Nebraska 2.2 (1.2–4.0) 3.3 (1.9–5.6) 2.8 (1.9–4.2) 2.3 (1.4–3.7) 8.2 (4.2–15.5) 4.0 (0.9–15.1) 5.7 (3.5–9.2) 11.8 (6.1–21.7)
Nevada 3.1 (1.9–5.0) 4.3 (2.9–6.3) 3.7 (2.7–5.0) 3.0 (2.1–4.2) 6.2 (3.6–10.4) 8.2 (3.9–16.4) 6.1 (4.7–7.8) 14.3 (7.3–26.0)
New Hampshire 1.8 (1.4–2.2) 2.7 (2.3–3.3) 2.4 (2.1–2.8) 1.7 (1.4–2.0) 5.0 (3.8–6.6) 9.1 (6.4–12.7) 2.9 (2.4–3.4) 15.4 (12.2–19.3)
New Mexico 2.5 (1.5–4.0) 4.8 (3.5–6.7) 3.7 (2.8–4.9) 3.0 (2.2–4.0) 7.5 (5.0–11.1) 5.7 (2.5–12.1) 6.4 (4.8–8.4) 14.4 (11.4–17.9)
New York 1.8 (1.3–2.6) 3.9 (2.8–5.4) 2.8 (2.2–3.7) 2.3 (1.7–3.2) 4.2 (2.5–6.8) 5.7 (3.1–10.2) 5.8 (4.2–7.9) 11.4 (8.2–15.6)
North Carolina 2.2 (1.6–3.1) 5.6 (4.5–7.0) 4.0 (3.3–4.8) 3.3 (2.7–4.0) 7.5 (4.1–13.4) 9.0 (4.1–18.5) 6.6 (5.2–8.3) 11.7 (6.5–20.1)
North Dakota 1.7 (1.0–2.8) 3.7 (2.6–5.2) 2.8 (2.0–3.9) 2.0 (1.4–2.8) 11.6 (6.3–20.2) 1.3 (0.2–8.4)
Oklahoma 3.1 (2.1–4.7) 5.3 (3.7–7.5) 4.2 (3.2–5.6) 4.1 (3.0–5.5) 4.9 (2.6–9.1) 5.9 (1.0–28.1) 7.6 (5.6–10.2) 7.6 (3.2–17.1)
Pennsylvania 2.0 (1.2–3.4) 5.2 (3.8–7.2) 3.7 (2.8–4.9) 2.8 (2.1–3.9) 9.1 (5.4–14.8) 5.0 (1.9–12.4) 5.6 (3.9–7.8) 14.3 (8.7–22.6)
Rhode Island 2.6 (1.2–5.5) 5.6 (4.1–7.6) 4.1 (3.0–5.6) 3.3 (2.2–4.9) 7.0 (3.5–13.2) 12.7 (6.1–24.6) 7.4 (4.9–11.2) 11.9 (6.3–21.2)
South Carolina 3.5 (2.4–5.0) 8.4 (6.0–11.5) 6.0 (4.9–7.3) 4.8 (3.6–6.3) 10.4 (5.9–17.7) 8.6 (2.2–28.7) 9.7 (7.7–12.2) 14.2 (7.2–26.1)
Tennessee
Texas 1.5 (0.8–2.9) 5.1 (3.4–7.6) 3.3 (2.2–4.9) 2.9 (1.9–4.6) 6.1 (3.6–10.3) 1.9 (0.4–8.5) 6.3 (4.0–9.7) 8.8 (5.2–14.5)
Utah
Vermont 2.1 (1.8–2.4) 4.1 (3.7–4.5) 3.2 (2.9–3.4) 2.5 (2.3–2.8) 6.8 (5.8–8.0) 6.4 (4.9–8.3) 4.3 (3.9–4.8) 13.0 (11.2–15.0)
Virginia
West Virginia 2.6 (1.6–4.3) 4.7 (3.2–6.9) 3.8 (2.8–5.1) 3.5 (2.4–5.1) 6.9 (2.8–15.7) 5.1 (1.5–15.4) 5.6 (3.8–8.1) 13.5 (6.6–25.5)
Wisconsin 2.0 (1.1–3.4) 3.7 (2.5–5.4) 2.9 (2.0–4.0) 2.1 (1.5–3.1) 5.2 (3.1–8.7) 6.1 (2.0–17.3) 4.1 (2.8–6.1) 13.5 (7.5–23.1)
Median 2.1 4.3 3.3 2.7 6.9 5.8 5.8 12.8
Range 1.0–4.5 2.2–8.4 2.1–6.0 1.4–4.8 2.7–17.9 0.3–12.7 2.8–9.7 7.6–18.5
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA 1.8 (0.9–3.3) 11.3 (8.8–14.3) 6.6 (5.3–8.3) 6.4 (4.9–8.2) 7.9 (4.1–14.6) 5.2 (1.6–15.9) 11.2 (8.5–14.6) 15.3 (8.7–25.5)
Broward County, FL 0.6 (0.2–2.2) 8.1 (5.2–12.3) 4.2 (2.6–6.7) 3.5 (2.3–5.4) 9.5 (2.9–26.9) 0.6 (0.1–4.4) 5.4 (3.3–8.8) 14.8 (5.7–33.4)
Chicago, IL 2.3 (1.3–4.0) 9.2 (7.4–11.4) 5.4 (4.6–6.4) 5.1 (4.1–6.2) 7.1 (3.4–14.2) 5.4 (2.3–12.4) 9.7 (7.9–12.0) 15.8 (9.3–25.6)
Cleveland, OH 3.0 (1.8–4.8) 15.4 (12.2–19.2) 9.0 (7.3–11.1) 9.9 (7.9–12.4) 5.3 (2.4–11.2) 3.7 (1.1–11.4) 15.7 (12.3–19.8) 13.6 (8.2–21.6)
DeKalb County, GA 1.5 (0.8–2.7) 9.3 (7.4–11.6) 5.2 (4.2–6.5) 5.0 (3.9–6.3) 8.3 (4.8–14.0) 3.9 (1.0–14.0) 9.8 (7.6–12.5) 11.3 (6.0–20.3)
Detroit, MI 1.7 (0.9–3.3) 8.9 (6.2–12.6) 4.8 (3.4–6.7) 4.6 (3.3–6.5) 7.1 (3.5–13.8) 0.0 9.2 (6.4–13.0) 11.1 (6.0–19.5)
District of Columbia 3.2 (2.6–3.9) 15.5 (14.0–17.1) 8.9 (8.1–9.7) 9.0 (8.2–10.0) 7.8 (6.1–10.1) 8.9 (5.8–13.5) 15.5 (13.9–17.2) 15.9 (13.0–19.4)
Duval County, FL 3.1 (2.1–4.5) 7.3 (5.5–9.7) 5.3 (4.3–6.4) 4.3 (3.2–5.7) 9.1 (6.4–12.7) 7.4 (3.9–13.6) 6.8 (5.0–9.2) 15.5 (11.7–20.1)
Ft. Worth, TX 2.9 (2.0–4.1) 6.6 (5.1–8.5) 4.7 (3.8–5.7) 3.9 (3.1–4.9) 10.4 (6.8–15.6) 5.7 (2.3–13.4) 8.8 (7.0–11.1) 18.6 (12.2–27.4)
Houston, TX 2.7 (1.8–4.0) 5.6 (4.1–7.4) 4.2 (3.3–5.3) 3.3 (2.4–4.5) 7.6 (5.1–11.2) 7.1 (2.7–17.3) 8.5 (6.6–11.1) 10.9 (6.6–17.6)
Los Angeles, CA 2.0 (1.0–3.6) 5.3 (3.4–8.2) 3.8 (2.6–5.6) 3.7 (2.5–5.6) 7.4 (4.0–13.5) 0.0 6.8 (4.3–10.6) 18.6 (10.9–30.0)
Miami-Dade County, FL 1.9 (1.2–2.9) 7.2 (5.5–9.5) 4.5 (3.5–5.8) 4.3 (3.2–5.6) 6.4 (3.7–11.1) 10.2 (3.8–24.7) 8.4 (6.4–10.9) 9.2 (5.2–15.8)
New York City, NY 1.4 (1.0–2.0) 7.0 (5.3–9.2) 4.1 (3.2–5.3) 3.7 (2.7–5.0) 6.5 (3.8–10.8) 4.3 (3.0–6.3) 10.4 (8.1–13.3) 11.1 (7.0–17.1)
Oakland, CA 2.2 (1.3–3.6) 7.4 (5.3–10.4) 4.9 (3.7–6.5) 5.0 (3.6–6.8) 5.3 (2.6–10.4) 3.2 (0.7–12.9) 11.6 (8.3–16.0) 10.6 (5.1–20.6)
Orange County, FL 1.8 (1.0–3.2) 6.5 (4.5–9.3) 4.2 (3.1–5.7) 3.9 (2.7–5.6) 7.4 (3.4–15.3) 1.8 (0.2–12.1) 8.4 (5.9–11.9) 12.0 (6.6–20.8)
Palm Beach County, FL 1.3 (0.7–2.5) 6.4 (4.7–8.8) 3.9 (2.9–5.2) 3.5 (2.5–4.7) 3.6 (1.5–8.1) 10.9 (5.6–20.2) 7.4 (5.3–10.2) 12.4 (7.0–21.0)
Philadelphia, PA 2.2 (1.4–3.5) 9.0 (6.5–12.3) 5.5 (4.2–7.1) 5.2 (3.7–7.1) 6.0 (3.4–10.5) 10.3 (3.6–25.8) 10.5 (7.8–13.9) 9.1 (4.1–19.2)
San Diego, CA 1.5 (0.9–2.5) 3.9 (2.9–5.2) 2.7 (2.1–3.5) 2.7 (2.0–3.6) 3.2 (1.5–6.9) 2.7 (0.7–9.9) 4.8 (3.5–6.6) 9.0 (5.0–15.6)
San Francisco, CA 1.8 (1.1–2.9) 5.0 (3.7–6.6) 3.5 (2.7–4.4) 3.2 (2.4–4.2) 4.1 (2.0–8.1) 5.1 (2.0–12.1) 9.2 (6.8–12.3) 14.4 (7.4–26.2)
Shelby County, TN 1.5 (0.7–3.0) 14.9 (11.3–19.4) 7.6 (5.8–9.8) 7.1 (5.4–9.2) 6.7 (2.7–15.5) 1.1 (0.2–6.0) 13.6 (10.6–17.3) 10.3 (5.3–19.1)
Median 1.8 7.3 4.7 4.3 7.1 4.7 9.2 12.2
Range 0.6–3.2 3.9–15.5 2.7–9.0 2.7–9.9 3.2–10.4 0.0–10.9 4.8–15.7 9.0–18.6

* Students who had no sexual contact are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
95% confidence interval.
§ Not available.

TABLE 137. Percentage of high school students who had sexual intercourse with four or more persons during their life, by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts* — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI % CI % CI
Total 7.9 (6.6–9.5) 11.6 (10.0–13.4) 9.7 (8.4–11.3)
Race/Ethnicity
White§ 8.5 (6.7–10.7) 8.6 (7.1–10.5) 8.6 (7.1–10.3)
Black§ 7.0 (5.1–9.7) 23.2 (18.5–28.7) 14.8 (11.7–18.5)
Hispanic 6.8 (4.9–9.4) 12.0 (9.9–14.5) 9.4 (7.5–11.8)
Grade
9 1.8 (1.1–3.0) 6.0 (4.6–7.9) 4.0 (3.0–5.3)
10 5.1 (3.8–6.7) 9.7 (7.6–12.2) 7.3 (5.8–9.2)
11 9.1 (7.0–11.7) 12.2 (10.3–14.4) 10.6 (8.8–12.6)
12 16.5 (13.8–19.5) 19.5 (16.2–23.3) 18.0 (15.5–20.8)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 6.5 (5.5–7.8) 11.5 (9.8–13.5) 9.1 (7.9–10.5)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 15.0 (11.2–19.9) 13.5 (8.8–20.3) 14.7 (11.2–18.9)
Not sure 8.0 (3.6–16.7) 10.7 (5.8–18.8) 9.9 (5.8–16.3)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 12.5 (10.7–14.6) 22.1 (19.3–25.2) 17.7 (15.5–20.1)
Same sex only or both sexes 30.1 (23.2–38.0) 24.2 (16.8–33.6) 28.6 (22.1–36.2)

* Students who had no sexual contact are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
95% confidence interval.
§ Non-Hispanic.

TABLE 138. Percentage of high school students who had sexual intercourse with four or more persons during their life, by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts* — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Same sex only or both sexes
% CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska 10.3 (7.5–13.9) 10.5 (7.6–14.4) 10.4 (8.3–13.0) §
Arizona 6.9 (5.1–9.2) 9.3 (6.8–12.6) 8.1 (6.2–10.5) 7.9 (6.2–10.2) 11.0 (6.3–18.7) 0.3 (0.0–2.8)
Arkansas 10.3 (7.3–14.4) 14.8 (9.2–23.0) 12.7 (8.9–17.9) 12.3 (8.4–17.8) 19.3 (11.6–30.4) 2.8 (0.3–20.5) 23.7 (16.8–32.5) 27.7 (16.2–43.2)
California 4.6 (2.6–8.1) 6.6 (4.9–8.8) 5.7 (4.0–8.0) 5.4 (3.7–7.8) 9.6 (4.2–20.6) 2.7 (0.3–19.6) 11.6 (8.8–15.1) 14.7 (7.3–27.3)
Colorado 6.6 (4.3–10.0) 7.7 (5.6–10.5) 7.1 (5.4–9.3) 6.8 (4.9–9.6) 9.0 (4.8–16.5) 11.8 (5.6–23.1)
Connecticut 5.3 (3.8–7.4) 8.1 (6.6–9.9) 6.7 (5.6–8.1) 6.0 (4.8–7.5) 10.2 (6.2–16.4) 8.1 (3.2–18.9) 12.4 (10.2–15.1) 17.9 (12.2–25.3)
Delaware 8.4 (6.1–11.5) 16.9 (13.7–20.6) 12.4 (10.2–15.1) 12.1 (9.6–15.2) 15.1 (10.6–21.1) 10.6 (3.4–28.5) 20.6 (17.2–24.5) 30.1 (22.3–39.2)
Florida 5.8 (4.7–7.1) 14.1 (12.4–16.1) 9.9 (8.8–11.1) 9.4 (8.4–10.5) 12.7 (10.0–16.1) 13.0 (9.0–18.4) 19.1 (17.4–21.1) 25.1 (19.6–31.6)
Hawaii 4.6 (3.7–5.8) 6.2 (5.2–7.5) 5.4 (4.7–6.3) 5.0 (4.3–5.8) 8.2 (5.6–12.0) 4.1 (2.2–7.3) 13.3 (11.6–15.2) 19.0 (14.5–24.6)
Idaho
Illinois 6.8 (5.2–8.9) 11.5 (9.3–14.1) 9.0 (7.9–10.3) 8.4 (7.3–9.7) 14.7 (9.4–22.2) 7.7 (3.8–14.9) 16.2 (14.1–18.5) 29.9 (23.3–37.6)
Iowa 9.3 (4.7–17.5) 7.4 (5.5–9.7) 8.5 (5.8–12.3) 6.9 (4.8–9.7) 20.3 (10.9–34.7) 17.0 (4.7–46.1) 14.0 (9.2–20.8) 27.6 (16.9–41.7)
Kansas 8.1 (6.0–10.9) 6.6 (5.3–8.3) 7.4 (5.9–9.3)
Kentucky 7.6 (5.0–11.4) 11.7 (8.5–15.8) 9.6 (7.1–12.9) 9.2 (6.8–12.2) 14.5 (7.8–25.1) 7.3 (2.4–20.6) 18.6 (14.7–23.2) 23.7 (15.3–34.8)
Louisiana
Maine 7.8 (6.6–9.1) 7.9 (7.0–9.0) 7.9 (7.0–8.9) 7.3 (6.3–8.3) 12.1 (9.8–14.7) 8.8 (6.3–12.2) 12.9 (11.4–14.6) 26.7 (22.4–31.5)
Maryland 5.6 (5.2–6.0) 9.8 (9.2–10.5) 7.7 (7.3–8.1) 6.9 (6.5–7.4) 11.9 (10.7–13.1) 8.8 (7.2–10.8)
Massachusetts 5.3 (3.8–7.3) 8.1 (6.4–10.1) 6.7 (5.4–8.2) 6.4 (5.1–8.1) 10.0 (7.0–14.1) 2.9 (0.9–9.0) 13.0 (10.6–15.7) 18.6 (13.5–24.9)
Michigan 8.3 (5.8–11.7) 10.0 (6.1–16.0) 9.2 (6.7–12.4) 8.5 (5.7–12.4) 15.3 (9.1–24.5) 12.9 (7.0–22.6) 16.1 (11.6–22.0) 29.3 (19.7–41.3)
Missouri
Montana 12.8 (11.2–14.5) 11.9 (10.3–13.8) 12.4 (11.0–13.9)
Nebraska 5.4 (3.5–8.3) 6.6 (4.1–10.3) 6.0 (4.2–8.5) 5.4 (3.7–7.9) 12.5 (6.1–23.8) 5.5 (1.9–15.1) 13.8 (9.9–18.9) 18.2 (8.6–34.6)
Nevada 8.2 (5.6–12.0) 11.4 (8.5–15.0) 9.8 (7.8–12.4) 9.5 (7.4–12.0) 12.2 (7.2–19.7) 8.7 (3.8–18.5) 20.1 (16.3–24.6) 26.5 (19.1–35.3)
New Hampshire 7.9 (6.9–8.9) 9.1 (8.0–10.4) 8.6 (7.8–9.5) 8.0 (7.1–8.9) 12.2 (10.1–14.8) 11.0 (8.0–14.8) 14.6 (13.2–16.0) 28.2 (24.1–32.7)
New Mexico 7.3 (5.2–10.2) 11.9 (9.5–14.9) 9.6 (7.6–12.1) 9.0 (7.3–10.9) 13.5 (8.8–20.1) 9.3 (4.4–18.4) 19.0 (16.2–22.1) 24.7 (18.0–32.8)
New York 5.6 (4.2–7.3) 7.0 (5.5–8.9) 6.4 (5.0–8.1) 6.0 (4.7–7.7) 8.4 (5.8–12.1) 6.2 (4.2–9.0) 14.0 (11.4–17.0) 21.0 (16.3–26.6)
North Carolina 6.4 (5.2–7.8) 11.4 (8.5–15.0) 8.9 (7.3–10.8) 8.0 (6.4–10.0) 13.7 (9.0–20.3) 14.4 (7.2–26.7) 15.5 (13.0–18.5) 24.0 (17.3–32.2)
North Dakota
Oklahoma 9.5 (6.8–13.2) 13.2 (9.6–17.9) 11.4 (8.4–15.2) 11.3 (8.4–15.0) 14.6 (8.4–24.0) 8.1 (2.1–26.3) 20.0 (15.0–26.2) 24.4 (16.0–35.3)
Pennsylvania 6.6 (5.1–8.4) 11.0 (8.7–13.8) 8.8 (7.3–10.6) 8.3 (6.8–9.9) 13.5 (9.1–19.7) 4.5 (1.8–10.7) 16.0 (13.2–19.3) 24.9 (18.4–32.7)
Rhode Island 6.0 (3.8–9.2) 9.8 (5.7–16.2) 8.1 (5.8–11.1) 7.3 (4.9–10.5) 10.8 (6.1–18.4) 16.4 (6.9–33.9) 15.6 (11.0–21.7) 17.5 (11.2–26.4)
South Carolina 7.4 (5.1–10.6) 11.1 (7.4–16.4) 9.2 (7.1–12.0) 8.5 (6.2–11.6) 11.9 (6.9–19.8) 13.1 (5.0–30.2) 16.4 (12.5–21.3) 20.3 (13.0–30.2)
Tennessee
Texas 7.6 (6.0–9.7) 15.0 (11.7–19.0) 11.2 (9.1–13.8) 11.6 (9.1–14.7) 9.6 (6.1–14.8) 8.0 (3.3–18.0) 22.2 (18.5–26.5) 29.0 (21.4–38.1)
Utah
Vermont 8.5 (7.9–9.1) 9.3 (8.7–9.9) 9.0 (8.6–9.4) 8.3 (7.9–8.8) 14.1 (12.6–15.7) 10.2 (8.3–12.6) 13.9 (13.2–14.6) 29.3 (26.8–32.0)
Virginia
West Virginia 10.2 (7.4–13.9) 12.6 (9.3–16.8) 11.5 (8.8–14.8) 10.9 (8.4–14.0) 15.8 (8.2–28.1) 15.4 (5.9–34.7) 18.5 (14.2–23.6) 29.8 (18.0–45.2)
Wisconsin 6.3 (4.6–8.6) 8.0 (5.7–11.1) 7.2 (5.8–8.9) 6.7 (5.1–8.8) 9.5 (5.3–16.3) 6.1 (2.2–15.8) 12.9 (10.2–16.3) 21.1 (14.4–29.9)
Median 7.3 9.9 8.8 8.0 12.2 8.7 15.8 24.8
Range 4.6–12.8 6.2–16.9 5.4–12.7 5.0–12.3 8.2–20.3 0.3–17.0 11.6–23.7 14.7–30.1
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA 7.2 (5.3–9.7) 17.9 (14.3–22.1) 12.4 (10.1–15.2) 12.1 (9.8–14.8) 14.3 (9.4–21.3) 7.6 (3.0–18.0) 22.2 (17.9–27.1) 33.3 (24.3–43.7)
Broward County, FL 7.2 (4.6–11.2) 10.8 (5.6–19.8) 8.9 (5.5–14.1) 8.4 (4.8–14.2) 12.4 (5.3–26.3) 7.1 (1.7–25.9) 14.6 (8.5–23.9) 23.4 (11.3–42.4)
Chicago, IL 5.4 (3.6–8.0) 15.0 (11.5–19.4) 9.8 (7.6–12.5) 10.1 (7.6–13.4) 10.9 (6.1–18.7) 4.2 (1.0–15.9) 19.7 (15.2–25.3) 20.2 (13.0–30.0)
Cleveland, OH 8.0 (5.7–10.9) 21.9 (18.0–26.3) 14.8 (12.4–17.5) 15.3 (12.6–18.3) 13.3 (8.3–20.7) 12.3 (4.8–28.2) 25.5 (21.2–30.4) 22.2 (14.7–32.2)
DeKalb County, GA 4.6 (3.1–6.7) 14.1 (11.3–17.5) 9.1 (7.4–11.3) 8.0 (6.2–10.2) 16.6 (11.4–23.4) 13.2 (6.3–25.4) 16.3 (13.2–20.0) 27.8 (19.5–38.0)
Detroit, MI 3.8 (2.1–6.6) 16.9 (12.3–22.8) 9.4 (7.1–12.4) 9.6 (7.0–12.9) 10.1 (5.4–18.1) 0.0 20.0 (14.8–26.6) 12.3 (7.5–19.6)
District of Columbia 6.3 (5.5–7.2) 23.0 (21.3–24.8) 14.0 (13.1–15.0) 14.6 (13.5–15.7) 11.9 (9.7–14.5) 10.3 (6.8–15.3) 25.8 (23.9–27.7) 22.6 (19.2–26.4)
Duval County, FL 7.3 (5.8–9.1) 11.9 (9.8–14.4) 9.6 (8.2–11.3) 7.4 (6.1–8.9) 20.6 (16.1–26.0) 11.2 (6.4–18.9) 13.3 (11.0–16.0) 27.4 (22.7–32.7)
Ft. Worth, TX 5.0 (3.9–6.4) 12.0 (10.2–14.0) 8.4 (7.4–9.6) 8.2 (7.1–9.4) 11.9 (8.0–17.3) 7.0 (3.4–14.0) 17.7 (15.3–20.3) 23.8 (17.5–31.5)
Houston, TX 4.9 (4.0–6.1) 14.2 (11.9–16.9) 9.5 (8.2–10.9) 8.6 (7.2–10.3) 11.6 (7.8–16.9) 14.6 (8.5–24.1) 20.0 (17.1–23.3) 28.4 (22.1–35.7)
Los Angeles, CA 4.2 (2.8–6.3) 9.5 (6.9–12.8) 6.9 (5.4–8.9) 6.7 (5.1–8.8) 14.3 (7.4–25.9) 0.0 14.5 (10.9–19.0) 21.4 (11.1–37.2)
Miami-Dade County, FL 6.9 (5.5–8.6) 12.4 (9.7–15.7) 9.6 (8.0–11.5) 9.3 (7.5–11.6) 11.3 (7.7–16.3) 11.6 (4.8–25.4) 17.9 (15.2–21.1) 19.2 (14.3–25.2)
New York City, NY 3.3 (2.6–4.1) 10.1 (8.0–12.7) 6.5 (5.3–8.0) 6.5 (5.1–8.1) 9.2 (7.0–12.0) 4.8 (3.3–7.1) 18.3 (15.7–21.2) 16.6 (13.4–20.5)
Oakland, CA 3.9 (2.6–5.6) 11.8 (9.2–15.2) 7.8 (6.1–9.9) 8.1 (6.3–10.3) 8.3 (5.0–13.6) 3.5 (1.1–10.7) 20.4 (16.5–24.9) 11.1 (6.0–19.7)
Orange County, FL 4.8 (3.3–7.1) 10.8 (7.8–14.9) 7.8 (6.1–10.0) 7.3 (5.4–9.8) 10.4 (6.0–17.6) 5.2 (1.2–20.1) 16.0 (12.3–20.5) 21.8 (14.9–30.8)
Palm Beach County, FL 7.2 (5.2–9.7) 13.9 (11.2–17.2) 10.5 (8.7–12.6) 10.1 (8.3–12.4) 11.8 (7.6–17.7) 11.2 (6.0–20.0) 20.9 (17.3–24.9) 26.8 (19.7–35.3)
Philadelphia, PA 10.3 (6.5–16.0) 16.4 (11.7–22.4) 13.2 (9.1–18.7) 12.3 (8.6–17.4) 17.8 (10.7–28.1) 16.1 (6.5–34.5) 24.9 (18.1–33.2) 36.4 (24.2–50.7)
San Diego, CA 3.7 (2.7–5.1) 8.2 (6.3–10.6) 5.9 (4.8–7.3) 6.0 (4.9–7.4) 7.7 (4.6–12.6) 1.9 (0.3–12.8) 11.0 (8.8–13.5) 20.3 (13.9–28.7)
San Francisco, CA
Shelby County, TN 7.0 (5.1–9.7) 20.6 (17.2–24.5) 13.2 (10.7–16.1) 13.2 (10.8–16.1) 12.7 (8.0–19.6) 4.0 (0.7–20.0) 22.5 (18.5–27.0) 27.3 (18.9–37.6)
Median 5.4 13.9 9.5 8.6 11.9 7.1 19.7 22.6
Range 3.3–10.3 8.2–23.0 5.9–14.8 6.0–15.3 7.7–20.6 0.0–16.1 11.0–25.8 11.1–36.4

* Students who had no sexual contact are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
95% confidence interval.
§ Not available.

TABLE 139. Percentage of high school students who were currently sexually active,* by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI§ % CI % CI
Total 28.8 (26.2–31.5) 28.6 (26.5–30.9) 28.7 (26.6–30.8)
Race/Ethnicity
White 30.0 (26.7–33.6) 27.6 (24.9–30.5) 28.8 (26.2–31.5)
Black 28.4 (24.8–32.2) 34.6 (29.2–40.5) 31.3 (27.7–35.2)
Hispanic 28.2 (24.5–32.4) 30.0 (27.3–32.9) 29.2 (26.3–32.3)
Grade
9 11.7 (9.4–14.5) 14.1 (12.1–16.4) 12.9 (11.3–14.7)
10 24.6 (21.6–28.0) 25.3 (22.1–28.7) 24.9 (22.7–27.4)
11 35.8 (32.1–39.8) 34.7 (31.0–38.5) 35.3 (32.3–38.5)
12 45.1 (40.5–49.8) 43.5 (39.4–47.7) 44.3 (40.6–48.0)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 28.0 (25.2–31.1) 29.1 (26.8–31.5) 28.5 (26.4–30.8)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 36.5 (31.4–41.9) 26.0 (20.2–32.8) 33.7 (29.8–37.8)
Not sure 18.6 (13.8–24.7) 19.1 (10.8–31.7) 19.8 (15.4–25.1)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 57.7 (54.0–61.2) 55.8 (52.9–58.8) 56.7 (54.2–59.1)
Same sex only or both sexes 58.0 (52.0–63.8) 48.0 (39.7–56.4) 55.6 (50.4–60.6)

* Had sexual intercourse with at least one person, during the 3 months before the survey.
Students who had no sexual contact are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
§ 95% confidence interval.
Non-Hispanic.

TABLE 140. Percentage of high school students who were currently sexually active,* by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Same sex only or both sexes
% CI§ % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska 30.9 (25.3–37.1) 19.7 (15.2–25.1) 25.2 (21.0–29.8)
Arizona 24.0 (20.3–28.2) 26.1 (21.6–31.3) 24.9 (21.1–29.2) 24.1 (20.6–28.1) 36.8 (27.7–46.9) 9.4 (4.0–20.5)
Arkansas 31.4 (26.5–36.6) 30.2 (23.2–38.3) 30.9 (26.4–35.8) 29.5 (25.3–34.1) 45.5 (32.9–58.6) 7.2 (1.5–27.8) 58.7 (53.2–63.9) 56.2 (38.7–72.3)
California 20.9 (16.3–26.5) 24.2 (20.0–28.9) 22.5 (18.8–26.8) 22.6 (18.8–26.9) 25.8 (17.5–36.3) 13.1 (4.3–33.9) 50.5 (47.0–54.0) 34.4 (23.2–47.6)
Colorado 24.9 (18.8–32.2) 21.6 (17.5–26.2) 23.4 (19.0–28.4) 23.3 (18.9–28.4) 27.0 (18.6–37.4) 18.2 (6.9–40.2)
Connecticut 26.3 (23.0–29.9) 24.4 (20.4–28.9) 25.3 (22.8–27.9) 24.5 (21.8–27.4) 28.9 (21.4–37.9) 27.4 (20.0–36.4) 50.5 (45.5–55.4) 55.1 (47.0–63.0)
Delaware 34.7 (30.0–39.8) 32.0 (27.8–36.5) 33.4 (29.7–37.2) 32.9 (29.2–36.8) 38.5 (31.1–46.5) 23.6 (12.7–39.7) 58.4 (54.4–62.3) 53.0 (43.3–62.5)
Florida 25.1 (23.2–27.2) 27.7 (25.8–29.6) 26.3 (24.8–27.9) 25.8 (24.3–27.4) 31.5 (28.2–35.0) 23.3 (16.8–31.2) 54.2 (52.0–56.3) 51.5 (46.4–56.5)
Hawaii 21.5 (18.6–24.7) 16.3 (14.1–18.7) 19.2 (17.1–21.4) 18.2 (16.1–20.6) 28.2 (23.1–33.8) 9.1 (5.8–14.0) 50.6 (46.6–54.6) 49.0 (42.2–55.9)
Idaho 25.5 (22.3–28.9) 24.7 (21.0–28.8) 25.0 (22.1–28.2)
Illinois 29.8 (26.9–32.8) 26.5 (22.7–30.8) 28.3 (25.5–31.4) 27.2 (24.0–30.7) 41.4 (31.3–52.3) 17.0 (10.8–25.6) 55.0 (50.3–59.6) 63.3 (54.0–71.7)
Iowa 36.7 (31.4–42.4) 28.3 (23.0–34.4) 32.7 (29.0–36.8) 30.1 (26.8–33.6) 53.9 (37.1–69.8) 43.2 (19.4–70.6) 59.2 (54.5–63.8) 74.2 (62.7–83.2)
Kansas 27.4 (23.8–31.2) 25.3 (20.9–30.2) 26.3 (23.0–29.9)
Kentucky 28.9 (23.7–34.7) 28.8 (22.9–35.4) 29.0 (24.2–34.4) 28.7 (23.5–34.6) 37.4 (29.1–46.5) 14.0 (7.0–25.9) 57.9 (51.2–64.2) 56.9 (48.2–65.2)
Louisiana
Maine 31.1 (28.9–33.3) 26.1 (24.2–28.1) 28.6 (26.8–30.4) 28.6 (26.8–30.6) 31.3 (27.5–35.3) 19.7 (14.8–25.8) 54.6 (52.6–56.7) 52.4 (47.6–57.1)
Maryland 22.2 (21.2–23.3) 21.8 (20.9–22.6) 22.1 (21.3–22.8) 21.2 (20.4–22.0) 29.3 (27.6–31.2) 16.2 (14.0–18.6)
Massachusetts 26.3 (22.7–30.1) 23.7 (20.4–27.4) 25.0 (22.2–28.1) 25.3 (22.5–28.2) 29.7 (23.8–36.4) 9.4 (4.6–18.2) 52.5 (48.8–56.1) 51.3 (42.3–60.2)
Michigan 31.9 (25.7–38.8) 24.7 (19.0–31.4) 28.3 (22.9–34.4) 27.8 (22.0–34.3) 37.4 (31.2–44.1) 25.3 (16.2–37.2) 54.0 (45.7–62.1) 56.1 (46.7–65.1)
Missouri 35.6 (28.1–43.8) 28.9 (25.2–32.8) 32.3 (27.9–37.1)
Montana 34.2 (31.4–37.0) 28.9 (26.1–31.9) 31.6 (29.2–34.0)
Nebraska 20.8 (16.5–25.8) 20.2 (15.9–25.5) 20.5 (17.1–24.5) 20.6 (17.0–24.6) 26.5 (16.9–38.9) 11.0 (4.9–23.1) 49.1 (42.3–56.0) 51.6 (36.2–66.8)
Nevada 26.9 (22.1–32.4) 24.7 (20.6–29.3) 25.9 (22.8–29.2) 25.5 (21.9–29.4) 28.7 (21.7–36.7) 19.7 (11.5–31.8) 57.4 (51.9–62.8) 46.4 (32.8–60.7)
New Hampshire 30.5 (28.6–32.6) 29.0 (27.0–31.1) 29.8 (28.2–31.5) 29.8 (28.1–31.7) 33.8 (30.4–37.4) 19.8 (15.8–24.4) 55.6 (53.6–57.6) 58.4 (53.3–63.3)
New Mexico 27.1 (22.9–31.7) 26.8 (23.6–30.4) 27.0 (23.5–30.7) 26.3 (23.2–29.7) 36.0 (29.4–43.2) 17.7 (11.0–27.2) 57.0 (52.7–61.2) 52.9 (47.1–58.7)
New York 24.5 (21.6–27.6) 19.7 (16.6–23.3) 22.3 (19.5–25.3) 22.0 (19.2–25.2) 28.3 (22.9–34.5) 17.4 (13.4–22.2) 54.8 (50.7–58.8) 50.8 (40.2–61.4)
North Carolina 24.7 (20.8–29.0) 25.8 (21.6–30.6) 25.2 (21.6–29.2) 24.5 (20.9–28.6) 34.9 (28.9–41.5) 15.7 (8.7–26.9) 47.8 (43.1–52.4) 51.5 (42.6–60.3)
North Dakota 27.9 (24.3–31.8) 26.1 (22.8–29.7) 27.0 (24.0–30.3) 27.5 (24.3–31.0) 27.8 (21.4–35.3) 12.4 (6.9–21.3)
Oklahoma 32.9 (28.0–38.3) 24.0 (19.8–28.7) 28.4 (25.2–31.8) 27.7 (24.0–31.6) 41.6 (33.2–50.5) 21.3 (10.9–37.5) 50.8 (46.3–55.3) 53.0 (40.7–64.8)
Pennsylvania 27.8 (24.9–31.0) 26.3 (23.0–29.9) 27.1 (24.6–29.8) 27.3 (24.7–29.9) 29.1 (21.8–37.6) 13.3 (7.5–22.6) 53.9 (49.8–58.1) 49.5 (39.3–59.8)
Rhode Island 24.7 (19.8–30.5) 26.3 (21.7–31.5) 25.5 (21.5–29.9) 25.1 (21.0–29.7) 30.0 (21.0–40.9) 27.8 (17.6–40.9) 52.4 (45.2–59.6) 57.8 (45.0–69.6)
South Carolina 26.1 (21.1–31.9) 23.7 (19.4–28.5) 25.0 (21.4–29.1) 23.9 (20.1–28.2) 35.1 (27.0–44.1) 21.3 (10.8–37.7) 46.7 (41.8–51.7) 52.9 (40.8–64.6)
Tennessee
Texas 26.9 (21.5–33.1) 28.2 (24.1–32.7) 27.5 (23.3–32.2) 28.0 (23.4–33.1) 27.1 (20.5–35.0) 18.3 (10.3–30.5) 57.4 (52.1–62.5) 49.9 (39.3–60.5)
Utah
Vermont 32.4 (31.5–33.4) 28.8 (27.9–29.7) 30.7 (30.1–31.4) 30.7 (30.0–31.4) 34.3 (32.2–36.4) 23.5 (20.6–26.6) 53.9 (52.9–54.9) 55.5 (52.7–58.2)
Virginia
West Virginia 34.6 (29.8–39.7) 32.5 (27.7–37.7) 33.5 (29.4–37.9) 34.0 (29.5–38.9) 32.3 (22.0–44.7) 21.0 (10.7–37.2) 61.5 (56.2–66.5) 45.5 (33.4–58.1)
Wisconsin 25.2 (21.9–28.7) 24.7 (21.4–28.2) 24.9 (22.5–27.4) 25.1 (22.5–28.0) 23.7 (18.4–29.9) 17.8 (9.7–30.2) 50.3 (46.2–54.4) 49.4 (38.1–60.8)
Median 27.1 26.1 26.3 26.1 31.4 18.0 54.1 52.6
Range 20.8–36.7 16.3–32.5 19.2–33.5 18.2–34.0 23.7–53.9 7.2–43.2 46.7–61.5 34.4–74.2
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA 30.5 (26.4–34.9) 30.8 (26.0–35.9) 30.6 (27.2–34.3) 30.7 (27.1–34.6) 36.5 (28.2–45.7) 16.5 (8.5–29.6) 58.4 (53.3–63.3) 53.3 (43.1–63.2)
Broward County, FL 24.1 (17.2–32.6) 26.6 (19.3–35.5) 25.3 (19.8–31.7) 26.7 (20.9–33.3) 22.6 (12.1–38.4) 12.4 (4.0–32.3) 49.6 (40.7–58.6) 40.1 (23.3–59.6)
Chicago, IL 27.8 (23.3–32.9) 29.5 (24.2–35.5) 28.6 (24.5–33.0) 28.8 (24.1–33.9) 33.6 (23.5–45.5) 10.2 (5.0–19.7) 59.9 (53.1–66.3) 47.1 (37.6–56.9)
Cleveland, OH 36.6 (31.5–42.1) 34.0 (28.9–39.4) 35.6 (31.4–39.9) 34.9 (30.3–39.7) 43.6 (34.8–53.0) 29.7 (17.3–46.0) 60.2 (54.7–65.4) 62.2 (52.9–70.6)
DeKalb County, GA 20.6 (16.5–25.5) 25.8 (21.9–30.2) 23.0 (19.6–26.9) 21.2 (17.8–25.1) 36.8 (28.9–45.5) 20.9 (11.6–34.6) 45.3 (39.8–51.0) 49.0 (38.5–59.7)
Detroit, MI 21.7 (15.3–29.8) 27.5 (21.0–35.0) 24.4 (19.4–30.2) 24.3 (19.3–30.1) 27.0 (17.6–39.0) 14.1 (4.7–35.6) 49.0 (40.9–57.2) 42.8 (32.7–53.5)
District of Columbia 26.8 (25.3–28.5) 35.9 (33.9–37.9) 31.1 (29.9–32.4) 31.4 (30.0–32.8) 33.1 (29.8–36.6) 20.8 (16.1–26.5) 57.6 (55.5–59.6) 51.4 (47.3–55.6)
Duval County, FL 24.0 (21.0–27.2) 25.4 (21.9–29.3) 24.7 (22.2–27.5) 22.6 (19.9–25.5) 36.7 (31.5–42.3) 18.3 (10.9–29.2) 43.6 (39.8–47.5) 45.5 (40.4–50.8)
Ft. Worth, TX 23.5 (21.2–25.9) 26.5 (23.9–29.2) 25.0 (23.2–26.9) 24.5 (22.5–26.6) 31.5 (25.5–38.2) 23.2 (15.1–33.9) 55.3 (52.1–58.5) 52.9 (44.2–61.5)
Houston, TX 22.4 (19.7–25.3) 24.7 (21.8–27.9) 23.5 (21.3–25.9) 21.8 (19.5–24.2) 34.6 (29.2–40.4) 24.5 (16.3–35.1) 53.2 (49.4–56.9) 54.3 (46.6–61.7)
Los Angeles, CA
Miami-Dade County, FL 29.7 (25.9–33.8) 27.7 (23.3–32.5) 28.9 (25.5–32.5) 27.7 (24.2–31.6) 39.8 (32.8–47.3) 23.4 (13.0–38.5) 55.1 (50.5–59.6) 52.0 (43.7–60.2)
New York City, NY 16.9 (14.6–19.5) 18.3 (15.5–21.5) 17.7 (15.5–20.1) 16.8 (14.3–19.5) 29.5 (24.9–34.5) 13.8 (11.1–17.0) 50.2 (47.1–53.4) 43.9 (37.1–51.0)
Oakland, CA 18.3 (14.8–22.5) 21.1 (17.5–25.3) 19.7 (16.6–23.3) 19.5 (16.3–23.3) 27.4 (19.6–36.8) 10.4 (4.9–20.6) 50.3 (44.7–55.9) 29.9 (21.3–40.3)
Orange County, FL 21.3 (17.1–26.3) 22.5 (18.1–27.5) 21.9 (18.8–25.5) 21.2 (17.7–25.2) 30.8 (22.3–40.9) 12.6 (4.9–29.0) 47.2 (41.5–53.1) 47.9 (37.2–58.8)
Palm Beach County, FL 23.9 (19.9–28.5) 26.6 (23.3–30.2) 25.2 (22.4–28.3) 24.9 (21.8–28.3) 27.5 (21.0–35.1) 21.6 (13.8–32.3) 54.0 (50.0–58.0) 44.0 (35.5–52.8)
Philadelphia, PA 26.2 (20.5–32.9) 30.4 (23.3–38.6) 28.2 (22.8–34.4) 28.0 (22.1–34.7) 30.5 (21.0–41.9) 20.0 (9.6–37.1) 57.0 (50.2–63.5) 53.7 (38.3–68.4)
San Diego, CA 20.7 (17.3–24.6) 19.9 (17.3–22.7) 20.3 (17.8–23.0) 20.6 (18.0–23.5) 24.2 (18.3–31.2) 8.0 (3.8–16.0) 42.7 (38.7–46.8) 39.4 (29.7–50.0)
San Francisco, CA 13.4 (11.0–16.2) 17.4 (14.9–20.2) 15.4 (13.4–17.6) 15.4 (13.3–17.8) 19.0 (13.1–26.8) 8.5 (4.6–15.5) 49.3 (45.3–53.3) 38.8 (28.8–49.9)
Shelby County, TN 28.1 (23.4–33.3) 33.2 (28.9–37.8) 30.5 (26.6–34.6) 29.6 (25.8–33.7) 36.0 (29.7–42.9) 23.4 (10.5–44.4) 54.3 (48.4–60.0) 56.5 (43.5–68.7)
Median 23.9 26.6 25.0 24.5 31.5 18.3 53.2 47.9
Range 13.4–36.6 17.4–35.9 15.4–35.6 15.4–34.9 19.0–43.6 8.0–29.7 42.7–60.2 29.9–62.2

* Had sexual intercourse with at least one person, during the 3 months before the survey.
Students who had no sexual contact are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
§ 95% confidence interval.
Not available.

TABLE 141. Percentage of high school students who used a condom during last sexual intercourse,* by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI§ % CI % CI
Total 46.9 (43.9–50.0) 61.3 (58.4–64.2) 53.8 (51.4–56.2)
Race/Ethnicity
White 47.0 (43.3–50.8) 61.9 (57.0–66.5) 54.1 (50.2–57.9)
Black 45.8 (38.3–53.4) 57.9 (51.0–64.5) 52.1 (47.1–57.2)
Hispanic 47.1 (39.5–54.9) 62.4 (56.7–67.8) 54.9 (50.3–59.5)
Grade
9 46.8 (36.6–57.4) 61.1 (51.5–70.0) 54.5 (46.9–61.9)
10 52.4 (47.4–57.4) 63.2 (57.6–68.5) 57.8 (54.0–61.4)
11 50.0 (44.1–55.8) 63.1 (57.9–68.0) 56.3 (52.2–60.3)
12 41.3 (36.8–46.0) 59.1 (53.0–64.9) 49.9 (46.1–53.6)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 49.6 (46.3–52.9) 61.8 (58.3–65.1) 56.1 (53.3–58.8)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 37.3 (30.4–44.8) 52.9 (35.6–69.5) 39.9 (32.6–47.8)
Not sure 39.2 (25.5–54.8) —** 44.1 (29.1–60.4)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 50.3 (47.1–53.5) 61.6 (58.2–64.8) 56.3 (53.5–59.0)
Same sex only or both sexes 36.1 (29.3–43.4) 52.0 (33.6–69.9) 39.7 (33.5–46.3)

* Among the 28.7% of students nationwide who were currently sexually active.
Male and female students who had no sexual contact and female students who had sexual contact with only females are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
§ 95% confidence interval.
Non-Hispanic.
** Not available.

TABLE 142. Percentage of high school students who used a condom during last sexual intercourse,* by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Same sex only or both sexes
% CI§ % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska 54.8 (45.3–63.9) 59.9 (49.4–69.6) 56.7 (50.0–63.1)
Arizona 51.3 (39.2–63.3) 54.2 (43.4–64.6) 52.6 (44.0–61.1) 52.3 (42.5–61.9) 53.6 (34.5–71.8)
Arkansas 47.3 (36.4–58.4) 50.2 (37.6–62.7) 48.7 (39.9–57.6) 51.2 (42.3–60.1) 33.4 (16.6–55.8) 52.1 (41.7–62.3) 28.7 (16.3–45.5)
California 45.0 (35.1–55.4) 63.3 (54.2–71.6) 54.8 (48.0–61.5) 58.9 (50.9–66.4) 58.4 (50.6–65.9)
Colorado 54.5 (41.5–66.8) 65.3 (55.6–73.9) 59.3 (51.4–66.8) 61.1 (52.9–68.7)
Connecticut 52.0 (46.0–58.0) 59.7 (53.9–65.2) 55.7 (51.7–59.6) 58.7 (53.5–63.7) 38.8 (23.2–57.0) 59.2 (53.9–64.2) 38.1 (23.8–54.7)
Delaware 45.4 (38.8–52.3) 61.8 (56.4–67.0) 52.7 (47.9–57.3) 56.0 (50.8–61.2) 44.1 (31.2–57.8) 54.7 (49.6–59.7) 52.3 (37.9–66.3)
Florida 52.0 (47.8–56.2) 63.1 (59.4–66.6) 57.4 (54.5–60.3) 61.0 (57.9–64.0) 41.1 (33.8–48.7) 32.2 (20.0–47.4) 61.5 (58.4–64.5) 38.4 (30.2–47.3)
Hawaii 41.2 (33.8–49.0) 44.8 (38.0–51.7) 42.7 (36.8–48.8) 45.3 (39.1–51.7) 27.6 (19.6–37.5) 40.0 (21.1–62.5) 45.7 (39.5–52.0) 29.0 (18.3–42.6)
Idaho 45.7 (37.8–53.9) 61.8 (53.5–69.5) 53.7 (48.4–59.0)
Illinois 46.7 (40.3–53.2) 58.8 (52.2–65.2) 52.6 (48.6–56.6) 55.7 (52.0–59.3) 38.0 (27.2–50.1) 54.9 (50.8–59.1) 38.0 (29.9–46.7)
Iowa 49.5 (38.1–61.0) 57.4 (44.9–68.9) 52.8 (41.8–63.4) 58.6 (45.7–70.4) 28.1 (14.2–47.9) 56.2 (43.9–67.7) 29.3 (12.5–54.7)
Kansas 52.9 (43.5–62.0) 62.5 (52.5–71.5) 57.6 (49.1–65.6)
Kentucky 44.3 (37.0–52.0) 53.3 (44.8–61.6) 48.7 (41.8–55.7) 51.8 (44.1–59.3) 28.2 (17.1–42.8) 52.1 (44.2–59.9) 26.1 (16.8–38.2)
Louisiana
Maine 52.4 (48.4–56.4) 60.3 (56.6–63.9) 56.0 (53.4–58.6) 58.1 (55.4–60.7) 42.8 (36.1–49.7) 46.0 (31.8–60.8) 58.8 (55.9–61.6) 40.5 (34.4–46.8)
Maryland 50.7 (48.9–52.4) 64.2 (62.3–66.0) 56.9 (55.6–58.2) 59.5 (58.0–61.1) 44.4 (40.9–48.0) 45.4 (38.2–52.8)
Massachusetts 54.6 (48.6–60.5) 61.7 (56.1–67.0) 57.8 (53.1–62.3) 60.0 (55.0–64.9) 39.8 (27.5–53.5) 60.4 (55.8–64.9) 48.9 (36.2–61.7)
Michigan 47.1 (38.3–56.0) 52.3 (43.3–61.1) 49.3 (42.9–55.8) 51.4 (44.5–58.2) 35.6 (20.3–54.5) 51.7 (45.6–57.8) 36.4 (19.7–57.2)
Missouri 49.5 (40.8–58.2) 53.0 (42.6–63.1) 51.0 (45.0–57.0)
Montana 50.7 (47.2–54.2) 60.9 (56.4–65.2) 55.4 (52.5–58.3)
Nebraska 44.6 (33.6–56.0) 62.6 (52.1–72.0) 53.3 (46.1–60.3) 54.3 (46.7–61.8) 55.1 (47.6–62.5)
Nevada 53.1 (47.6–58.5) 55.8 (46.8–64.4) 54.4 (49.4–59.4) 57.0 (51.3–62.6) 35.6 (25.5–47.1) 57.6 (52.9–62.1) 38.5 (21.8–58.4)
New Hampshire 55.4 (52.4–58.4) 63.7 (60.5–66.7) 59.5 (57.3–61.6) 62.3 (60.0–64.5) 42.8 (36.0–49.8) 44.4 (34.5–54.7) 61.9 (59.7–64.2) 42.6 (35.9–49.7)
New Mexico 47.4 (39.8–55.2) 56.6 (51.6–61.4) 51.7 (46.2–57.1) 54.9 (49.5–60.2) 37.2 (28.7–46.7) 54.3 (49.0–59.4) 36.2 (25.1–49.0)
New York 53.6 (48.3–58.8) 66.2 (59.0–72.6) 58.6 (53.8–63.3) 61.6 (56.3–66.7) 45.2 (31.5–59.6) 45.3 (32.7–58.5) 62.0 (56.9–66.9) 46.5 (34.7–58.7)
North Carolina 46.7 (41.4–52.2) 60.7 (51.8–68.9) 53.7 (47.8–59.5) 56.9 (49.6–64.0) 32.6 (22.0–45.2) 57.2 (50.3–63.9) 34.9 (24.4–47.2)
North Dakota 60.6 (54.9–65.9) 71.4 (64.5–77.5) 65.6 (61.1–69.9) 66.9 (62.5–71.0) 45.7 (30.9–61.2)
Oklahoma 46.7 (37.9–55.8) 53.8 (45.1–62.2) 49.8 (43.1–56.4) 52.5 (45.5–59.5) 38.2 (22.0–57.5) 51.6 (44.4–58.7) 31.2 (15.4–52.9)
Pennsylvania 56.9 (50.9–62.7) 62.3 (54.9–69.2) 59.4 (55.1–63.4) 61.6 (57.2–65.9) 37.7 (22.5–55.7) 61.5 (56.9–65.9) 41.2 (26.9–57.2)
Rhode Island 54.2 (44.5–63.6) 62.0 (54.7–68.9) 57.8 (51.5–63.9) 59.3 (54.4–64.0) 62.0 (38.2–81.2) 59.3 (53.6–64.7) 54.6 (33.3–74.4)
South Carolina 48.6 (36.8–60.6) 54.1 (42.7–65.0) 50.9 (43.3–58.4) 52.3 (43.7–60.8) 49.2 (28.7–70.0) 52.3 (43.9–60.6) 47.9 (28.2–68.2)
Tennessee
Texas 42.6 (37.1–48.3) 52.6 (45.8–59.4) 47.6 (42.7–52.6) 49.5 (43.5–55.4) 34.7 (22.6–49.2) 50.8 (45.0–56.5) 25.9 (15.2–40.5)
Utah
Vermont 52.1 (50.3–53.9) 61.1 (59.2–62.9) 56.2 (54.9–57.4) 58.0 (56.6–59.4) 45.6 (41.8–49.5) 43.2 (36.1–50.6) 58.6 (57.3–60.0) 42.8 (38.8–46.8)
Virginia
West Virginia 48.1 (39.9–56.5) 53.8 (45.9–61.5) 50.7 (45.5–55.9) 52.0 (45.6–58.4) 35.5 (19.7–55.3) 51.9 (45.2–58.4) 39.7 (21.4–61.4)
Wisconsin 56.1 (49.7–62.2) 69.8 (60.9–77.3) 62.8 (56.8–68.4) 63.4 (56.7–69.7) 55.3 (39.0–70.5) 64.1 (57.5–70.3) 58.7 (48.1–68.6)
Median 50.7 60.7 54.4 57.5 38.8 44.4 56.7 38.4
Range 41.2–60.6 44.8–71.4 42.7–65.6 45.3–66.9 27.6–62.0 32.2–46.0 45.7–64.1 25.9–58.7
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA 41.9 (34.8–49.3) 63.9 (56.6–70.6) 52.2 (46.7–57.7) 54.1 (48.3–59.8) 39.1 (25.5–54.5) 56.8 (50.5–62.8) 33.8 (20.6–50.3)
Broward County, FL 37.9 (25.2–52.5) 74.4 (57.9–86.0) 56.3 (43.3–68.4) 59.8 (46.0–72.3) 60.5 (47.5–72.3)
Chicago, IL 48.1 (40.0–56.3) 59.5 (51.6–66.9) 53.5 (47.2–59.6) 55.4 (48.8–61.8) 44.3 (27.7–62.2) 55.4 (48.5–62.2) 41.8 (25.0–60.7)
Cleveland, OH 44.3 (35.9–53.1) 60.5 (51.2–69.1) 51.7 (45.4–58.0) 57.1 (50.0–63.9) 30.6 (18.7–45.8) 57.5 (50.6–64.0) 39.2 (25.4–55.0)
DeKalb County, GA 46.0 (36.6–55.7) 74.9 (67.5–81.1) 60.7 (54.6–66.6) 65.6 (58.8–71.8) 35.6 (21.5–52.9) 65.7 (58.9–71.9) 40.3 (25.6–57.0)
Detroit, MI 45.8 (37.9–54.0) 58.2 (50.0–66.0) 64.5 (56.6–71.6) 61.6 (52.6–69.9) 46.3 (28.1–65.6)
District of Columbia 48.7 (45.1–52.3) 72.2 (68.7–75.4) 61.2 (58.6–63.7) 64.8 (62.0–67.6) 43.2 (37.0–49.7) 49.9 (35.6–64.2) 64.6 (61.7–67.3) 51.3 (44.0–58.6)
Duval County, FL 51.9 (45.6–58.1) 61.9 (55.7–67.7) 56.4 (52.0–60.7) 61.5 (56.9–66.0) 39.4 (29.9–49.7) 61.5 (56.9–66.0) 44.5 (35.6–53.7)
Ft. Worth, TX 48.5 (42.2–55.0) 62.4 (56.7–67.7) 55.6 (51.2–59.9) 57.2 (52.4–61.7) 41.2 (29.9–53.6) 57.0 (52.2–61.7) 49.0 (37.8–60.4)
Houston, TX 43.8 (37.4–50.4) 64.8 (58.3–70.9) 54.7 (50.3–59.1) 57.8 (53.0–62.6) 39.3 (28.8–50.9) 57.8 (52.4–62.9) 41.8 (30.9–53.6)
Los Angeles, CA
Miami-Dade County, FL 56.0 (51.3–60.7) 70.5 (63.9–76.3) 62.7 (58.8–66.4) 63.5 (59.5–67.3) 57.9 (47.2–67.9) 65.1 (61.2–68.7) 44.6 (32.2–57.8)
New York City, NY 50.0 (46.0–54.1) 66.5 (62.5–70.3) 57.4 (54.3–60.5) 61.2 (57.5–64.8) 47.9 (38.4–57.5) 48.5 (35.4–61.8) 60.8 (57.6–63.9) 49.9 (39.5–60.4)
Oakland, CA 34.5 (27.0–42.8) 53.2 (44.1–62.1) 45.0 (38.4–51.8) 47.6 (40.4–54.9) 32.0 (19.2–48.1) 45.2 (38.1–52.5)
Orange County, FL 56.2 (46.1–65.8) 58.8 (48.1–68.7) 57.7 (50.2–64.8) 59.8 (51.4–67.6) 48.6 (29.4–68.1) 58.4 (50.1–66.3) 57.3 (41.0–72.1)
Palm Beach County, FL 59.7 (52.6–66.4) 69.3 (62.7–75.3) 64.5 (59.3–69.4) 64.5 (58.6–70.0) 59.8 (44.9–73.1) 65.8 (60.0–71.2) 54.1 (38.2–69.2)
Philadelphia, PA 41.3 (33.2–49.9) 68.3 (57.6–77.4) 55.2 (47.9–62.3) 57.9 (49.7–65.7) 38.8 (23.7–56.3) 57.7 (49.0–65.9) 36.0 (20.9–54.4)
San Diego, CA 50.2 (42.5–57.9) 61.9 (53.1–69.9) 55.8 (49.6–61.8) 56.2 (49.8–62.3) 52.4 (39.3–65.1) 56.3 (49.8–62.5) 56.7 (37.2–74.2)
San Francisco, CA 48.3 (39.3–57.5) 57.2 (46.8–67.0) 52.9 (45.4–60.3) 54.2 (45.9–62.2) 53.2 (36.6–69.2) 55.4 (46.8–63.7) 51.7 (35.5–67.5)
Shelby County, TN 47.9 (39.7–56.2) 72.0 (62.8–79.6) 59.4 (52.8–65.7) 62.1 (54.6–69.1) 48.1 (35.7–60.7) 61.5 (54.1–68.4) 56.2 (40.9–70.3)
Median 48.1 64.3 56.3 59.8 43.2 58.4 46.3
Range 34.5–59.7 53.2–74.9 45.0–64.5 47.6–65.6 30.6–59.8 45.2–65.8 33.8–57.3

* Among students who were currently sexually active.
Male and female students who had no sexual contact and female students who had sexual contact with only females are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
§ 95% confidence interval.
Not available.

TABLE 143. Percentage of high school students who used birth control pills before last sexual intercourse,* by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI§ % CI % CI
Total 22.4 (19.6–25.5) 19.0 (16.3–22.0) 20.7 (18.8–22.7)
Race/Ethnicity
White 29.6 (25.3–34.3) 24.5 (20.6–28.9) 27.1 (24.5–30.0)
Black 11.2 (7.7–16.2) 15.1 (10.7–21.0) 13.2 (10.4–16.7)
Hispanic 12.0 (8.4–17.0) 12.1 (9.1–15.8) 12.1 (9.7–15.1)
Grade
9 10.0 (6.3–15.5) 7.2 (4.0–12.6) 8.6 (5.9–12.3)
10 17.4 (12.9–22.9) 16.7 (12.3–22.3) 17.0 (13.8–20.8)
11 19.9 (16.5–23.7) 21.5 (16.9–27.1) 20.6 (18.0–23.5)
12 31.4 (26.3–36.9) 22.8 (18.0–28.4) 27.2 (23.5–31.4)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 24.2 (21.1–27.6) 19.5 (16.6–22.8) 21.7 (19.5–23.9)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 16.2 (11.3–22.7) 10.5 (4.9–20.9) 15.4 (11.4–20.4)
Not sure 12.4 (3.6–34.6) 8.4 (1.8–31.1) 10.2 (3.6–26.0)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 24.2 (21.1–27.5) 19.7 (16.8–23.0) 21.8 (19.8–24.0)
Both sexes 17.7 (11.5–26.4) 13.0 (7.2–22.3) 17.0 (11.7–24.2)

* To prevent pregnancy, among the 28.7% of students nationwide who were currently sexually active.
Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
§ 95% confidence interval.
Non-Hispanic.

TABLE 144. Percentage of high school students who used birth control pills before last sexual intercourse,* by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Both sexes
% CI§ % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska 16.7 (10.0–26.7) 19.6 (13.6–27.5) 17.8 (13.2–23.7)
Arizona 19.8 (11.2–32.6) 19.5 (11.6–30.8) 19.6 (12.3–29.6) 20.5 (12.6–31.5) 14.9 (6.3–31.4)
Arkansas 19.1 (13.1–26.9) 16.1 (10.7–23.5) 17.5 (13.7–22.2) 15.9 (12.9–19.6) 26.6 (15.2–42.4) 17.2 (12.2–23.5) 27.6 (16.2–42.8)
California 24.3 (16.3–34.5) 14.4 (8.0–24.6) 18.9 (12.7–27.0) 19.4 (13.2–27.7) 18.7 (12.2–27.6)
Colorado 22.2 (14.2–33.1) 13.6 (5.9–28.5) 18.4 (12.7–25.9) 18.0 (11.6–26.7)
Connecticut 30.7 (25.3–36.8) 28.4 (21.0–37.2) 29.6 (24.1–35.8) 30.7 (25.5–36.5) 25.3 (12.0–45.7) 31.3 (26.1–36.9) 26.4 (12.3–47.9)
Delaware 23.2 (18.4–28.8) 15.1 (11.8–19.1) 19.2 (16.2–22.6) 20.8 (17.3–24.7) 11.9 (6.0–22.2) 20.4 (17.0–24.3) 16.7 (7.1–34.5)
Florida 20.1 (16.6–24.2) 13.4 (11.0–16.1) 16.6 (14.3–19.3) 17.0 (14.6–19.7) 13.9 (8.5–22.0) 19.2 (9.7–34.4) 16.9 (14.3–19.8) 16.7 (11.5–23.7)
Hawaii 15.9 (13.0–19.3) 16.1 (11.6–22.0) 15.9 (13.3–18.9) 16.1 (13.2–19.5) 12.5 (5.2–27.1) 18.3 (8.4–35.5) 14.7 (11.7–18.3) 24.9 (11.8–45.1)
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa 30.0 (23.2–37.9) 16.7 (11.4–23.9) 24.2 (18.5–31.0) 26.6 (20.6–33.5) 11.7 (3.5–33.1) 25.1 (18.7–32.7) 23.2 (12.2–39.6)
Kansas 32.5 (26.0–39.7) 22.6 (16.1–30.7) 27.7 (23.3–32.5)
Kentucky 27.9 (22.5–34.0) 19.8 (14.2–26.9) 24.5 (20.6–28.9) 24.6 (20.2–29.7) 27.2 (17.9–39.1) 24.0 (19.8–28.9) 26.1 (15.4–40.8)
Louisiana
Maine 36.9 (33.6–40.2) 27.2 (24.2–30.5) 32.3 (29.6–35.2) 34.4 (31.7–37.2) 19.8 (13.7–27.8) 18.9 (9.2–34.7) 33.7 (30.7–36.8) 24.7 (17.8–33.3)
Maryland 23.1 (21.4–24.8) 17.2 (15.8–18.7) 20.2 (19.1–21.4) 21.2 (20.0–22.5) 16.0 (13.6–18.8) 17.1 (12.0–23.9)
Massachusetts 39.0 (32.9–45.4) 29.6 (22.1–38.4) 34.8 (30.0–39.9) 37.6 (32.2–43.3) 16.0 (9.3–26.1) 37.0 (31.9–42.5) 28.0 (16.8–42.9)
Michigan 28.0 (21.4–35.6) 18.8 (12.6–26.9) 23.9 (19.1–29.5) 25.4 (19.9–31.9) 8.6 (3.4–20.5) 24.3 (18.6–31.1) 23.7 (9.9–46.7)
Missouri 27.4 (21.6–34.2) 18.9 (12.4–27.7) 23.7 (18.9–29.3)
Montana 29.4 (24.8–34.5) 21.1 (18.2–24.5) 25.4 (22.3–28.9)
Nebraska 26.9 (18.5–37.4) 15.2 (10.4–21.8) 21.2 (16.5–26.9) 22.5 (17.1–29.0) 11.1 (3.0–33.7) 22.1 (16.9–28.4)
Nevada 16.6 (11.2–24.0) 12.9 (7.3–21.9) 14.7 (9.5–22.1) 16.8 (10.5–26.0) 5.9 (1.6–19.2) 15.7 (10.1–23.6) 11.3 (4.8–24.3)
New Hampshire 36.5 (33.6–39.5) 24.5 (21.9–27.2) 30.4 (28.3–32.6) 31.8 (29.5–34.1) 23.5 (18.2–29.6) 21.0 (12.5–33.0) 32.0 (29.8–34.3) 21.0 (15.9–27.2)
New Mexico 16.5 (13.7–19.7) 17.5 (14.8–20.5) 16.9 (15.2–18.8) 18.6 (16.9–20.4) 10.0 (5.3–17.9) 18.0 (15.9–20.2) 12.1 (7.2–19.7)
New York 30.1 (24.6–36.2) 16.6 (11.0–24.4) 24.6 (20.9–28.7) 25.6 (20.7–31.3) 21.0 (13.2–31.6) 20.1 (8.4–40.9) 25.6 (21.6–30.0) 26.1 (14.3–42.8)
North Carolina 22.8 (15.2–32.8) 16.6 (11.7–23.0) 19.6 (14.3–26.3) 20.7 (15.2–27.6) 13.0 (7.1–22.5) 21.8 (15.9–29.1) 10.2 (4.2–22.7)
North Dakota 22.8 (18.3–27.9) 19.1 (14.0–25.5) 20.9 (16.9–25.4) 21.7 (17.4–26.8) 14.0 (6.8–26.7)
Oklahoma 18.0 (12.1–26.0) 19.4 (11.4–31.1) 18.6 (13.0–25.8) 19.0 (13.1–26.8) 16.6 (6.8–35.1) 18.2 (12.5–25.8) 25.1 (9.8–50.7)
Pennsylvania 25.6 (21.0–30.7) 21.8 (16.8–27.9) 23.6 (20.2–27.5) 25.0 (21.1–29.3) 13.1 (6.8–23.7) 25.1 (21.5–29.2) 15.7 (7.6–29.8)
Rhode Island 38.4 (29.9–47.7) 20.8 (15.4–27.4) 29.4 (23.1–36.7) 31.0 (24.3–38.6) 21.8 (10.6–39.6) 30.4 (22.2–40.0) 25.4 (11.9–46.3)
South Carolina 22.5 (13.1–35.7) 19.2 (10.8–31.9) 21.1 (13.9–30.5) 23.4 (15.4–34.0) 9.1 (2.4–29.3) 24.6 (16.4–35.1) 2.8 (0.3–23.0)
Tennessee
Texas 17.0 (11.3–24.8) 11.3 (7.3–17.0) 14.1 (10.6–18.5) 15.2 (11.6–19.8) 6.4 (1.3–26.5) 15.0 (11.3–19.7) 10.1 (3.2–27.8)
Utah
Vermont 36.3 (34.5–38.0) 26.9 (25.2–28.7) 31.8 (30.6–33.0) 33.5 (32.2–34.9) 21.6 (18.5–25.1) 22.5 (16.8–29.5) 33.7 (32.4–35.1) 19.9 (16.7–23.6)
Virginia
West Virginia 30.9 (22.1–41.3) 19.1 (13.9–25.7) 25.4 (20.2–31.5) 27.3 (21.6–33.9) 8.5 (3.9–17.4) 26.9 (21.0–33.8) 8.8 (2.7–25.4)
Wisconsin 29.7 (22.2–38.6) 22.4 (15.0–32.0) 26.0 (20.6–32.3) 26.4 (20.5–33.1) 20.0 (9.5–37.4) 27.1 (21.8–33.1) 24.8 (10.2–48.9)
Median 25.6 19.1 21.2 22.5 14.0 19.2 24.3 23.2
Range 15.9–39.0 11.3–29.6 14.1–34.8 15.2–37.6 5.9–27.2 17.1–22.5 14.7–37.0 2.8–28.0
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA 19.9 (14.7–26.3) 15.8 (10.2–23.6) 18.3 (14.5–22.9) 19.6 (15.2–25.0) 12.6 (4.6–30.1) 18.6 (14.2–24.0)
Broward County, FL 16.4 (8.5–29.2) 16.2 (6.8–34.0) 16.3 (9.5–26.4) 15.1 (8.2–26.2) 15.5 (8.4–26.8)
Chicago, IL 18.0 (12.6–25.0) 10.9 (6.3–18.4) 14.6 (10.3–20.3) 13.9 (9.8–19.3) 18.4 (5.6–46.3) 14.7 (10.6–20.2) 19.7 (7.5–42.8)
Cleveland, OH 15.0 (10.2–21.6) 12.1 (7.3–19.4) 13.5 (10.0–18.1) 14.7 (10.8–19.8) 9.0 (3.8–19.8) 16.1 (11.9–21.6) 7.6 (2.8–18.9)
DeKalb County, GA 9.9 (5.2–17.9) 8.6 (4.9–14.9) 9.2 (5.6–14.8) 10.6 (6.0–18.0) 6.5 (2.3–17.1) 10.8 (6.4–17.5) 4.5 (0.8–20.9)
Detroit, MI 16.7 (10.5–25.6) 12.5 (8.5–18.2) 13.4 (9.0–19.5) 12.4 (7.9–19.1)
District of Columbia 10.0 (8.0–12.4) 7.4 (5.6–9.6) 8.6 (7.2–10.2) 9.3 (7.8–11.2) 3.9 (2.0–7.5) 8.5 (3.5–19.3) 8.0 (6.6–9.7) 10.2 (6.5–15.6)
Duval County, FL 20.5 (15.6–26.3) 16.0 (11.5–21.9) 18.3 (14.8–22.3) 18.9 (15.2–23.2) 17.0 (10.7–25.9) 19.6 (15.9–24.0) 16.8 (10.3–26.0)
Ft. Worth, TX 13.4 (9.8–18.2) 12.0 (8.8–16.3) 12.8 (10.2–16.0) 13.6 (10.7–17.1) 5.1 (1.5–15.5) 13.6 (10.6–17.2) 6.8 (1.9–20.9)
Houston, TX 11.2 (8.1–15.3) 10.3 (6.7–15.4) 10.7 (8.1–14.1) 10.4 (7.5–14.3) 7.9 (4.4–14.0) 11.5 (8.3–15.6) 6.8 (3.4–13.3)
Los Angeles, CA
Miami-Dade County, FL 14.7 (11.2–19.1) 7.9 (5.4–11.2) 11.6 (9.3–14.3) 11.7 (9.2–14.9) 10.8 (5.7–19.6) 11.9 (9.4–15.0) 13.2 (6.5–24.9)
New York City, NY 14.4 (11.1–18.4) 12.5 (9.4–16.6) 13.8 (11.9–16.0) 12.3 (9.8–15.5) 15.1 (10.7–20.7) 21.4 (13.4–32.4) 13.2 (10.9–15.8) 20.7 (13.8–29.9)
Oakland, CA
Orange County, FL 9.3 (5.6–15.1) 10.0 (5.6–17.2) 9.6 (6.6–13.7) 11.0 (7.6–15.7) 2.7 (0.4–17.8) 11.3 (7.9–15.9)
Palm Beach County, FL 20.1 (14.7–27.0) 10.5 (6.6–16.4) 15.2 (11.7–19.6) 15.7 (12.0–20.2) 15.0 (6.1–32.5) 16.0 (12.1–20.8) 11.3 (3.8–29.1)
Philadelphia, PA 16.3 (10.7–24.1) 10.9 (5.1–21.8) 13.5 (9.5–18.9) 12.0 (7.7–18.2) 16.1 (6.1–36.1) 13.7 (9.6–19.3) 16.7 (6.5–36.4)
San Diego, CA 26.1 (20.4–32.7) 19.9 (14.4–27.0) 23.1 (19.1–27.7) 25.0 (20.6–30.1) 7.7 (2.9–18.6) 25.3 (21.0–30.1) 13.7 (4.4–35.2)
San Francisco, CA 13.4 (8.2–21.1) 14.2 (9.3–21.2) 14.1 (10.5–18.7) 14.6 (10.8–19.6) 7.9 (1.8–28.3) 14.7 (10.6–20.0)
Shelby County, TN 9.2 (4.9–16.5) 10.9 (6.6–17.3) 10.0 (6.7–14.5) 10.8 (7.0–16.3) 2.4 (0.8–6.4) 10.7 (7.1–16.0) 0.8 (0.1–5.8)
Median 14.8 10.9 13.5 13.5 8.5 13.7 11.3
Range 9.2–26.1 7.4–19.9 8.6–23.1 9.3–25.0 2.4–18.4 8.0–25.3 0.8–20.7

* To prevent pregnancy, among students who were currently sexually active.
Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
§ 95% confidence interval.
Not available.

TABLE 145. Percentage of high school students who used an IUD* or implant before last sexual intercourse,§ by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI** % CI % CI
Total 5.3 (3.7–7.7) 2.7 (1.8–3.9) 4.1 (3.0–5.5)
Race/Ethnicity
White†† 6.2 (4.1–9.3) 3.4 (2.2–5.2) 4.9 (3.5–6.8)
Black†† 3.9 (1.6–9.1) 2.6 (1.0–6.6) 3.3 (1.5–7.0)
Hispanic 4.4 (2.0–9.4) 0.1 (0.0–0.5) 2.2 (1.1–4.6)
Grade
9 3.6 (0.9–13.9) 1.0 (0.2–4.1) 2.2 (0.7–6.6)
10 5.1 (2.6–9.9) 1.9 (0.7–5.5) 3.6 (2.0–6.4)
11 5.4 (3.0–9.3) 3.3 (1.7–6.2) 4.4 (2.8–6.7)
12 6.0 (3.9–9.2) 3.2 (1.9–5.2) 4.6 (3.2–6.6)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 5.5 (3.8–8.0) 2.6 (1.8–3.9) 4.0 (2.9–5.5)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 4.9 (2.6–9.0) 0.0 4.1 (2.2–7.6)
Not sure 3.4 (0.9–12.3) 13.0 (4.8–30.8) 6.2 (3.0–12.5)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 5.4 (3.7–7.7) 2.7 (1.9–4.0) 4.0 (2.9–5.4)
Both sexes 6.2 (3.3–11.1) 4.2 (0.8–19.5) 5.9 (3.2–10.5)

* Such as Mirena or ParaGard.
Such as Implanon or Nexplanon.
§ To prevent pregnancy, among the 28.7% of students nationwide who were currently sexually active.
Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
** 95% confidence interval.
†† Non-Hispanic.

TABLE 146. Percentage of high school students who used an IUD* or implant before last sexual intercourse,§ by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Both sexes
% CI** % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska 13.7 (9.5–19.4) 6.3 (3.0–12.6) 10.7 (7.3–15.5) ††
Arizona 4.0 (1.3–11.7) 3.1 (1.1–8.8) 3.5 (1.7–7.2) 3.9 (1.7–8.8) 1.7 (0.2–12.7)
Arkansas 8.6 (4.1–17.2) 4.4 (0.7–22.2) 6.6 (2.7–15.1) 6.6 (2.3–17.3) 7.5 (3.7–14.4) 6.6 (2.3–17.4) 11.7 (5.5–23.1)
California 7.7 (3.8–14.9) 3.9 (1.5–9.9) 6.3 (3.3–11.6) 6.0 (2.9–11.8) 4.9 (2.0–11.2)
Colorado 17.1 (10.1–27.4) 5.7 (2.5–12.3) 11.7 (8.0–17.0) 13.0 (8.7–19.1)
Connecticut 3.0 (1.3–6.7) 0.7 (0.1–4.6) 1.9 (0.8–4.3) 1.6 (0.6–4.4) 0.8 (0.1–6.5) 1.6 (0.6–4.1) 4.8 (1.1–19.4)
Delaware 7.9 (4.7–12.9) 3.8 (1.9–7.7) 6.0 (4.0–9.0) 6.0 (3.9–9.0) 5.9 (2.6–12.9) 6.4 (4.1–9.8) 2.2 (0.7–6.9)
Florida 1.9 (1.1–3.2) 1.9 (1.0–3.5) 1.9 (1.2–2.8) 1.5 (0.9–2.4) 1.5 (0.4–4.6) 7.7 (2.4–22.3) 1.5 (0.9–2.4) 4.5 (1.9–10.5)
Hawaii 8.8 (5.4–14.1) 6.4 (4.2–9.7) 7.9 (5.6–11.2) 8.0 (5.4–11.7) 7.7 (3.4–16.3) 14.7 (4.6–38.2) 8.7 (6.1–12.4) 6.1 (1.5–21.8)
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa 12.7 (8.0–19.5) 9.9 (4.5–20.4) 11.6 (7.8–17.0) 11.2 (6.0–19.9) 6.9 (1.5–26.7) 12.2 (7.6–19.0) 8.3 (2.6–23.7)
Kansas 6.1 (3.8–9.6) 2.2 (0.6–7.7) 4.2 (2.6–6.8)
Kentucky 10.1 (5.7–17.5) 5.1 (2.5–10.5) 7.7 (4.5–12.8) 7.5 (4.1–13.2) 9.1 (3.3–22.7) 7.6 (4.1–13.6) 7.5 (1.7–27.9)
Louisiana
Maine 11.2 (9.5–13.3) 8.4 (6.4–11.0) 9.9 (8.6–11.3) 10.0 (8.6–11.6) 9.7 (6.0–15.4) 3.2 (0.7–13.1) 10.0 (8.6–11.7) 13.4 (10.0–17.7)
Maryland 5.1 (4.4–6.0) 2.1 (1.6–2.7) 3.7 (3.2–4.3) 3.6 (3.0–4.3) 4.1 (2.9–5.7) 5.0 (3.0–8.4)
Massachusetts 3.5 (1.9–6.4) 3.6 (1.9–6.7) 3.6 (2.3–5.5) 3.4 (2.2–5.3) 5.2 (1.7–15.0) 3.5 (2.2–5.6) 2.4 (0.6–9.2)
Michigan 6.2 (3.8–9.9) 3.0 (1.0–9.1) 5.0 (3.3–7.6) 4.3 (2.3–7.8) 12.5 (3.2–38.3) 4.0 (2.5–6.3) 8.3 (3.1–20.6)
Missouri 5.9 (3.6–9.3) 1.3 (0.3–5.8) 3.9 (2.7–5.5)
Montana 9.6 (7.0–13.1) 4.6 (3.1–6.7) 7.2 (5.5–9.5)
Nebraska 5.1 (2.1–11.5) 3.5 (1.5–8.2) 4.3 (2.3–7.8) 3.4 (1.6–6.9) 8.4 (2.4–25.4) 4.2 (2.0–8.3)
Nevada 4.9 (1.7–13.3) 3.1 (1.7–5.7) 4.0 (2.0–7.8) 4.3 (2.2–8.3) 3.7 (0.5–24.7) 4.4 (2.1–8.8) 3.7 (0.4–27.0)
New Hampshire 11.7 (10.1–13.4) 6.5 (5.3–8.1) 9.2 (8.1–10.3) 9.0 (7.9–10.2) 9.9 (7.0–14.0) 12.0 (6.2–21.9) 9.1 (8.0–10.3) 12.9 (9.0–18.2)
New Mexico 10.8 (8.3–14.0) 3.9 (2.2–6.9) 7.5 (5.7–9.8) 7.0 (5.2–9.4) 9.0 (5.2–15.2) 7.1 (5.0–10.1) 14.1 (6.9–26.6)
New York 4.8 (3.1–7.6) 2.2 (0.9–5.4) 3.8 (2.3–6.2) 2.9 (1.6–5.4) 9.3 (4.5–18.0) 2.9 (1.3–6.4) 3.0 (1.6–5.7) 10.9 (4.7–23.1)
North Carolina 6.3 (3.9–10.0) 5.6 (3.1–10.1) 5.9 (4.0–8.8) 5.2 (3.5–7.7) 9.5 (2.7–28.5) 5.7 (4.0–8.0) 11.1 (4.3–25.7)
North Dakota 4.5 (2.5–8.0) 1.0 (0.4–2.9) 2.8 (1.7–4.6) 2.9 (1.7–4.7) 2.9 (0.4–18.5)
Oklahoma 6.8 (3.6–12.6) 7.1 (3.6–13.4) 6.9 (4.5–10.5) 5.5 (3.0–9.7) 19.4 (9.3–36.1) 6.7 (4.2–10.6) 6.7 (1.5–24.7)
Pennsylvania 5.0 (2.9–8.4) 1.7 (0.8–3.6) 3.4 (2.2–5.1) 3.3 (2.1–5.3) 3.9 (1.2–12.0) 2.8 (1.6–4.7) 10.8 (3.8–26.9)
Rhode Island 4.2 (1.9–9.2) 3.4 (0.9–12.7) 3.8 (1.4–9.8) 4.0 (1.6–9.5) 4.1 (0.8–17.7) 4.1 (1.7–9.5) 3.9 (0.5–22.6)
South Carolina 5.8 (2.3–14.2) 3.7 (1.1–11.5) 4.9 (2.2–10.3) 4.1 (1.6–10.2) 9.9 (2.8–29.2) 5.1 (2.2–11.5) 6.1 (0.7–35.9)
Tennessee
Texas 3.3 (1.4–7.7) 2.7 (1.3–5.4) 3.0 (1.5–5.8) 2.9 (1.4–5.6) 5.0 (1.2–18.7) 2.8 (1.4–5.6) 5.3 (1.1–21.5)
Utah
Vermont 16.6 (15.3–18.0) 9.7 (8.6–10.9) 13.3 (12.4–14.2) 13.1 (12.1–14.1) 13.9 (11.4–16.9) 17.7 (12.6–24.4) 13.2 (12.2–14.2) 16.7 (13.7–20.2)
Virginia
West Virginia 4.9 (2.6–9.2) 2.0 (0.6–6.4) 3.6 (1.9–6.7) 3.3 (1.5–7.1) 7.2 (3.9–12.9) 3.3 (1.5–7.0) 7.6 (4.2–13.5)
Wisconsin 9.1 (5.5–14.7) 6.9 (4.1–11.2) 8.0 (5.7–11.1) 8.2 (5.6–11.9) 6.5 (1.9–20.3) 8.1 (5.4–11.8) 2.6 (0.3–17.5)
Median 6.2 3.7 5.0 4.3 7.2 7.7 5.1 7.5
Range 1.9–17.1 0.7–9.9 1.9–13.3 1.5–13.1 0.8–19.4 2.9–17.7 1.5–13.2 2.2–16.7
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA 13.4 (8.8–19.8) 7.3 (4.1–12.7) 10.4 (7.2–14.7) 11.0 (7.4–15.9) 10.0 (3.9–23.1) 10.1 (6.5–15.4)
Broward County, FL 11.3 (4.4–26.1) 2.6 (0.4–16.5) 6.9 (2.7–16.5) 8.0 (3.1–18.9) 6.0 (2.1–16.1)
Chicago, IL 3.9 (1.8–8.2) 2.0 (0.7–5.6) 3.0 (1.7–5.2) 3.4 (1.9–5.9) 1.1 (0.1–8.6) 3.3 (1.9–5.7) 1.8 (0.2–12.7)
Cleveland, OH 4.4 (2.0–9.4) 0.6 (0.2–2.3) 2.9 (1.5–5.5) 2.1 (0.9–5.2) 7.2 (2.4–19.8) 2.2 (0.9–5.3) 6.8 (1.7–23.4)
DeKalb County, GA 6.2 (3.5–10.8) 1.8 (0.6–5.7) 4.0 (2.3–6.9) 3.3 (1.8–6.2) 8.5 (3.2–20.7) 2.9 (1.4–5.9) 13.3 (5.5–28.8)
Detroit, MI 1.5 (0.3–7.3) 0.8 (0.1–3.8) 0.7 (0.1–5.1) 1.0 (0.2–4.9)
District of Columbia 9.7 (7.7–12.2) 2.7 (1.8–4.0) 6.1 (5.0–7.4) 6.2 (5.0–7.7) 4.2 (2.2–7.8) 6.9 (2.8–16.0) 6.3 (5.0–7.8) 8.0 (5.0–12.3)
Duval County, FL 1.6 (0.6–3.9) 1.3 (0.4–3.7) 1.6 (0.8–3.1) 1.4 (0.6–3.3) 1.3 (0.3–5.4) 1.5 (0.7–3.3) 2.1 (0.5–8.1)
Ft. Worth, TX 4.2 (2.4–7.3) 1.7 (0.6–4.3) 2.9 (1.8–4.7) 3.2 (2.0–5.3) 1.5 (0.2–9.8) 2.9 (1.6–4.9) 3.2 (0.8–12.1)
Houston, TX 3.3 (2.0–5.4) 1.2 (0.4–3.4) 2.2 (1.3–3.4) 2.0 (1.0–3.8) 3.1 (0.9–10.2) 2.0 (1.1–3.8) 4.5 (1.3–14.3)
Los Angeles, CA
Miami-Dade County, FL 0.6 (0.1–2.2) 1.8 (0.7–4.4) 1.1 (0.5–2.6) 1.0 (0.4–2.8) 1.1 (0.2–7.6) 1.0 (0.4–2.7) 1.7 (0.2–11.2)
New York City, NY 5.3 (3.8–7.3) 2.8 (1.7–4.7) 4.3 (3.3–5.5) 3.4 (2.5–4.6) 6.5 (3.7–11.2) 6.3 (2.7–14.2) 3.9 (3.0–5.0) 5.0 (1.8–13.1)
Oakland, CA
Orange County, FL 2.0 (0.5–8.6) 2.3 (0.6–8.7) 2.1 (0.8–5.7) 2.5 (0.9–6.8) 0.0 2.2 (0.7–6.7)
Palm Beach County, FL 1.3 (0.3–5.1) 0.0 0.7 (0.2–2.6) 0.8 (0.2–3.0) 0.0 0.7 (0.2–2.9) 0.0
Philadelphia, PA 14.0 (7.1–25.7) 0.9 (0.2–4.7) 7.3 (3.8–13.8) 5.6 (2.7–11.1) 15.7 (8.8–26.4) 5.7 (2.7–11.4) 21.3 (11.6–35.8)
San Diego, CA 8.5 (5.8–12.3) 0.8 (0.1–5.1) 4.8 (3.2–7.0) 4.5 (2.9–7.0) 6.0 (2.0–16.6) 4.3 (2.7–6.7) 10.9 (3.2–31.2)
San Francisco, CA 14.8 (10.0–21.2) 6.1 (3.3–10.8) 9.9 (6.9–14.0) 10.4 (7.3–14.6) 7.6 (2.1–23.6) 9.8 (7.0–13.8)
Shelby County, TN 6.8 (3.5–12.7) 1.0 (0.1–6.8) 3.9 (2.0–7.3) 3.1 (1.2–7.6) 6.3 (2.2–16.8) 3.2 (1.3–7.6) 7.3 (2.1–22.4)
Median 4.8 1.8 3.4 3.3 5.1 3.0 5.0
Range 0.6–14.8 0.0–7.3 0.7–10.4 0.7–11.0 0.0–15.7 0.7–10.1 0.0–21.3

* Such as Mirena or ParaGard.
Such as Implanon or Nexplanon.
§ To prevent pregnancy, among students who were currently sexually active.
Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
** 95% confidence interval.
†† Not available.

TABLE 147. Percentage of high school students who used a shot,* patch, or birth control ring§ before last sexual intercourse, by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts** — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI†† % CI % CI
Total 6.9 (5.5–8.6) 2.2 (1.6–3.1) 4.7 (3.8–5.7)
Race/Ethnicity
White§§ 8.1 (5.8–11.1) 2.4 (1.6–3.6) 5.4 (4.0–7.2)
Black§§ 8.6 (5.9–12.4) 3.4 (1.6–6.9) 6.0 (4.3–8.4)
Hispanic 3.9 (2.1–7.3) 1.1 (0.3–3.6) 2.5 (1.2–4.9)
Grade
9 5.5 (2.3–13.0) 1.8 (0.5–6.1) 3.5 (1.7–7.1)
10 6.0 (3.4–10.2) 0.9 (0.3–2.9) 3.5 (2.1–5.9)
11 7.5 (5.1–11.0) 3.0 (1.6–5.6) 5.4 (3.8–7.7)
12 7.3 (5.0–10.5) 2.6 (1.6–4.2) 5.0 (3.7–6.9)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 7.3 (5.6–9.4) 2.3 (1.7–3.2) 4.7 (3.7–5.9)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 6.0 (2.9–12.0) 0.0 5.0 (2.4–10.0)
Not sure 3.8 (0.7–19.6) 0.0 2.4 (0.4–12.7)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 7.3 (5.6–9.4) 2.2 (1.5–3.1) 4.6 (3.6–5.8)
Both sexes 5.1 (2.5–9.9) 5.6 (1.2–22.4) 5.2 (2.4–10.9)

* Such as Depo-Provera.
Such as OrthoEvra.
§ Such as NuvaRing.
To prevent pregnancy, among the 28.7% of students nationwide who were currently sexually active.
** Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
†† 95% confidence interval.
§§ Non-Hispanic.

TABLE 148. Percentage of high school students who used a shot,* patch, or birth control ring§ before last sexual intercourse, by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts** — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Both sexes
% CI†† % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska 6.9 (3.5–13.1) 2.2 (0.5–8.2) 5.0 (2.7–9.2) §§
Arizona 5.4 (2.3–12.2) 0.7 (0.2–2.6) 3.0 (1.3–6.9) 2.9 (1.2–6.9) 3.6 (0.8–14.3)
Arkansas 10.1 (3.7–24.9) 3.8 (0.8–15.8) 7.1 (3.0–15.5) 6.6 (3.1–13.3) 10.9 (2.5–36.7) 6.4 (3.0–13.0) 5.1 (1.0–22.8)
California 6.0 (2.7–12.6) 3.1 (1.2–7.6) 4.4 (2.7–7.2) 3.7 (2.1–6.3) 5.0 (3.1–8.0)
Colorado 5.7 (2.2–14.2) 7.4 (3.3–16.0) 6.4 (3.8–10.6) 7.5 (4.3–12.7)
Connecticut 4.8 (2.6–8.8) 2.3 (0.8–6.5) 3.6 (1.9–6.7) 2.9 (1.4–5.7) 0.0 3.0 (1.5–6.0) 5.8 (1.3–23.0)
Delaware 6.4 (4.0–9.9) 4.6 (2.4–8.6) 5.5 (3.8–7.8) 5.6 (3.9–8.1) 5.0 (1.3–17.6) 5.5 (3.7–8.0) 4.5 (1.5–12.5)
Florida 4.1 (2.8–6.0) 2.4 (1.5–3.9) 3.4 (2.5–4.4) 3.4 (2.4–4.7) 4.1 (1.4–11.1) 1.9 (0.3–11.0) 3.4 (2.6–4.6) 2.7 (0.9–7.6)
Hawaii 7.4 (4.5–11.8) 4.3 (2.0–8.8) 6.1 (4.0–9.3) 6.8 (4.3–10.4) 1.9 (0.6–5.7) 9.9 (2.4–33.2) 6.8 (4.4–10.5) 4.2 (1.8–9.4)
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa 5.5 (2.2–13.1) 2.2 (0.6–8.2) 4.1 (1.8–8.7) 3.6 (1.3–9.6) 7.0 (2.0–21.3) 4.0 (1.7–9.2) 6.2 (1.4–23.2)
Kansas 5.3 (2.8–10.0) 3.4 (1.6–7.1) 4.4 (2.6–7.4)
Kentucky 9.1 (5.7–14.4) 3.0 (1.5–5.6) 6.0 (4.0–8.9) 6.2 (4.0–9.5) 5.7 (1.9–15.8) 5.6 (3.5–9.0) 6.1 (1.6–20.5)
Louisiana
Maine 6.5 (4.7–8.9) 4.0 (2.9–5.4) 5.4 (4.3–6.7) 5.4 (4.3–6.6) 4.9 (2.2–10.4) 8.1 (2.3–25.3) 5.4 (4.4–6.7) 5.7 (2.6–12.1)
Maryland 4.8 (4.0–5.7) 2.6 (2.0–3.2) 3.7 (3.3–4.3) 3.7 (3.2–4.3) 3.5 (2.4–5.1) 1.5 (0.6–4.0)
Massachusetts 4.5 (2.9–7.0) 2.2 (1.0–4.7) 3.5 (2.3–5.2) 2.9 (1.8–4.7) 5.0 (2.3–10.6) 3.5 (2.3–5.5) 4.1 (1.1–13.7)
Michigan 8.4 (5.2–13.3) 5.0 (2.3–10.4) 6.9 (4.5–10.6) 7.1 (4.3–11.5) 0.0 7.7 (5.2–11.4) 3.1 (0.4–19.0)
Missouri 7.2 (3.7–13.7) 6.1 (3.4–10.6) 6.7 (3.7–11.9)
Montana 9.4 (7.4–11.7) 6.1 (4.3–8.6) 7.9 (6.7–9.4)
Nebraska 7.6 (4.1–13.7) 4.1 (1.5–10.5) 5.9 (3.6–9.5) 5.7 (3.3–9.7) 8.5 (2.5–25.5) 5.3 (2.9–9.5)
Nevada 3.4 (1.4–7.9) 0.7 (0.2–3.1) 2.1 (0.9–5.1) 1.8 (0.7–4.4) 4.3 (0.8–20.8) 2.4 (1.0–5.5) 1.2 (0.1–8.7)
New Hampshire 5.4 (4.0–7.2) 2.1 (1.5–2.9) 3.7 (2.9–4.7) 3.4 (2.7–4.2) 5.8 (2.9–11.2) 1.3 (0.3–5.3) 3.6 (2.8–4.5) 6.5 (3.3–12.5)
New Mexico 10.0 (6.2–15.7) 2.9 (1.6–5.4) 6.6 (4.1–10.6) 6.8 (4.2–10.9) 6.3 (3.2–12.3) 6.7 (4.1–10.8) 7.3 (3.1–16.1)
New York 2.3 (1.1–4.6) 2.6 (1.3–5.3) 2.4 (1.4–4.1) 2.0 (1.0–3.9) 2.1 (0.9–5.1) 9.0 (2.2–30.0) 1.8 (0.9–3.4) 2.5 (0.9–6.9)
North Carolina 8.4 (5.2–13.3) 4.0 (1.8–8.6) 6.1 (3.9–9.6) 5.7 (3.4–9.5) 10.1 (3.5–25.6) 5.8 (3.7–8.8) 10.7 (3.4–29.1)
North Dakota 5.8 (3.9–8.6) 1.4 (0.5–3.9) 3.6 (2.5–5.3) 3.2 (2.0–5.1) 9.5 (3.7–22.4)
Oklahoma 8.4 (4.7–14.7) 6.4 (3.0–13.2) 7.6 (4.6–12.2) 7.9 (4.6–13.3) 4.8 (1.7–12.8) 7.8 (4.6–12.9) 6.8 (2.2–19.0)
Pennsylvania 6.8 (4.2–10.6) 2.5 (0.9–6.9) 4.7 (2.7–8.0) 4.9 (2.8–8.5) 3.1 (0.7–11.9) 4.7 (2.8–7.7) 6.8 (2.0–20.7)
Rhode Island 2.4 (1.2–4.9) 5.0 (1.5–15.2) 3.7 (1.6–8.0) 4.0 (1.7–9.3) 3.0 (1.8–4.8) 3.7 (1.5–9.1) 4.3 (3.1–5.9)
South Carolina 4.3 (1.7–10.2) 4.5 (1.5–12.5) 4.3 (2.3–8.0) 4.8 (2.4–9.3) 2.7 (0.5–12.8) 4.3 (2.0–8.8) 0.7 (0.1–5.4)
Tennessee
Texas 5.3 (2.7–10.3) 2.5 (1.0–6.2) 3.9 (2.2–6.8) 4.2 (2.3–7.4) 0.0 3.8 (2.1–6.7) 3.8 (0.6–20.0)
Utah
Vermont 6.7 (5.8–7.6) 3.5 (2.8–4.3) 5.2 (4.6–5.8) 5.3 (4.7–6.0) 4.7 (3.3–6.6) 4.1 (2.0–8.3) 5.1 (4.5–5.7) 7.4 (5.4–10.0)
Virginia
West Virginia 8.4 (4.7–14.6) 3.3 (1.2–8.8) 5.9 (3.4–10.0) 6.2 (3.6–10.7) 3.4 (0.7–14.3) 6.5 (3.7–11.1) 1.0 (0.1–8.1)
Wisconsin 4.2 (2.3–7.4) 2.8 (1.3–5.9) 3.5 (2.1–5.6) 3.8 (2.3–6.2) 1.7 (0.2–13.6) 3.7 (2.3–6.1) 2.1 (0.2–17.6)
Median 6.0 3.1 4.7 4.8 4.3 4.1 5.0 4.5
Range 2.3–10.1 0.7–7.4 2.1–7.9 1.8–7.9 0.0–10.9 1.3–9.9 1.8–7.8 0.7–10.7
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA 8.4 (5.0–13.7) 6.8 (3.2–14.0) 7.6 (4.8–11.8) 8.9 (5.6–13.8) 1.3 (0.2–9.3) 8.1 (5.0–13.0)
Broward County, FL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chicago, IL 11.0 (6.3–18.4) 2.2 (0.6–7.3) 6.8 (3.7–12.2) 7.0 (3.6–13.4) 3.7 (1.2–11.2) 6.5 (3.3–12.6) 8.1 (1.8–30.1)
Cleveland, OH 11.6 (7.5–17.5) 6.8 (3.6–12.5) 9.3 (6.2–13.8) 9.0 (5.7–14.1) 12.5 (5.2–27.1) 7.4 (4.6–11.6) 13.3 (5.7–28.1)
DeKalb County, GA 3.3 (1.0–10.3) 3.0 (1.1–8.1) 3.1 (1.5–6.6) 3.0 (1.3–6.7) 2.9 (0.4–18.5) 2.8 (1.3–6.1) 5.3 (1.3–19.6)
Detroit, MI 1.0 (0.1–7.2) 2.1 (0.8–5.6) 1.5 (0.4–5.9) 1.6 (0.4–6.3)
District of Columbia 9.9 (7.9–12.4) 2.3 (1.5–3.6) 5.9 (4.8–7.2) 5.7 (4.6–7.2) 7.6 (4.7–11.9) 2.5 (0.4–15.2) 5.9 (4.7–7.4) 8.1 (4.7–13.6)
Duval County, FL 4.9 (2.8–8.5) 1.7 (0.6–4.8) 3.5 (2.1–5.7) 3.2 (1.7–5.8) 3.7 (1.4–9.6) 3.4 (1.9–6.0) 3.0 (1.1–8.1)
Ft. Worth, TX 4.3 (2.4–7.8) 1.4 (0.5–3.4) 2.8 (1.7–4.6) 2.9 (1.7–5.0) 2.8 (0.5–14.6) 2.8 (1.6–4.8) 4.0 (0.7–19.9)
Houston, TX 3.5 (1.9–6.4) 1.6 (0.7–3.8) 2.5 (1.5–4.1) 2.5 (1.5–4.4) 1.3 (0.2–8.9) 2.2 (1.3–3.8) 4.8 (1.5–14.2)
Los Angeles, CA
Miami-Dade County, FL 2.6 (1.4–4.8) 1.0 (0.4–2.8) 1.9 (1.2–2.9) 1.8 (1.1–2.9) 2.8 (0.9–8.3) 1.7 (1.1–2.6) 4.7 (1.5–13.7)
New York City, NY 5.5 (3.7–8.3) 2.9 (1.7–5.1) 4.3 (3.2–5.7) 3.7 (2.6–5.2) 4.4 (1.9–9.9) 5.8 (2.6–12.3) 4.3 (3.1–5.8) 6.3 (2.7–13.9)
Oakland, CA
Orange County, FL 1.4 (0.2–8.7) 3.1 (0.9–10.0) 2.2 (0.8–6.3) 2.0 (0.6–6.7) 0.0 2.7 (0.9–7.6)
Palm Beach County, FL 1.7 (0.6–4.5) 1.3 (0.4–4.0) 1.5 (0.7–3.1) 1.7 (0.8–3.6) 0.0 1.5 (0.7–3.4) 1.9 (0.3–12.6)
Philadelphia, PA 9.2 (4.6–17.3) 2.0 (0.7–6.0) 5.5 (3.0–10.0) 5.5 (2.6–11.4) 4.8 (1.8–11.9) 5.8 (2.8–11.3) 5.1 (2.2–11.4)
San Diego, CA 3.7 (1.8–7.5) 1.8 (0.7–5.1) 2.8 (1.6–5.0) 2.8 (1.5–5.1) 3.3 (0.4–20.6) 3.0 (1.7–5.5) 2.2 (0.3–14.9)
San Francisco, CA 7.5 (3.4–15.9) 4.2 (2.1–8.2) 5.6 (3.4–9.3) 5.5 (3.2–9.4) 5.3 (1.0–23.7) 6.2 (3.6–10.5)
Shelby County, TN 7.4 (4.3–12.4) 1.2 (0.3–4.5) 4.3 (2.6–7.0) 5.1 (3.1–8.2) 0.1 (0.0–1.1) 4.8 (2.8–7.9) 2.7 (0.7–10.3)
Median 4.6 2.0 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2 4.8
Range 0.0–11.6 0.0–6.8 0.0–9.3 0.0–9.0 0.0–12.5 0.0–8.1 1.9–13.3

* Such as Depo-Provera.
Such as OrthoEvra.
§ Such as NuvaRing.
To prevent pregnancy, among students who were currently sexually active.
** Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
†† 95% confidence interval.
§§ Not available.

TABLE 149. Percentage of high school students who used birth control pills; an IUD* or implant; or a shot,§ patch, or birth control ring** before last sexual intercourse,†† by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts§§ — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI¶¶ % CI % CI
Total 34.6 (31.4–38.0) 23.9 (21.0–27.0) 29.4 (27.0–31.9)
Race/Ethnicity
White*** 43.9 (39.9–47.9) 30.3 (26.4–34.4) 37.4 (34.5–40.3)
Black*** 23.7 (17.6–31.2) 21.1 (16.2–26.9) 22.5 (18.8–26.8)
Hispanic 20.4 (15.9–25.9) 13.4 (9.8–17.9) 16.8 (13.6–20.7)
Grade
9 19.2 (12.1–29.0) 10.1 (6.4–15.6) 14.3 (9.8–20.4)
10 28.5 (21.5–36.7) 19.6 (14.7–25.6) 24.1 (19.5–29.4)
11 32.8 (28.3–37.6) 27.8 (22.9–33.4) 30.4 (27.3–33.7)
12 44.7 (39.5–50.0) 28.5 (23.5–34.1) 36.9 (32.8–41.2)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 37.0 (33.5–40.7) 24.5 (21.3–27.9) 30.3 (27.8–33.0)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 27.2 (21.3–34.0) 10.5 (4.9–20.9) 24.4 (19.4–30.3)
Not sure 19.6 (8.8–38.1) 21.4 (8.6–43.9) 18.8 (10.0–32.6)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 36.8 (33.0–40.8) 24.6 (21.6–28.0) 30.4 (27.7–33.1)
Both sexes 29.0 (22.3–36.7) 22.8 (12.2–38.4) 28.1 (22.1–34.8)

* Such as Mirena or ParaGard.
Such as Implanon or Nexplanon.
§ Such as Depo-Provera.
Such as OrthoEvra.
** Such as NuvaRing.
†† To prevent pregnancy, among the 28.7% of students nationwide who were currently sexually active.
§§ Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
¶¶ 95% confidence interval.
*** Non-Hispanic.

TABLE 150. Percentage of high school students who used birth control pills; an IUD* or implant; or a shot,§ patch, or birth control ring** before last sexual intercourse,†† by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts§§ — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Both sexes
% CI¶¶ % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska 37.3 (27.7–48.1) 28.1 (21.4–36.0) 33.6 (26.9–41.0) —***
Arizona 29.2 (18.5–42.7) 23.3 (14.4–35.4) 26.1 (18.4–35.5) 27.3 (18.5–38.3) 20.3 (9.8–37.3)
Arkansas 37.8 (28.5–48.2) 24.3 (19.1–30.3) 31.1 (26.0–36.8) 29.1 (23.9–34.8) 45.0 (31.1–59.8) 30.1 (25.2–35.6) 44.4 (29.7–60.2)
California 37.9 (28.5–48.5) 21.5 (13.0–33.3) 29.6 (21.4–39.3) 29.1 (20.8–39.0) 28.6 (19.9–39.1)
Colorado 45.0 (36.4–53.9) 26.7 (14.8–43.3) 36.5 (30.2–43.4) 38.5 (30.9–46.6)
Connecticut 38.5 (32.0–45.5) 31.3 (23.4–40.6) 35.1 (28.8–42.1) 35.2 (29.3–41.6) 26.1 (12.6–46.5) 35.8 (29.7–42.5) 37.1 (22.1–55.0)
Delaware 37.4 (31.9–43.2) 23.5 (19.3–28.4) 30.7 (27.1–34.5) 32.4 (28.5–36.6) 22.8 (13.9–35.0) 32.2 (28.6–36.1) 23.4 (12.0–40.6)
Florida 26.1 (22.2–30.4) 17.6 (14.6–21.1) 21.8 (19.3–24.6) 21.9 (19.3–24.7) 19.5 (12.3–29.3) 28.8 (16.7–44.9) 21.8 (19.1–24.8) 23.9 (17.2–32.3)
Hawaii 32.1 (26.6–38.1) 26.8 (21.3–33.2) 29.9 (25.6–34.6) 30.9 (26.7–35.3) 22.1 (12.1–36.8) 43.0 (25.2–62.7) 30.2 (25.5–35.4) 35.2 (18.5–56.6)
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa 48.2 (37.1–59.5) 28.8 (20.8–38.5) 39.9 (30.6–49.9) 41.4 (30.4–53.3) 25.6 (11.9–46.7) 41.3 (30.8–52.6) 37.7 (20.7–58.4)
Kansas 44.0 (38.2–49.9) 28.2 (21.4–36.2) 36.3 (32.5–40.3)
Kentucky 47.1 (40.5–53.9) 27.9 (21.2–35.8) 38.3 (32.3–44.6) 38.3 (31.4–45.6) 41.9 (25.7–60.1) 37.3 (30.6–44.4) 39.7 (23.7–58.2)
Louisiana
Maine 54.6 (51.0–58.1) 39.6 (35.9–43.5) 47.6 (45.0–50.2) 49.8 (47.1–52.5) 34.3 (27.7–41.6) 30.3 (17.3–47.4) 49.1 (46.3–51.9) 43.9 (36.3–51.8)
Maryland 33.0 (31.3–34.8) 21.9 (20.3–23.5) 27.7 (26.5–28.9) 28.5 (27.2–29.9) 23.6 (20.8–26.7) 23.7 (17.9–30.7)
Massachusetts 47.0 (41.0–53.2) 35.4 (27.7–43.9) 41.8 (36.9–46.8) 43.9 (38.4–49.5) 26.2 (18.2–36.0) 44.1 (38.8–49.5) 34.5 (22.7–48.6)
Michigan 42.5 (34.4–51.0) 26.8 (19.2–36.1) 35.8 (29.5–42.7) 36.8 (29.4–45.0) 21.1 (8.7–42.9) 36.0 (28.9–43.8) 35.2 (18.7–56.2)
Missouri 40.5 (34.2–47.2) 26.3 (18.6–35.7) 34.3 (28.7–40.4)
Montana 48.4 (43.9–52.8) 31.8 (28.4–35.5) 40.6 (37.4–43.8)
Nebraska 39.6 (29.7–50.4) 22.8 (15.7–31.9) 31.4 (25.3–38.3) 31.6 (25.1–39.0) 28.0 (14.2–47.9) 31.5 (24.8–39.1)
Nevada 25.0 (17.7–34.0) 16.8 (10.5–25.7) 20.9 (15.2–28.1) 22.9 (16.4–31.0) 13.9 (6.1–28.6) 22.5 (16.4–30.0) 16.1 (6.9–33.2)
New Hampshire 53.6 (50.3–56.8) 33.1 (30.2–36.1) 43.3 (40.9–45.8) 44.2 (41.6–46.8) 39.2 (33.0–45.8) 34.3 (24.4–45.9) 44.7 (42.2–47.2) 40.4 (33.5–47.8)
New Mexico 37.3 (30.0–45.3) 24.3 (21.2–27.8) 31.0 (26.3–36.2) 32.4 (28.4–36.7) 25.4 (14.8–40.0) 31.9 (27.3–36.8) 33.5 (21.8–47.7)
New York 37.2 (31.5–43.3) 21.4 (15.8–28.4) 30.8 (27.4–34.4) 30.5 (25.7–35.8) 32.3 (23.7–42.3) 32.0 (15.9–54.0) 30.4 (26.2–35.0) 39.5 (24.1–57.3)
North Carolina 37.4 (28.8–46.9) 26.2 (19.6–34.0) 31.7 (25.4–38.7) 31.7 (25.5–38.5) 32.6 (21.2–46.5) 33.2 (26.4–40.8) 32.0 (19.9–47.2)
North Dakota 33.1 (28.0–38.7) 21.5 (16.3–27.9) 27.3 (23.2–31.8) 27.8 (23.4–32.8) 26.5 (16.1–40.4)
Oklahoma 33.3 (26.0–41.5) 32.9 (23.6–43.6) 33.1 (27.7–38.9) 32.5 (26.7–38.8) 40.7 (24.7–58.9) 32.8 (27.4–38.7) 38.5 (19.6–61.6)
Pennsylvania 37.3 (31.6–43.3) 26.1 (21.0–31.9) 31.7 (27.5–36.3) 33.2 (28.6–38.2) 20.1 (11.9–31.9) 32.6 (28.2–37.3) 33.3 (20.3–49.5)
Rhode Island 45.1 (38.1–52.2) 29.2 (21.7–37.9) 36.9 (30.8–43.4) 38.9 (32.8–45.5) 28.8 (16.0–46.2) 38.2 (30.4–46.6) 33.6 (20.6–49.6)
South Carolina 32.6 (20.7–47.2) 27.4 (16.2–42.6) 30.3 (22.0–40.1) 32.4 (22.7–43.8) 21.7 (9.4–42.7) 34.0 (24.6–45.0) 9.6 (2.0–35.3)
Tennessee
Texas 25.7 (20.0–32.2) 16.4 (11.8–22.4) 21.0 (17.8–24.6) 22.3 (19.1–25.9) 11.5 (4.0–28.6) 21.7 (18.2–25.6) 19.2 (8.1–39.0)
Utah
Vermont 59.5 (57.7–61.3) 40.1 (38.1–42.0) 50.2 (48.9–51.5) 51.9 (50.4–53.3) 40.2 (36.4–44.2) 44.3 (37.0–51.9) 51.9 (50.5–53.3) 44.1 (39.8–48.4)
Virginia
West Virginia 44.2 (34.4–54.4) 24.4 (17.9–32.3) 34.9 (28.1–42.3) 36.9 (29.7–44.6) 19.1 (11.9–29.2) 36.7 (29.1–45.0) 17.5 (7.5–35.7)
Wisconsin 43.0 (35.3–51.1) 32.0 (23.3–42.2) 37.5 (31.1–44.4) 38.4 (31.8–45.5) 28.3 (15.3–46.4) 38.9 (32.5–45.6) 29.5 (12.0–56.2)
Median 37.9 26.7 33.1 32.4 26.1 32.0 33.2 34.5
Range 25.0–59.5 16.4–40.1 20.9–50.2 21.9–51.9 11.5–45.0 23.7–44.3 21.7–51.9 9.6–44.4
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA 41.6 (33.9–49.7) 29.9 (21.7–39.8) 36.3 (30.4–42.7) 39.5 (33.1–46.3) 23.9 (12.3–41.2) 36.8 (30.4–43.8)
Broward County, FL 27.6 (17.6–40.6) 18.8 (9.0–35.3) 23.2 (15.6–33.1) 23.1 (14.6–34.6) 21.5 (13.4–32.7)
Chicago, IL 32.9 (24.2–42.9) 15.1 (9.9–22.3) 24.4 (18.1–32.1) 24.3 (17.6–32.6) 23.3 (9.2–47.6) 24.5 (17.9–32.6) 29.5 (13.3–53.3)
Cleveland, OH 31.0 (24.6–38.2) 19.5 (12.8–28.5) 25.7 (20.7–31.6) 25.9 (19.9–33.0) 28.7 (17.8–42.8) 25.7 (20.4–31.8) 27.8 (16.4–43.0)
DeKalb County, GA 19.4 (12.6–28.7) 13.5 (8.2–21.3) 16.4 (11.1–23.4) 16.9 (11.1–25.0) 17.9 (9.9–30.4) 16.5 (10.3–25.4) 23.1 (12.3–39.2)
Detroit, MI 19.2 (12.7–27.9) 15.4 (11.1–20.9) 15.6 (11.0–21.6) 15.0 (10.2–21.6)
District of Columbia 29.6 (26.4–33.1) 12.4 (10.2–15.0) 20.6 (18.6–22.7) 21.3 (19.1–23.7) 15.7 (11.5–21.1) 17.9 (9.9–30.4) 20.2 (18.0–22.6) 26.2 (20.2–33.2)
Duval County, FL 26.9 (21.5–33.1) 19.0 (14.1–25.2) 23.4 (19.7–27.5) 23.5 (19.5–28.2) 22.0 (15.2–30.8) 24.5 (20.5–29.1) 21.9 (14.4–31.7)
Ft. Worth, TX 22.0 (17.0–28.0) 15.1 (11.2–20.0) 18.6 (15.2–22.6) 19.8 (16.1–24.1) 9.4 (3.9–20.6) 19.2 (15.5–23.7) 13.9 (6.0–28.9)
Houston, TX 18.0 (14.2–22.5) 13.1 (9.3–18.1) 15.4 (12.6–18.6) 15.0 (12.0–18.6) 12.4 (7.2–20.6) 15.7 (12.5–19.6) 16.2 (10.0–25.2)
Los Angeles, CA
Miami-Dade County, FL 17.9 (14.1–22.4) 10.7 (8.0–14.2) 14.6 (12.2–17.3) 14.5 (11.7–17.9) 14.7 (8.6–24.1) 14.6 (11.9–17.7) 19.6 (11.2–31.8)
New York City, NY 25.2 (21.3–29.5) 18.3 (14.3–23.1) 22.4 (19.8–25.2) 19.4 (16.5–22.7) 26.0 (20.3–32.7) 33.5 (22.8–46.2) 21.4 (18.5–24.5) 32.0 (22.2–43.7)
Oakland, CA
Orange County, FL 12.7 (7.4–21.0) 15.4 (9.5–23.8) 14.0 (9.4–20.2) 15.6 (10.5–22.4) 2.7 (0.4–17.8) 16.2 (10.9–23.5)
Palm Beach County, FL 23.2 (17.0–30.7) 11.8 (7.6–17.8) 17.4 (13.4–22.3) 18.2 (14.0–23.3) 15.0 (6.1–32.5) 18.3 (13.9–23.6) 13.2 (5.0–30.6)
Philadelphia, PA 39.5 (31.5–48.1) 13.8 (7.5–24.2) 26.4 (20.4–33.5) 23.1 (17.3–30.1) 36.6 (22.6–53.3) 25.2 (19.1–32.4) 43.1 (32.8–54.1)
San Diego, CA 38.3 (32.7–44.2) 22.5 (16.2–30.5) 30.7 (26.3–35.5) 32.3 (27.3–37.8) 17.0 (9.4–28.8) 32.6 (27.8–37.8) 26.8 (12.7–48.0)
San Francisco, CA 35.7 (28.2–44.0) 24.5 (18.1–32.4) 29.6 (24.5–35.2) 30.6 (25.0–36.8) 20.8 (9.1–40.7) 30.8 (25.3–36.8)
Shelby County, TN 23.4 (16.1–32.7) 13.0 (8.3–19.8) 18.2 (13.4–24.1) 19.0 (13.6–25.8) 8.8 (3.9–18.6) 18.7 (13.5–25.3) 10.9 (4.3–24.7)
Median 26.0 15.1 21.5 20.6 17.5 20.8 23.1
Range 12.7–41.6 10.7–29.9 14.0–36.3 14.5–39.5 2.7–36.6 14.6–36.8 10.9–43.1

* Such as Mirena or ParaGard.
Such as Implanon or Nexplanon.
§ Such as Depo-Provera.
Such as OrthoEvra.
** Such as NuvaRing.
†† To prevent pregnancy, among students who were currently sexually active.
§§ Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
¶¶ 95% confidence interval.
*** Not available.

TABLE 151. Percentage of high school students who used both a condom during last sexual intercourse and birth control pills; an IUD* or implant; or a shot,§ patch, or birth control ring** before last sexual intercourse,†† by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts§§ — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI¶¶ % CI % CI
Total 8.9 (7.2–10.8) 8.7 (6.8–11.1) 8.8 (7.5–10.3)
Race/Ethnicity
White*** 12.2 (9.6–15.4) 10.9 (8.3–14.3) 11.6 (9.5–14.0)
Black*** 6.0 (3.9–9.2) 6.4 (3.5–11.6) 6.4 (4.7–8.8)
Hispanic 3.8 (2.3–6.3) 4.5 (2.5–8.1) 4.2 (3.0–5.8)
Grade
9 7.2 (4.1–12.5) 4.6 (2.3–9.1) 5.8 (3.4–9.7)
10 9.1 (5.9–13.7) 7.0 (4.5–10.7) 8.1 (5.9–11.0)
11 7.7 (5.1–11.3) 10.2 (6.3–16.1) 8.9 (6.4–12.3)
12 10.2 (7.6–13.7) 10.2 (6.5–15.7) 10.2 (7.8–13.3)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 10.2 (8.2–12.6) 8.9 (6.9–11.5) 9.6 (8.1–11.3)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 4.3 (2.5–7.4) 5.0 (2.0–11.8) 4.4 (2.8–6.9)
Not sure 2.3 (0.5–9.4) ††† 3.7 (1.3–10.1)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 10.1 (8.1–12.5) 8.9 (7.0–11.4) 9.5 (8.0–11.1)
Both sexes 4.6 (2.5–8.1) 8.2 (3.5–18.0) 5.1 (3.1–8.2)

* Such as Mirena or ParaGard.
Such as Implanon or Nexplanon.
§ Such as Depo-Provera.
Such as OrthoEvra.
** Such as NuvaRing.
†† To prevent pregnancy, among the 28.7% of students nationwide who were currently sexually active.
§§ Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
¶¶ 95% confidence interval.
*** Non-Hispanic.
††† Not available.

TABLE 152. Percentage of high school students who used both a condom during last sexual intercourse and birth control pills; an IUD* or implant; or a shot,§ patch, or birth control ring** before last sexual intercourse,†† by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts§§ — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Both sexes
% CI¶¶ % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska 15.0 (9.1–23.9) 12.1 (6.6–21.1) 13.8 (9.1–20.5) —***
Arizona 14.7 (7.1–28.1) 7.7 (3.8–14.9) 11.1 (6.3–18.7) 11.2 (6.3–19.2) 9.8 (3.4–25.2)
Arkansas 13.1 (6.3–25.1) 5.1 (2.5–10.1) 9.2 (5.2–15.8) 8.5 (4.8–14.6) 14.6 (3.9–42.3) 9.5 (5.0–17.5) 10.6 (2.0–40.5)
California 6.0 (3.2–11.0) 7.4 (4.3–12.4) 6.7 (4.5–10.0) 7.5 (4.9–11.2) 7.6 (5.0–11.2)
Colorado 16.5 (10.9–24.2) 10.0 (4.4–21.3) 13.4 (9.0–19.4) 13.9 (9.2–20.4)
Connecticut 11.6 (8.6–15.4) 8.2 (4.4–14.8) 10.0 (6.9–14.4) 10.1 (7.1–14.4) 7.7 (2.7–20.2) 11.1 (7.6–16.0) 1.8 (0.2–13.1)
Delaware 10.0 (6.2–15.5) 8.5 (5.7–12.4) 9.2 (6.5–12.8) 10.7 (7.6–14.9) 5.5 (1.6–17.2) 10.0 (7.0–14.2) 2.4 (0.7–7.7)
Florida 8.3 (6.2–11.0) 6.7 (5.0–9.1) 7.6 (6.3–9.1) 7.9 (6.5–9.6) 4.2 (1.5–11.4) 10.3 (3.8–25.2) 8.0 (6.6–9.7) 4.6 (1.8–11.4)
Hawaii 5.9 (4.1–8.6) 4.3 (2.4–7.6) 5.5 (4.1–7.3) 5.7 (4.2–7.7) 3.1 (0.5–15.8) 15.8 (3.8–47.3) 5.7 (4.0–7.9) 1.5 (0.4–5.1)
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa 14.4 (7.5–25.8) 6.0 (2.2–15.7) 10.8 (5.1–21.5) 13.0 (6.0–25.7) 2.1 (0.3–14.4) 12.7 (6.0–24.9) 0.0
Kansas 14.8 (9.7–21.9) 13.8 (8.4–21.9) 14.3 (9.5–20.9)
Kentucky 15.0 (10.7–20.6) 7.7 (4.7–12.5) 11.3 (8.3–15.3) 11.7 (8.3–16.1) 10.7 (5.4–20.0) 11.4 (8.1–15.7) 8.6 (4.0–17.6)
Louisiana
Maine 20.5 (18.1–23.1) 15.6 (12.4–19.4) 18.2 (16.3–20.3) 19.3 (17.2–21.7) 11.3 (8.0–15.7) 9.9 (3.6–24.4) 19.2 (17.1–21.5) 11.3 (7.2–17.3)
Maryland 10.8 (9.8–12.0) 7.8 (6.8–8.9) 9.4 (8.6–10.2) 9.7 (8.9–10.5) 7.8 (6.0–10.0) 8.2 (4.8–13.5)
Massachusetts 18.4 (13.8–24.2) 11.9 (7.8–17.9) 15.5 (11.9–19.8) 16.9 (12.8–21.8) 4.5 (1.5–12.7) 16.6 (12.3–22.0) 11.2 (4.7–24.4)
Michigan 16.4 (11.8–22.4) 6.3 (2.6–14.5) 12.1 (8.7–16.6) 13.0 (9.2–18.2) 4.3 (2.2–8.2) 13.2 (9.1–18.7) 5.0 (1.5–15.9)
Missouri 15.4 (11.6–20.1) 7.6 (4.3–13.3) 12.0 (9.4–15.2)
Montana 17.4 (14.8–20.3) 11.3 (8.9–14.3) 14.6 (12.8–16.6)
Nebraska 13.4 (7.6–22.6) 5.7 (2.5–12.7) 9.7 (6.0–15.1) 10.1 (6.2–15.9) 10.3 (6.4–16.3)
Nevada 8.9 (5.0–15.1) 4.1 (1.6–10.1) 6.5 (4.1–10.4) 8.0 (5.1–12.5) 0.0 6.4 (3.7–10.8) 7.5 (1.7–27.6)
New Hampshire 22.1 (19.6–24.8) 13.2 (11.1–15.7) 17.7 (16.0–19.6) 18.7 (16.8–20.7) 12.2 (8.7–16.8) 11.9 (6.4–21.1) 18.6 (16.8–20.6) 11.5 (7.5–17.3)
New Mexico 12.5 (9.4–16.4) 7.5 (5.2–10.7) 10.1 (8.2–12.3) 11.0 (9.2–13.0) 5.9 (2.9–11.5) 10.1 (8.1–12.5) 11.2 (5.6–21.2)
New York 14.8 (10.1–21.2) 7.9 (4.8–12.7) 11.9 (8.6–16.3) 11.3 (7.4–16.8) 17.6 (9.8–29.5) 8.8 (2.6–26.4) 11.4 (7.6–16.6) 19.1 (10.2–33.0)
North Carolina 10.5 (6.7–16.0) 7.1 (5.1–9.9) 8.8 (6.2–12.3) 8.7 (6.2–12.1) 9.0 (4.3–18.1) 9.4 (6.7–13.0) 7.6 (2.8–19.2)
North Dakota 14.9 (11.0–19.8) 7.4 (4.5–11.9) 11.2 (8.4–14.7) 11.1 (8.0–15.0) 15.2 (6.0–33.6)
Oklahoma 11.8 (7.4–18.3) 11.7 (6.1–21.0) 11.7 (8.4–16.1) 11.4 (7.7–16.7) 14.8 (6.0–32.3) 11.1 (7.6–15.9) 16.1 (5.7–37.8)
Pennsylvania 16.3 (12.3–21.2) 10.0 (7.0–14.1) 13.2 (10.5–16.5) 14.5 (11.6–18.0) 2.7 (0.6–11.7) 14.2 (11.3–17.7) 5.0 (1.4–16.5)
Rhode Island 13.4 (8.5–20.3) 9.1 (5.4–14.9) 11.2 (8.0–15.3) 12.9 (9.2–17.9) 4.0 (0.8–16.8) 12.0 (7.7–18.0) 9.5 (4.0–20.8)
South Carolina 9.1 (4.7–16.9) 8.2 (3.6–17.7) 8.8 (5.5–13.8) 10.3 (6.4–16.0) 2.4 (0.3–16.6) 9.5 (5.9–15.1) 2.9 (0.3–23.3)
Tennessee
Texas 6.1 (3.2–11.3) 5.3 (2.6–10.5) 5.7 (3.6–8.9) 6.0 (3.7–9.6) 4.4 (0.9–18.1) 5.8 (3.4–9.9) 6.2 (1.6–20.9)
Utah
Vermont 22.5 (21.0–24.1) 15.1 (13.7–16.6) 18.9 (17.9–20.0) 19.8 (18.7–21.0) 13.7 (11.2–16.7) 15.3 (10.6–21.6) 20.0 (18.9–21.2) 13.0 (10.3–16.3)
Virginia
West Virginia 14.7 (9.9–21.3) 9.0 (4.5–17.0) 11.9 (8.8–15.9) 13.2 (9.8–17.5) 0.9 (0.1–7.4) 13.2 (9.8–17.6) 0.0
Wisconsin 14.7 (9.6–21.7) 12.0 (7.0–19.7) 13.3 (9.5–18.4) 13.9 (9.8–19.4) 8.3 (2.9–21.8) 14.4 (10.2–20.0) 6.1 (1.5–21.6)
Median 14.7 7.9 11.2 11.2 6.8 10.3 11.1 7.5
Range 5.9–22.5 4.1–15.6 5.5–18.9 5.7–19.8 0.0–17.6 8.2–15.8 5.7–20.0 0.0–19.1
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA 8.3 (5.3–12.7) 8.7 (5.0–14.8) 8.5 (6.0–11.8) 9.7 (6.8–13.6) 2.8 (0.6–11.3) 9.0 (6.2–12.8)
Broward County, FL 3.7 (1.3–10.4) 7.5 (1.9–25.4) 5.6 (2.1–14.4) 3.9 (1.4–10.4) 3.8 (1.3–10.4)
Chicago, IL 7.0 (3.9–12.5) 4.1 (2.0–8.3) 5.7 (3.5–9.1) 6.0 (3.9–9.1) 4.7 (1.1–17.2) 5.5 (3.3–9.1) 10.1 (3.8–23.9)
Cleveland, OH 8.9 (5.3–14.5) 8.7 (4.7–15.5) 8.7 (5.6–13.2) 10.1 (6.4–15.7) 3.6 (0.9–13.7) 9.1 (5.9–13.9) 3.9 (1.0–14.8)
DeKalb County, GA 8.0 (4.4–14.4) 6.1 (3.1–11.7) 7.1 (4.1–11.8) 7.9 (4.3–14.1) 6.0 (1.9–17.7) 7.5 (4.1–13.4) 8.1 (2.3–25.3)
Detroit, MI 9.1 (4.1–19.1) 7.4 (4.0–13.2) 8.8 (4.7–15.8) 7.1 (3.2–14.9)
District of Columbia 10.8 (8.6–13.5) 4.8 (3.4–6.8) 7.7 (6.4–9.3) 8.0 (6.5–9.9) 5.9 (3.4–10.0) 5.7 (2.1–14.7) 7.5 (6.0–9.3) 12.1 (7.7–18.6)
Duval County, FL 14.3 (10.1–19.8) 6.3 (3.9–10.1) 10.4 (7.9–13.6) 11.0 (8.3–14.4) 7.7 (3.8–15.0) 11.0 (8.3–14.3) 6.8 (3.1–14.6)
Ft. Worth, TX 4.6 (2.7–7.8) 5.6 (3.2–9.5) 5.1 (3.5–7.4) 5.3 (3.6–7.8) 3.1 (0.8–11.4) 5.2 (3.5–7.8) 2.4 (0.3–15.4)
Houston, TX 4.8 (2.8–8.1) 6.6 (3.9–10.9) 5.7 (3.8–8.5) 6.0 (3.9–9.1) 2.4 (0.5–10.1) 6.1 (4.0–9.3) 3.4 (0.8–13.7)
Los Angeles, CA
Miami-Dade County, FL 6.5 (4.3–9.7) 5.2 (3.3–8.2) 6.0 (4.6–7.8) 5.8 (4.2–7.9) 6.4 (2.9–13.6) 6.0 (4.4–8.2) 5.7 (2.3–13.4)
New York City, NY 7.1 (5.0–9.9) 5.5 (3.8–8.0) 6.3 (5.1–7.7) 5.8 (4.4–7.6) 7.4 (3.9–13.6) 7.1 (3.2–15.0) 6.3 (5.1–7.8) 9.7 (4.9–18.4)
Oakland, CA
Orange County, FL 5.6 (2.0–14.8) 5.6 (2.7–11.4) 5.6 (2.9–10.3) 6.1 (3.2–11.4) 2.7 (0.4–17.8) 6.4 (3.3–11.9)
Palm Beach County, FL 5.0 (2.6–9.3) 6.6 (4.0–10.9) 5.8 (3.8–8.7) 5.8 (3.7–8.9) 8.2 (2.4–24.1) 6.0 (3.8–9.1) 6.1 (1.4–23.0)
Philadelphia, PA 9.9 (4.7–19.8) 4.3 (1.8–10.1) 7.0 (3.8–12.6) 6.4 (3.2–12.4) 6.1 (1.6–20.2) 7.5 (4.1–13.4) 0.9 (0.1–7.3)
San Diego, CA 11.6 (7.8–16.9) 9.8 (5.7–16.1) 10.7 (7.5–15.1) 10.6 (7.1–15.5) 9.4 (3.6–22.3) 10.9 (7.3–15.9) 15.0 (5.2–36.1)
San Francisco, CA 7.5 (4.3–12.8) 8.4 (5.1–13.5) 8.0 (5.6–11.3) 8.3 (5.7–11.9) 1.5 (0.4–5.9) 8.8 (6.1–12.6)
Shelby County, TN 6.1 (3.4–10.6) 3.0 (1.3–6.8) 4.5 (2.7–7.6) 5.1 (3.0–8.7) 1.4 (0.3–5.5) 5.0 (2.9–8.6) 1.0 (0.1–7.1)
Median 7.3 6.1 6.6 6.3 5.3 6.7 6.1
Range 3.7–14.3 3.0–9.8 4.5–10.7 3.9–11.0 1.4–9.4 3.8–11.0 0.9–15.0

* Such as Mirena or ParaGard.
Such as Implanon or Nexplanon.
§ Such as Depo-Provera.
Such as OrthoEvra.
** Such as NuvaRing.
†† To prevent pregnancy, among students who were currently sexually active.
§§ Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
¶¶ 95% confidence interval.
*** Not available.

TABLE 153. Percentage of high school students who did not use any method to prevent pregnancy during last sexual intercourse,* by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI§ % CI % CI
Total 16.7 (13.8–20.0) 10.5 (8.7–12.6) 13.8 (12.0–15.9)
Race/Ethnicity
White 11.8 (8.8–15.7) 7.7 (5.1–11.5) 10.0 (7.8–12.7)
Black 25.5 (20.4–31.3) 10.8 (6.8–16.7) 17.8 (14.7–21.5)
Hispanic 22.0 (16.6–28.5) 16.1 (12.9–19.9) 19.0 (15.6–23.1)
Grade
9 27.6 (19.3–37.8) 13.8 (8.5–21.5) 20.1 (14.8–26.6)
10 17.2 (12.5–23.1) 12.6 (7.8–19.8) 15.0 (11.4–19.3)
11 15.4 (11.7–20.0) 7.0 (4.8–10.1) 11.5 (8.9–14.6)
12 13.7 (9.9–18.6) 10.7 (8.0–14.3) 12.3 (9.9–15.2)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 13.7 (10.9–17.1) 9.5 (7.8–11.7) 11.5 (9.7–13.6)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 27.8 (22.4–34.0) 25.9 (14.2–42.6) 27.4 (21.9–33.7)
Not sure 18.6 (11.1–29.6) 24.4 (8.8–52.0) 25.0 (16.5–35.8)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 13.8 (10.8–17.4) 9.5 (7.8–11.6) 11.5 (9.7–13.7)
Both sexes 22.6 (17.8–28.4) 10.2 (3.4–26.8) 20.8 (15.7–27.0)

* Among the 28.7% of students nationwide who were currently sexually active.
Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
§ 95% confidence interval.
Non-Hispanic.

TABLE 154. Percentage of high school students who did not use any method to prevent pregnancy during last sexual intercourse,* by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Both sexes
% CI§ % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska 16.5 (9.4–27.3) 15.6 (8.7–26.3) 16.3 (11.1–23.3)
Arizona 20.4 (12.6–31.2) 13.7 (9.4–19.5) 16.9 (12.2–22.9) 14.3 (9.1–21.8) 30.3 (16.6–48.7)
Arkansas 18.8 (12.7–27.0) 20.5 (14.5–28.0) 19.8 (15.5–24.9) 17.6 (13.1–23.3) 33.4 (18.0–53.4) 17.4 (12.8–23.2) 31.5 (12.1–60.5)
California 12.4 (6.4–22.7) 9.5 (5.7–15.5) 10.8 (7.4–15.4) 9.0 (5.8–13.8) 8.3 (5.4–12.5)
Colorado 12.3 (6.6–21.7) 11.0 (5.0–22.5) 12.1 (7.1–20.0) 10.9 (6.4–18.1)
Connecticut 11.2 (7.1–17.3) 9.0 (6.2–13.0) 10.2 (7.1–14.4) 8.2 (5.4–12.1) 24.7 (13.1–41.6) 8.2 (5.4–12.4) 20.4 (9.3–39.0)
Delaware 17.6 (13.2–23.2) 15.6 (11.2–21.3) 16.5 (13.1–20.5) 14.3 (11.1–18.2) 26.3 (14.4–43.1) 14.8 (11.6–18.8) 20.8 (10.5–37.0)
Florida 15.9 (12.9–19.5) 10.7 (8.3–13.6) 13.3 (11.7–15.1) 10.7 (9.1–12.6) 29.1 (21.9–37.7) 21.9 (11.3–38.0) 10.4 (8.7–12.2) 23.8 (16.1–33.7)
Hawaii 16.4 (11.7–22.6) 14.7 (10.6–20.1) 15.8 (12.6–19.6) 14.5 (11.1–18.7) 22.2 (15.4–30.9) 13.4 (5.8–27.9) 14.3 (11.1–18.2) 14.6 (7.6–26.1)
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa 8.9 (4.4–17.2) 13.5 (9.3–19.2) 11.2 (7.3–16.8) 6.2 (3.8–10.0) 39.6 (22.9–59.0) 8.6 (5.6–12.8) 21.7 (7.7–47.7)
Kansas 9.6 (5.5–16.2) 14.5 (8.0–24.7) 12.0 (8.0–17.5)
Kentucky 15.4 (11.4–20.4) 18.2 (13.3–24.4) 16.5 (13.4–20.1) 13.5 (9.7–18.4) 34.4 (20.9–50.9) 14.0 (10.4–18.5) 37.9 (21.8–57.3)
Louisiana
Maine 7.8 (6.4–9.5) 9.6 (7.7–11.8) 8.7 (7.4–10.1) 6.0 (5.0–7.3) 24.9 (20.7–29.7) 20.6 (14.8–27.9) 5.6 (4.5–7.0) 20.4 (16.2–25.4)
Maryland 17.2 (15.9–18.6) 13.9 (12.6–15.2) 15.8 (14.8–16.8) 12.3 (11.3–13.4) 31.8 (29.0–34.8) 27.7 (21.4–35.1)
Massachusetts 9.3 (6.0–14.1) 9.8 (6.8–14.1) 9.6 (7.1–12.8) 7.1 (4.7–10.4) 28.5 (18.2–41.6) 6.4 (4.5–9.0) 12.2 (5.9–23.4)
Michigan 13.1 (8.0–20.7) 16.3 (11.0–23.6) 14.7 (10.3–20.5) 13.6 (7.9–22.3) 25.1 (15.9–37.3) 12.9 (7.7–20.6) 17.5 (7.8–34.7)
Missouri 14.9 (9.9–22.0) 9.8 (4.1–21.4) 12.7 (8.2–19.2)
Montana 8.7 (6.7–11.2) 8.7 (6.2–12.1) 8.7 (6.9–11.0)
Nebraska 7.4 (3.6–14.6) 6.5 (3.3–12.6) 7.0 (4.1–11.6) 6.0 (3.2–10.9) 13.3 (4.4–33.9) 7.2 (4.2–12.1)
Nevada 21.0 (16.1–26.9) 16.5 (11.6–22.9) 18.9 (15.3–23.2) 13.2 (9.1–18.6) 44.1 (34.5–54.1) 13.4 (9.5–18.7) 41.7 (26.6–58.4)
New Hampshire 7.0 (5.5–8.7) 6.1 (4.9–7.7) 6.6 (5.7–7.7) 4.3 (3.4–5.3) 19.1 (14.4–24.8) 26.5 (17.5–37.9) 4.2 (3.4–5.3) 16.6 (12.4–21.9)
New Mexico 17.8 (14.1–22.2) 14.2 (11.8–17.1) 16.1 (13.5–19.0) 13.0 (10.1–16.6) 31.1 (24.6–38.5) 13.0 (10.4–16.1) 28.0 (17.5–41.5)
New York 15.3 (11.3–20.4) 15.7 (11.5–21.1) 15.6 (12.0–19.9) 12.3 (9.1–16.5) 31.8 (21.2–44.8) 27.1 (17.8–39.0) 12.9 (9.6–17.1) 17.2 (11.7–24.5)
North Carolina 18.4 (12.8–25.7) 11.6 (7.4–17.7) 15.1 (10.7–20.9) 12.8 (8.3–19.3) 27.9 (15.9–44.3) 12.4 (7.6–19.5) 25.4 (15.0–39.8)
North Dakota 11.7 (8.0–16.8) 6.1 (3.5–10.4) 9.3 (7.0–12.3) 7.3 (5.2–10.2) 32.9 (20.2–48.8)
Oklahoma 19.5 (13.6–27.0) 9.0 (4.7–16.8) 15.0 (11.9–18.8) 14.2 (10.6–18.6) 18.1 (9.7–31.1) 15.0 (11.7–18.9) 14.9 (6.0–32.4)
Pennsylvania 11.9 (8.7–16.0) 11.3 (7.2–17.1) 11.8 (8.8–15.6) 9.5 (6.8–13.0) 30.9 (18.0–47.6) 9.6 (7.2–12.8) 17.1 (8.7–31.1)
Rhode Island 11.1 (6.0–19.6) 12.2 (6.8–21.1) 11.6 (7.2–18.0) 10.2 (5.9–17.2) 18.9 (7.8–39.1) 9.6 (5.0–17.8) 18.1 (6.2–42.8)
South Carolina 20.6 (15.9–26.4) 7.5 (3.1–17.5) 15.1 (11.1–20.2) 11.6 (7.9–16.8) 30.1 (16.9–47.8) 11.2 (7.5–16.4) 30.4 (14.4–53.2)
Tennessee
Texas 24.5 (18.1–32.3) 21.7 (16.2–28.6) 23.1 (18.9–27.9) 21.5 (17.2–26.6) 37.9 (25.9–51.5) 20.3 (15.7–25.8) 39.3 (24.5–56.3)
Utah
Vermont 6.6 (5.8–7.6) 7.6 (6.6–8.7) 7.2 (6.5–7.9) 5.1 (4.5–5.7) 21.0 (17.9–24.4) 14.2 (9.9–20.1) 4.7 (4.1–5.3) 17.4 (14.3–21.0)
Virginia
West Virginia 12.9 (8.0–20.1) 15.8 (9.9–24.3) 14.2 (10.7–18.7) 13.0 (10.2–16.4) 27.1 (11.5–51.4) 12.7 (9.9–16.1) 22.8 (9.2–46.2)
Wisconsin 5.9 (3.1–11.0) 9.3 (5.4–15.4) 7.8 (5.3–11.2) 5.9 (3.7–9.4) 20.7 (10.7–36.3) 6.2 (3.9–9.6) 5.9 (1.6–19.3)
Median 13.1 11.6 13.3 11.6 28.5 21.9 11.2 20.4
Range 5.9–24.5 6.1–21.7 6.6–23.1 4.3–21.5 13.3–44.1 13.4–27.7 4.2–20.3 5.9–41.7
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA 19.3 (13.4–26.9) 9.5 (5.3–16.7) 14.5 (10.3–19.9) 10.5 (6.9–15.7) 39.0 (25.7–54.1) 10.6 (7.0–15.6)
Broward County, FL 16.4 (9.3–27.2) 8.9 (4.8–16.0) 12.6 (8.0–19.3) 13.5 (8.1–21.6) 14.1 (8.7–22.2)
Chicago, IL 16.5 (12.2–22.1) 20.0 (13.5–28.6) 18.2 (14.0–23.4) 17.0 (12.4–22.9) 27.4 (12.7–49.5) 16.9 (12.9–21.9) 15.0 (5.7–33.8)
Cleveland, OH 23.8 (18.0–30.9) 15.1 (9.4–23.3) 19.8 (15.5–25.0) 16.0 (11.4–22.0) 33.6 (21.2–48.8) 15.3 (11.0–20.9) 30.8 (17.5–48.4)
DeKalb County, GA 27.8 (20.3–36.7) 14.9 (9.8–21.9) 21.1 (16.6–26.5) 16.4 (12.4–21.2) 44.8 (30.9–59.6) 17.1 (13.2–21.9) 21.8 (11.0–38.7)
Detroit, MI 32.4 (23.1–43.2) 27.1 (20.1–35.5) 23.9 (16.9–32.5) 25.1 (18.3–33.4)
District of Columbia 24.6 (21.6–27.9) 19.9 (17.0–23.2) 22.0 (19.9–24.3) 18.8 (16.6–21.3) 39.6 (33.4–46.1) 27.3 (15.3–43.8) 18.6 (16.4–21.1) 31.1 (24.6–38.5)
Duval County, FL 22.9 (18.3–28.2) 14.6 (10.5–19.9) 18.9 (15.8–22.6) 14.7 (11.8–18.2) 33.7 (25.6–43.0) 13.2 (10.5–16.6) 25.7 (18.0–35.4)
Ft. Worth, TX 22.7 (18.2–27.9) 20.1 (15.9–25.2) 21.4 (18.2–25.0) 17.8 (14.7–21.3) 48.4 (36.3–60.6) 18.2 (15.0–22.0) 34.3 (21.3–50.2)
Houston, TX 29.7 (24.5–35.4) 17.4 (12.8–23.2) 23.2 (19.5–27.5) 21.0 (17.1–25.7) 32.7 (23.3–43.8) 20.2 (16.2–24.8) 33.3 (21.2–48.1)
Los Angeles, CA
Miami-Dade County, FL 21.5 (16.4–27.7) 18.2 (13.8–23.6) 19.9 (16.1–24.3) 18.3 (14.5–22.8) 28.8 (19.4–40.5) 16.6 (13.3–20.5) 31.9 (18.7–48.8)
New York City, NY 27.9 (23.6–32.5) 19.9 (16.3–24.1) 24.1 (21.2–27.1) 22.9 (19.5–26.8) 29.6 (23.2–36.9) 24.9 (17.4–34.2) 22.1 (19.0–25.6) 21.6 (14.9–30.3)
Oakland, CA
Orange County, FL 21.8 (15.5–29.7) 10.6 (6.3–17.3) 15.9 (12.1–20.7) 12.9 (9.5–17.1) 32.7 (18.3–51.5) 13.0 (9.5–17.6)
Palm Beach County, FL 14.8 (9.4–22.4) 16.2 (11.8–21.7) 15.6 (11.8–20.2) 14.6 (10.5–19.9) 25.5 (14.3–41.2) 13.2 (9.7–17.8) 28.2 (14.9–47.0)
Philadelphia, PA 22.8 (16.8–30.1) 14.8 (7.6–26.8) 18.6 (14.3–23.9) 16.3 (11.0–23.5) 36.1 (25.8–47.9) 15.5 (10.3–22.6) 30.0 (18.9–43.9)
San Diego, CA 14.3 (9.7–20.6) 16.9 (11.3–24.6) 15.6 (11.8–20.5) 13.9 (10.3–18.4) 30.9 (19.5–45.4) 12.6 (9.6–16.5) 17.6 (5.4–44.4)
San Francisco, CA 19.1 (12.8–27.5) 17.6 (11.0–27.0) 18.2 (13.6–23.9) 16.7 (11.7–23.3) 26.7 (13.1–46.9) 14.8 (10.1–21.1)
Shelby County, TN 19.9 (14.9–25.9) 14.1 (9.6–20.2) 17.1 (13.4–21.6) 16.0 (12.3–20.5) 25.5 (15.6–38.8) 15.9 (12.1–20.7) 7.1 (2.0–22.2)
Median 22.2 16.2 18.7 16.3 32.7 15.7 28.2
Range 14.3–32.4 8.9–20.1 12.6–27.1 10.5–23.9 25.5–48.4 10.6–25.1 7.1–34.3

* Among students who were currently sexually active.
Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
§ 95% confidence interval.
Not available.

TABLE 155. Percentage of high school students who drank alcohol or used drugs before last sexual intercourse,* by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI§ % CI % CI
Total 15.9 (14.1–17.9) 21.6 (19.3–24.2) 18.8 (17.1–20.5)
Race/Ethnicity
White 16.6 (14.2–19.4) 20.9 (17.6–24.7) 18.7 (16.6–21.0)
Black 16.0 (10.7–23.1) 23.9 (19.3–29.2) 20.1 (16.8–23.8)
Hispanic 12.6 (9.7–16.2) 22.6 (18.0–27.8) 17.7 (14.5–21.4)
Grade
9 17.8 (12.2–25.3) 24.2 (17.2–32.9) 21.3 (15.9–27.8)
10 14.1 (10.3–19.1) 25.6 (20.1–31.9) 19.7 (16.6–23.2)
11 13.8 (10.9–17.3) 14.8 (11.4–19.0) 14.2 (12.1–16.6)
12 17.5 (15.0–20.3) 23.3 (18.9–28.5) 20.3 (17.8–23.2)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 14.1 (12.1–16.4) 21.3 (18.8–24.2) 18.0 (16.0–20.1)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 20.2 (15.4–26.1) 21.5 (10.1–39.8) 20.3 (16.0–25.3)
Not sure 30.7 (17.8–47.6) 35.1 (14.2–63.9) 34.6 (22.5–49.1)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 13.2 (11.2–15.4) 21.7 (19.0–24.7) 17.7 (15.7–20.0)
Same sex only or both sexes 26.1 (19.6–33.7) 20.0 (9.4–37.5) 24.8 (18.7–32.1)

* Among the 28.7% of students nationwide who were currently sexually active.
Students who had no sexual contact are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
§ 95% confidence interval.
Non-Hispanic.

TABLE 156. Percentage of high school students who drank alcohol or used drugs before last sexual intercourse,* by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Same sex only or both sexes
% CI§ % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska 21.4 (15.2–29.2) 19.1 (9.4–34.8) 20.6 (14.8–28.0)
Arizona 16.4 (9.5–26.8) 20.1 (12.5–30.6) 18.2 (12.1–26.6) 15.2 (10.4–21.7) 34.4 (15.1–60.6)
Arkansas 12.2 (6.3–22.2) 21.9 (15.5–30.2) 16.9 (12.5–22.5) 16.8 (12.6–21.9) 19.8 (10.4–34.4) 16.6 (12.3–22.1) 21.3 (11.3–36.4)
California 14.0 (7.1–25.7) 17.8 (9.8–30.0) 16.0 (9.6–25.4) 15.5 (8.9–25.6) 16.2 (9.5–26.1)
Colorado 21.6 (13.8–32.1) 20.9 (13.6–30.6) 21.0 (14.8–28.8) 20.0 (13.5–28.6) 22.1 (11.2–38.9)
Connecticut 18.4 (12.6–26.1) 19.4 (13.8–26.6) 19.1 (14.9–24.1) 17.0 (12.9–22.0) 26.6 (18.0–37.4) 17.0 (12.8–22.3) 27.6 (17.2–41.2)
Delaware 15.1 (10.1–21.9) 26.4 (21.5–31.9) 20.3 (16.2–25.1) 20.3 (16.5–24.8) 15.7 (8.2–28.1) 19.7 (15.5–24.7) 28.0 (17.4–41.8)
Florida 16.9 (14.2–20.0) 23.5 (20.1–27.2) 20.4 (18.1–23.0) 18.4 (15.9–21.2) 22.9 (16.5–31.0) 41.8 (28.1–56.9) 18.7 (16.0–21.6) 27.9 (21.0–36.0)
Hawaii 20.2 (15.3–26.2) 26.3 (20.9–32.7) 22.8 (19.7–26.1) 20.2 (16.9–23.9) 33.3 (20.8–48.8) 37.3 (19.9–58.8) 20.0 (16.6–24.0) 37.5 (25.5–51.3)
Idaho 13.4 (9.1–19.5) 19.7 (13.7–27.5) 16.5 (12.5–21.5)
Illinois 18.0 (12.8–24.8) 18.4 (11.8–27.6) 18.0 (13.3–23.9) 16.5 (11.7–22.9) 25.8 (17.5–36.3) 26.3 (6.9–63.3) 15.3 (11.0–20.8) 35.4 (24.4–48.1)
Iowa 17.3 (10.8–26.5) 17.6 (11.0–26.9) 17.7 (12.4–24.7) 14.1 (11.0–17.8) 20.9 (8.8–42.2) 15.0 (11.2–19.9) 24.3 (11.2–44.9)
Kansas 18.8 (13.5–25.4) 23.8 (17.6–31.4) 21.2 (16.7–26.5)
Kentucky 17.3 (11.7–24.8) 17.9 (13.6–23.1) 17.5 (13.4–22.5) 15.7 (11.5–21.1) 25.2 (14.5–40.1) 15.2 (11.1–20.4) 32.7 (18.8–50.5)
Louisiana
Maine 13.9 (11.7–16.5) 17.7 (14.7–21.2) 15.7 (13.6–18.1) 14.0 (12.0–16.3) 22.2 (16.7–28.7) 43.6 (32.5–55.5) 14.2 (12.2–16.4) 23.8 (18.7–29.9)
Maryland 19.7 (18.2–21.4) 22.6 (21.0–24.3) 21.2 (20.0–22.5) 19.0 (17.8–20.2) 28.6 (25.2–32.3) 40.3 (32.6–48.4)
Massachusetts 18.2 (13.8–23.7) 17.9 (13.3–23.7) 18.2 (15.8–21.0) 18.0 (15.3–21.1) 22.2 (14.9–31.8) 17.1 (14.1–20.5) 24.6 (15.9–36.0)
Michigan 19.3 (14.0–25.9) 20.9 (14.3–29.6) 19.9 (16.4–24.0) 16.6 (12.9–21.0) 37.7 (23.0–55.1) 17.1 (13.7–21.1) 35.6 (21.9–52.1)
Missouri 14.3 (9.7–20.5) 17.0 (12.8–22.2) 15.5 (11.7–20.2)
Montana 15.4 (12.5–18.8) 20.5 (17.3–24.0) 17.8 (15.6–20.1)
Nebraska 12.3 (6.0–23.5) 15.2 (9.3–23.8) 13.7 (9.3–19.8) 11.6 (7.8–17.0) 12.1 (8.2–17.5) 24.8 (7.9–55.8)
Nevada 19.5 (16.0–23.5) 18.3 (12.5–25.9) 19.2 (15.3–23.8) 18.6 (14.1–24.1) 18.8 (9.9–32.8) 16.6 (12.3–22.0) 27.6 (16.7–42.2)
New Hampshire 16.3 (14.3–18.6) 20.4 (17.9–23.1) 18.7 (17.0–20.4) 16.8 (15.1–18.7) 26.9 (21.8–32.6) 42.3 (31.3–54.0) 16.2 (14.6–18.1) 35.8 (30.1–41.9)
New Mexico 17.3 (14.4–20.8) 21.5 (17.1–26.5) 19.5 (16.5–23.0) 17.1 (14.4–20.3) 26.2 (19.5–34.3) 17.7 (14.4–21.5) 31.0 (22.7–40.8)
New York 14.2 (10.2–19.5) 18.5 (13.3–25.1) 16.2 (12.0–21.4) 14.9 (10.8–20.0) 22.1 (12.5–36.0) 22.1 (13.8–33.4) 13.5 (9.7–18.5) 30.6 (19.1–45.3)
North Carolina 15.1 (10.9–20.4) 22.3 (17.5–28.1) 18.7 (15.6–22.3) 18.0 (14.7–21.7) 21.7 (13.7–32.7) 18.0 (15.3–21.1) 22.0 (14.0–32.7)
North Dakota 18.6 (14.0–24.2) 23.2 (17.6–30.0) 20.7 (17.2–24.8) 18.4 (14.9–22.6) 42.2 (28.0–57.9)
Oklahoma 15.1 (11.2–20.2) 22.7 (14.9–33.0) 18.3 (14.0–23.6) 18.0 (13.2–24.0) 21.9 (10.2–41.0) 18.1 (13.3–24.0) 20.6 (9.0–40.6)
Pennsylvania 14.4 (10.2–19.9) 17.4 (13.4–22.2) 16.3 (13.6–19.3) 15.7 (13.1–18.6) 20.4 (10.5–35.8) 15.5 (12.6–19.1) 17.5 (10.5–27.7)
Rhode Island 18.5 (13.6–24.6) 15.5 (7.9–28.3) 17.3 (11.8–24.8) 15.5 (9.1–25.1) 23.0 (16.8–30.7) 15.9 (9.6–25.1) 23.4 (12.8–39.0)
South Carolina 18.5 (13.6–24.7) 13.4 (6.9–24.3) 16.6 (12.6–21.6) 14.9 (10.6–20.6) 21.5 (8.6–44.2) 12.7 (8.8–18.2) 31.8 (16.3–52.9)
Tennessee
Texas 18.2 (14.8–22.2) 20.0 (14.6–26.8) 19.1 (16.4–22.3) 18.5 (15.1–22.4) 18.1 (8.4–34.8) 18.8 (15.7–22.2) 22.3 (12.8–36.1)
Utah
Vermont 17.1 (15.7–18.5) 22.4 (20.9–24.0) 19.9 (18.9–21.0) 17.8 (16.8–18.9) 29.5 (26.2–33.1) 39.1 (32.3–46.4) 17.2 (16.1–18.2) 36.6 (33.0–40.4)
Virginia
West Virginia 12.8 (8.8–18.3) 17.5 (12.3–24.1) 15.1 (11.5–19.7) 14.3 (10.8–18.6) 23.5 (8.9–49.1) 14.4 (11.0–18.8) 21.7 (10.4–39.6)
Wisconsin 13.9 (10.4–18.4) 20.1 (15.1–26.4) 17.0 (13.9–20.7) 15.7 (12.1–20.1) 20.7 (7.8–44.7) 15.6 (12.7–19.0) 27.7 (14.0–47.5)
Median 17.1 20.0 18.2 16.8 22.6 39.7 16.4 27.6
Range 12.2–21.6 13.4–26.4 13.7–22.8 11.6–20.3 15.7–42.2 22.1–43.6 12.1–20.0 17.5–37.5
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Broward County, FL 28.3 (17.2–42.8) 16.3 (6.8–34.2) 22.3 (13.4–34.6) 23.5 (14.2–36.3) 20.3 (12.1–31.9)
Chicago, IL 13.7 (9.0–20.3) 14.8 (8.9–23.5) 14.1 (9.8–19.9) 13.3 (8.9–19.4) 24.5 (15.2–37.1) 12.8 (8.5–18.9) 24.4 (13.2–40.8)
Cleveland, OH 16.8 (12.4–22.3) 26.0 (17.8–36.3) 20.9 (16.3–26.3) 21.1 (15.7–27.7) 20.0 (11.2–33.3) 18.0 (12.7–24.8) 31.4 (21.6–43.1)
DeKalb County, GA 15.8 (10.3–23.5) 16.7 (11.5–23.6) 16.3 (12.1–21.6) 14.4 (10.2–20.0) 22.3 (12.5–36.6) 13.9 (9.9–19.2) 26.9 (15.8–42.0)
Detroit, MI 11.4 (8.0–15.9) 17.6 (13.6–22.6) 18.9 (14.3–24.4) 20.3 (15.2–26.6) 8.2 (3.0–20.6)
District of Columbia 17.4 (14.8–20.3) 20.7 (17.9–23.8) 19.2 (17.3–21.3) 18.2 (16.1–20.5) 23.7 (18.7–29.6) 25.0 (15.0–38.5) 17.0 (14.9–19.3) 28.5 (23.5–33.9)
Duval County, FL 20.8 (16.6–25.9) 19.3 (14.8–24.6) 20.4 (17.1–24.0) 18.3 (14.6–22.7) 25.8 (18.5–34.8) 17.5 (14.0–21.8) 26.7 (20.1–34.5)
Ft. Worth, TX 12.6 (9.3–16.9) 14.7 (11.1–19.2) 14.0 (11.3–17.2) 12.8 (10.2–16.1) 22.8 (13.8–35.3) 11.7 (9.1–15.0) 27.7 (17.7–40.6)
Houston, TX 16.9 (12.2–22.9) 19.5 (15.2–24.5) 18.2 (14.6–22.5) 15.7 (12.1–20.3) 24.0 (15.9–34.5) 14.8 (11.5–18.9) 33.5 (21.7–47.8)
Los Angeles, CA
Miami-Dade County, FL 14.3 (11.2–18.2) 20.9 (16.7–26.0) 17.4 (14.7–20.5) 17.0 (14.4–19.9) 19.0 (11.3–30.1) 16.2 (13.7–19.2) 24.9 (16.6–35.5)
New York City, NY 13.3 (9.8–17.8) 19.1 (15.5–23.3) 16.3 (13.5–19.6) 14.4 (11.6–17.8) 21.4 (13.8–31.7) 22.5 (14.4–33.4) 14.0 (11.4–17.1) 26.5 (18.5–36.4)
Oakland, CA 21.6 (14.5–30.8) 26.1 (18.7–35.1) 24.1 (18.6–30.7) 24.8 (19.2–31.4) 17.2 (7.2–35.7) 24.3 (18.6–31.1) 25.9 (13.1–44.7)
Orange County, FL 19.4 (13.3–27.6) 19.8 (13.3–28.4) 19.5 (14.8–25.3) 19.5 (14.3–26.1) 16.9 (7.6–33.4) 19.1 (14.1–25.5) 22.5 (12.4–37.4)
Palm Beach County, FL 10.9 (6.7–17.1) 26.7 (20.5–34.0) 19.0 (15.1–23.5) 16.9 (13.3–21.3) 23.3 (12.3–39.7) 16.0 (12.4–20.5) 36.0 (21.7–53.4)
Philadelphia, PA 11.8 (7.6–17.9) 11.6 (6.7–19.3) 11.6 (7.7–17.1) 10.2 (6.4–15.7) 17.5 (6.9–37.7) 9.9 (5.9–16.0) 21.3 (10.7–38.1)
San Diego, CA 19.3 (14.4–25.3) 20.5 (13.6–29.7) 20.0 (15.3–25.6) 18.8 (13.9–25.1) 31.6 (21.3–44.2) 16.3 (11.7–22.2) 40.7 (26.7–56.3)
San Francisco, CA 19.9 (13.1–29.1) 24.3 (17.9–32.1) 22.4 (17.1–28.8) 22.7 (17.2–29.4) 27.2 (12.6–49.1) 20.3 (15.3–26.6) 35.1 (18.1–56.9)
Shelby County, TN 16.9 (11.9–23.5) 23.2 (16.3–31.9) 20.0 (15.5–25.6) 18.9 (14.0–25.0) 28.3 (17.3–42.7) 19.7 (14.6–26.0) 21.8 (12.9–34.4)
Median 16.8 19.8 19.1 18.2 23.0 16.7 26.7
Range 10.9–28.3 11.6–26.7 11.6–24.1 10.2–24.8 16.9–31.6 9.9–24.3 8.2–40.7

* Among students who were currently sexually active.
Students who had no sexual contact are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts.
§ 95% confidence interval.
Not available.

TABLE 157. Percentage of high school students who were ever tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),* by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017Return to your place in the text
Category Sex Total
Female Male
% CI % CI % CI
Total 10.5 (9.1–12.1) 8.1 (7.2–9.1) 9.3 (8.4–10.3)
Race/Ethnicity
White§ 8.8 (7.0–11.1) 6.9 (5.9–8.0) 7.9 (6.8–9.2)
Black§ 16.6 (13.3–20.5) 13.7 (10.2–18.1) 15.2 (12.4–18.6)
Hispanic 10.1 (8.5–12.1) 7.7 (5.9–9.9) 8.9 (7.3–10.7)
Grade
9 6.6 (5.3–8.3) 5.7 (4.4–7.4) 6.2 (5.1–7.4)
10 8.5 (6.8–10.6) 7.8 (6.2–9.8) 8.2 (6.9–9.6)
11 11.6 (9.5–14.2) 9.0 (6.8–11.9) 10.3 (8.7–12.2)
12 15.8 (13.3–18.7) 10.2 (8.4–12.2) 13.2 (11.4–15.2)
Sexual identity
Heterosexual (straight) 10.5 (9.2–11.9) 7.9 (6.9–9.0) 9.1 (8.1–10.2)
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 14.7 (11.7–18.2) 11.5 (7.8–16.6) 14.0 (11.7–16.6)
Not sure 6.5 (3.1–13.3) 7.3 (3.8–13.7) 7.4 (4.6–11.8)
Sex of sexual contacts
Opposite sex only 15.6 (13.4–18.0) 11.3 (9.9–12.8) 13.2 (11.8–14.8)
Same sex only or both sexes 22.0 (18.0–26.7) 15.1 (11.0–20.5) 20.2 (16.8–24.2)
No sexual contact 4.4 (3.4–5.7) 2.7 (2.0–3.7) 3.6 (2.9–4.5)

* Not counting tests done if they donated blood.
95% confidence interval.
§ Non-Hispanic.

TABLE 158. Percentage of high school students who were ever tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),* by sex, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts — selected U.S. sites, Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, 2017Return to your place in the text
Site Sex Total Sexual identity Sex of sexual contacts
Female Male Heterosexual (straight) Gay, lesbian, or bisexual Not sure Opposite sex only Same sex only or both sexes No sexual contact
% CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI % CI
State surveys
Alaska §
Arizona
Arkansas 26.1 (13.7–43.9) 21.3 (14.1–30.8) 23.8 (14.0–37.5) 21.1 (11.9–34.7) 40.6 (26.1–57.0) 20.7 (10.1–37.8) 23.2 (15.4–33.5) 54.3 (33.7–73.6) 6.4 (4.6–8.8)
California 10.0 (7.6–13.1) 10.9 (7.7–15.2) 10.5 (8.3–13.2) 10.2 (8.1–12.7) 14.9 (8.0–26.0) 5.7 (1.3–22.4) 13.0 (10.2–16.5) 23.0 (13.1–37.2) 5.0 (3.4–7.2)
Colorado
Connecticut 12.0 (9.9–14.4) 11.5 (9.9–13.3) 11.8 (10.3–13.4) 11.3 (10.0–12.7) 15.3 (10.7–21.4) 11.8 (6.8–19.6) 16.0 (13.9–18.3) 17.8 (11.5–26.7) 6.0 (4.3–8.2)
Delaware 16.6 (13.9–19.7) 10.3 (8.4–12.6) 13.5 (11.7–15.6) 12.4 (10.6–14.5) 20.4 (14.9–27.2) 18.3 (9.3–33.0) 19.1 (16.6–21.9) 28.6 (21.1–37.5) 4.2 (2.9–6.2)
Florida 12.0 (10.3–14.0) 11.9 (10.3–13.8) 12.0 (10.6–13.6) 11.4 (10.0–13.1) 16.0 (13.0–19.5) 12.7 (8.4–18.7) 15.7 (13.7–17.9) 23.2 (18.6–28.5) 6.5 (5.5–7.7)
Hawaii
Idaho 11.2 (9.3–13.5) 10.4 (7.9–13.6) 10.9 (8.8–13.3)
Illinois 13.9 (11.6–16.6) 17.8 (15.1–20.9) 15.8 (13.8–18.0) 14.8 (12.9–16.9) 27.2 (19.6–36.3) 10.9 (4.9–22.4) 18.8 (15.9–22.0) 37.0 (23.3–53.1) 8.2 (6.2–10.7)
Iowa 10.5 (7.7–14.2) 11.0 (8.7–13.8) 11.0 (8.7–13.6) 9.6 (7.7–12.1) 22.5 (13.7–34.6) 17.2 (6.8–37.2) 10.2 (8.3–12.6) 28.6 (21.9–36.4) 5.7 (3.3–9.7)
Kansas
Kentucky 10.3 (7.9–13.3) 12.0 (9.3–15.4) 11.3 (9.2–13.8) 10.6 (8.4–13.3) 14.5 (9.0–22.5) 18.0 (9.1–32.6) 13.0 (9.7–17.1) 20.1 (13.7–28.4) 5.3 (3.7–7.5)
Louisiana 22.1 (17.2–27.9) 22.7 (18.4–27.7) 22.5 (18.6–27.0)
Maine
Maryland 14.0 (13.2–14.8) 16.1 (15.3–17.0) 15.2 (14.6–15.9) 14.1 (13.5–14.7) 21.3 (19.7–23.0) 14.7 (12.6–17.1)
Massachusetts 10.8 (9.2–12.7) 10.1 (8.2–12.5) 10.5 (9.0–12.1) 10.5 (9.0–12.1) 12.7 (9.4–16.9) 6.3 (3.0–12.8) 14.7 (12.4–17.4) 17.7 (13.5–22.8) 5.0 (3.7–6.6)
Michigan 13.3 (10.0–17.5) 11.8 (9.0–15.4) 12.5 (10.2–15.2) 11.6 (9.1–14.7) 18.4 (10.8–29.4) 17.9 (9.4–31.5) 16.8 (13.6–20.6) 27.3 (20.0–36.1) 4.5 (2.7–7.3)
Missouri 12.4 (8.8–17.3) 14.8 (12.3–17.7) 13.7 (11.1–16.7)
Montana
Nebraska 8.0 (5.9–10.8) 8.8 (6.5–11.7) 8.8 (6.9–11.1) 7.6 (5.8–9.8) 17.3 (11.6–25.0) 16.0 (7.7–30.3) 9.2 (6.5–13.0) 15.7 (10.0–23.7) 4.9 (3.0–7.9)
Nevada 8.7 (6.5–11.6) 8.7 (7.0–10.8) 8.9 (7.2–11.0) 8.7 (7.0–10.7) 9.9 (6.0–16.0) 13.3 (6.5–25.0) 12.6 (9.5–16.5) 13.0 (9.1–18.3) 4.4 (3.0–6.4)
New Hampshire
New Mexico 11.9 (8.7–15.9) 11.1 (9.3–13.1) 11.5 (9.0–14.4) 10.8 (8.6–13.4) 16.1 (11.8–21.6) 10.2 (6.4–15.7) 15.7 (11.9–20.5) 20.5 (15.7–26.3) 5.1 (4.1–6.5)
New York 14.9 (12.9–17.0) 15.9 (14.2–17.7) 15.3 (14.0–16.7) 14.7 (13.3–16.3) 18.8 (14.0–24.9) 14.1 (10.6–18.4) 22.8 (20.4–25.4) 24.0 (19.6–29.1) 8.2 (6.7–10.1)
North Carolina 11.2 (8.8–14.0) 10.5 (8.2–13.4) 10.8 (9.0–13.0) 8.7 (7.4–10.1) 20.9 (15.5–27.7) 23.5 (15.1–34.7) 13.3 (10.8–16.2) 22.0 (15.4–30.6) 4.3 (3.3–5.6)
North Dakota
Oklahoma 14.7 (10.4–20.2) 9.7 (7.4–12.5) 12.2 (9.4–15.7) 10.4 (8.4–12.9) 21.6 (11.8–36.0) 30.4 (15.6–50.7) 15.7 (11.7–20.7) 29.7 (16.7–47.0) 5.1 (3.8–6.9)
Pennsylvania 13.4 (10.5–16.9) 13.7 (11.0–17.0) 13.5 (11.1–16.4) 12.6 (10.4–15.3) 22.1 (16.2–29.2) 10.7 (5.7–19.2) 16.3 (13.6–19.4) 29.2 (21.7–38.0) 6.6 (4.9–8.7)
Rhode Island 12.5 (8.1–18.7) 14.1 (11.3–17.5) 13.5 (10.5–17.1) 12.5 (9.5–16.4) 20.0 (11.6–32.3) 13.0 (4.2–34.0) 16.4 (13.0–20.5) 27.9 (20.7–36.4) 6.2 (4.7–8.2)
South Carolina 12.6 (9.7–16.2) 11.4 (8.7–14.7) 12.1 (10.1–14.5) 11.9 (9.4–14.8) 12.8 (7.0–22.2) 17.5 (7.4–36.1) 14.3 (11.3–18.0) 20.1 (13.8–28.3) 4.6 (2.7–7.9)
Tennessee 12.9 (10.2–16.1) 11.0 (8.5–14.0) 12.0 (10.1–14.3)
Texas 14.1 (10.9–18.1) 12.8 (10.4–15.8) 13.5 (11.0–16.4) 12.5 (10.2–15.3) 19.2 (11.7–29.9) 18.2 (10.3–30.0) 15.5 (12.9–18.6) 27.5 (19.0–38.1) 7.7 (5.5–10.8)
Utah 7.8 (5.4–11.2) 8.5 (5.8–12.3) 8.2 (6.1–11.1)
Vermont 11.9 (11.3–12.6) 9.0 (8.4–9.5) 10.4 (10.0–10.9) 10.0 (9.6–10.5) 14.7 (13.2–16.3) 8.8 (7.0–10.8) 14.3 (13.6–15.1) 24.7 (22.4–27.2) 3.4 (3.0–3.8)
Virginia
West Virginia 10.9 (8.7–13.6) 13.0 (9.8–16.9) 12.3 (10.0–15.1) 11.6 (9.1–14.5) 22.3 (14.8–32.3) 2.3 (0.5–10.6) 13.0 (10.7–15.8) 21.1 (15.0–28.8) 6.0 (4.1–8.9)
Wisconsin 10.8 (8.5–13.7) 11.2 (7.8–15.9) 11.2 (8.8–14.2) 10.4 (8.2–13.1) 20.3 (14.4–27.8) 6.5 (2.9–13.7) 12.8 (10.1–16.1) 20.4 (13.6–29.5) 6.5 (4.0–10.3)
Median 12.0 11.4 12.0 11.4 19.0 13.7 15.5 23.2 5.3
Range 7.8–26.1 8.5–22.7 8.2–23.8 7.6–21.1 9.9–40.6 2.3–30.4 9.2–23.2 13.0–54.3 3.4–8.2
Large urban school district surveys
Baltimore, MD 27.4 (21.3–34.5) 28.0 (20.8–36.4) 27.9 (23.0–33.3) 28.0 (22.4–34.3) 28.3 (17.5–42.3) 28.2 (14.4–47.8) 34.6 (27.2–42.8) 35.4 (22.8–50.3) 13.3 (9.4–18.6)
Boston, MA 16.0 (13.0–19.5) 16.6 (13.5–20.2) 16.4 (13.9–19.2) 16.5 (13.9–19.5) 16.8 (10.9–24.9) 12.0 (6.0–22.5) 22.2 (19.0–25.7) 26.3 (18.1–36.5) 7.1 (5.2–9.7)
Broward County, FL 19.3 (14.6–25.0) 19.5 (14.7–25.5) 19.5 (15.3–24.6) 18.5 (14.6–23.2) 27.6 (15.8–43.8) 14.8 (6.1–31.4) 21.4 (15.1–29.5) 16.7 (8.1–31.6) 13.4 (9.3–18.9)
Chicago, IL 20.1 (16.9–23.6) 18.1 (14.3–22.7) 19.0 (16.5–21.9) 18.8 (16.3–21.7) 22.7 (17.5–28.9) 14.6 (7.5–26.6) 25.0 (21.1–29.3) 26.0 (17.3–37.2) 10.7 (8.0–14.2)
Cleveland, OH 23.5 (19.9–27.6) 21.4 (17.2–26.3) 22.6 (19.5–25.9) 22.6 (19.3–26.4) 24.8 (16.9–34.8) 14.2 (6.4–28.6) 27.5 (22.6–33.0) 33.7 (24.9–43.8) 10.0 (7.4–13.5)
DeKalb County, GA 14.8 (12.2–17.9) 20.0 (16.9–23.4) 17.3 (15.3–19.5) 16.0 (13.8–18.5) 25.2 (19.2–32.2) 18.1 (10.7–29.1) 22.9 (19.4–27.0) 24.1 (17.3–32.6) 7.8 (6.1–9.8)
Detroit, MI 20.2 (16.4–24.7) 26.9 (22.3–32.1) 23.5 (20.3–27.1) 22.8 (19.3–26.6) 30.8 (22.9–39.9) 13.4 (6.2–26.4) 27.3 (22.8–32.3) 29.1 (20.1–40.2) 17.2 (13.3–21.9)
District of Columbia 30.0 (28.5–31.6) 29.7 (27.9–31.4) 29.9 (28.7–31.0) 29.6 (28.3–30.9) 33.9 (30.8–37.1) 22.9 (18.2–28.3) 37.7 (35.8–39.7) 40.9 (37.2–44.7) 15.9 (14.5–17.4)
Duval County, FL 16.4 (14.5–18.4) 18.9 (16.4–21.7) 17.7 (15.9–19.5) 16.5 (14.5–18.6) 24.0 (20.1–28.4) 14.6 (9.3–22.3) 19.2 (16.7–21.9) 28.4 (24.2–33.1) 7.3 (5.9–9.2)
Ft. Worth, TX 12.3 (10.4–14.4) 12.4 (10.6–14.3) 12.4 (11.1–13.8) 11.7 (10.5–13.1) 18.7 (14.2–24.1) 13.3 (7.9–21.4) 17.3 (15.0–20.0) 18.0 (12.6–25.0) 5.6 (4.3–7.1)
Houston, TX 15.7 (13.8–17.7) 18.5 (16.1–21.1) 17.1 (15.5–18.9) 16.3 (14.6–18.1) 21.8 (17.5–26.9) 20.7 (14.5–28.5) 21.9 (19.1–25.1) 22.1 (16.7–28.6) 9.8 (8.2–11.6)
Los Angeles, CA 10.7 (7.6–14.8) 10.1 (7.0–14.3) 10.4 (7.9–13.6) 10.2 (7.6–13.5) 15.7 (8.6–26.9) 8.3 (2.6–23.0) 15.9 (11.8–20.9) 25.5 (15.5–39.0) 4.7 (2.6–8.4)
Miami-Dade County, FL 18.5 (16.0–21.3) 18.4 (15.8–21.4) 18.6 (16.6–20.8) 17.7 (15.4–20.2) 22.8 (18.3–28.1) 22.5 (13.9–34.4) 21.1 (18.6–23.9) 32.6 (25.9–40.1) 9.5 (7.7–11.7)
New York City, NY 16.9 (14.5–19.6) 18.9 (16.4–21.8) 18.0 (15.7–20.5) 17.7 (15.2–20.5) 21.9 (19.0–25.1) 15.5 (12.5–19.0) 29.8 (25.8–34.1) 27.2 (23.0–31.8) 9.8 (8.4–11.4)
Oakland, CA 26.8 (22.3–31.8) 21.5 (18.7–24.5) 24.2 (21.6–27.1) 23.2 (20.6–25.9) 34.9 (26.7–44.1) 19.2 (10.6–32.3) 36.1 (31.8–40.6) 42.3 (32.8–52.5) 12.4 (9.9–15.4)
Orange County, FL 10.2 (8.1–12.8) 12.7 (10.1–15.9) 11.4 (9.6–13.5) 10.3 (8.4–12.5) 20.1 (13.8–28.3) 9.9 (4.3–21.1) 13.9 (11.3–17.1) 15.3 (9.5–23.7) 6.7 (4.7–9.6)
Palm Beach County, FL 14.2 (12.1–16.5) 14.6 (11.9–17.8) 14.5 (12.7–16.5) 13.8 (11.9–16.0) 18.1 (13.4–24.0) 17.1 (10.0–27.7) 17.2 (14.1–20.8) 20.5 (14.3–28.5) 8.6 (6.7–10.8)
Philadelphia, PA 36.0 (29.7–42.9) 38.6 (32.4–45.1) 37.2 (31.3–43.5) 35.7 (29.7–42.2) 53.3 (45.1–61.3) 20.6 (12.9–31.1) 45.8 (38.7–53.2) 59.6 (46.4–71.5) 22.9 (17.4–29.6)
San Diego, CA 10.4 (8.8–12.3) 9.8 (8.2–11.7) 10.2 (8.9–11.7) 9.4 (8.1–10.9) 17.2 (13.0–22.4) 11.6 (6.2–20.6) 13.7 (11.7–16.1) 22.0 (15.9–29.5) 4.2 (3.0–5.8)
San Francisco, CA 9.2 (7.3–11.4) 13.1 (11.0–15.6) 11.3 (9.8–13.2) 10.6 (9.0–12.3) 15.2 (10.6–21.2) 11.3 (7.1–17.6) 20.3 (17.0–24.2) 25.1 (17.8–34.2) 4.8 (3.5–6.5)
Shelby County, TN 18.0 (15.1–21.3) 18.9 (15.9–22.2) 18.3 (16.5–20.3) 16.6 (15.0–18.3) 25.4 (18.8–33.4) 26.3 (17.1–38.2) 21.8 (19.1–24.8) 30.6 (21.3–41.7) 8.6 (6.6–11.1)
Median 16.9 18.9 18.0 16.6 22.8 14.8 21.9 26.3 9.5
Range 9.2–36.0 9.8–38.6 10.2–37.2 9.4–35.7 15.2–53.3 8.3–28.2 13.7–45.8 15.3–59.6 4.2–22.9

* Not counting tests done if they donated blood.
95% confidence interval.
§ Not available.

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