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Originally Posted by aigel
You guys are a pile of old curmudgeons. How do you know that youth sexual activity is on the rise? Or even high. Have you looked this up at all or do you believe sensationalist stories of those sex laden TV channels you complain about? Do any of you have teenage kids?
2% of under 12 year olds have sex in the US. And only about half by the time high school is over. That's not the picture you are painting here. When did you have sex for the first time. I sure hope it was before you were 25!
Looks like sexual activity is flat. This is Canada, but should be similar:
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"Looks like sexual activity is flat. This is Canada, but should be similar:"
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You just might want to look at the facts for the USA.
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CDC - Sexual Behaviors - Adolescent and School Health
Many young people engage in sexual risk behaviors that can result in unintended health outcomes. For example, among
U.S. high school students surveyed in 2013:
- 47% had had sexual intercourse.
- 34% had had sexual intercourse during the previous 3 months, and, of these 41% did not use a condom the last time they had sex.
- 15% had had sex with four or more people during their life.
- Only 22% of sexually experienced students have ever been tested for HIV.
Sexual risk behaviors place adolescents at risk for HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and unintended pregnancy:
- Nearly 10,000 young people (aged 13-24) were diagnosed with HIV infection in the United States in 2013.
- Young gay and bisexual men (aged 13-24) accounted for an estimated 19% (8,800) of all new HIV infections in the United States, and 72% of new HIV infections among youth in 2010.
- Nearly half of the 20 million new STDs each year were among young people, between the ages of 15 to 24.
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Approximately 273,000 babies were born to teen girls aged 15–19 years in 2013.