Table 1

Sexually Active Teens: Students in Grades 9-12 Who Have Had Intercourse Within the Last Three
Months, Selected Years, 1991-2009
All Students

1991
37.5

1993
37.6

1995
37.9

1997
34.8

1999
36.3

2001
33.4

2003
34.3

2005
33.9

2007
35.0

2009
34.2

Race/Ethnicity2
White, non-Hispanic
Black, non-Hispanic
Hispanic

33.9
59.3
37.0

34.0
59.1
39.4

34.8
54.2
39.3

32.0
53.6
35.4

33.0
53.0
36.3

31.3
45.6
35.9

30.8
49.0
37.1

32.0
47.4
35.0

32.9
46.0
37.4

32.0
47.7
34.6

Grade
9
10
11
12
Male

22.4
33.2
43.3
50.6
36.8

24.8
30.1
40.0
53.0
37.5

23.6
33.7
42.4
49.7
35.5

24.2
29.2
37.8
46.0
33.4

26.6
33.0
37.5
50.6
36.2

22.7
29.7
38.1
47.9
33.4

21.2
30.6
41.1
48.9
33.8

21.9
29.2
39.4
49.4
33.3

20.1
30.6
41.8
52.6
34.3

21.4
29.1
40.3
49.1
32.6

Race/Ethnicity2
White, non-Hispanic
Black, non-Hispanic
Hispanic

32.2
64.1
41.8

32.9
65.1
40.7

31.6
58.3
39.2

29.6
60.5
37.3

31.3
55.8
38.5

30.0
52.3
37.3

28.5
54.0
38.5

30.6
47.4
35.0

30.6
48.7
39.6

28.9
50.3
35.0

Grade
9
10
11
12
Female

24.3
31.2
41.9
49.2
38.2

26.8
29.6
39.1
52.7
37.5

24.2
32.1
36.8
47.9
40.4

25.9
27.6
34.8
43.1
36.5

29.1
33.9
35.4
48.1
36.3

25.9
28.6
37.8
44.6
33.4

24.0
30.0
39.2
46.5
34.6

24.5
27.2
37.9
47.0
34.6

22.2
29.4
42.0
48.3
35.6

21.2
28.8
39.1
45.1
35.6

Race/Ethnicity2
White, non-Hispanic
Black, non-Hispanic
Hispanic

35.9
55.3
32.8

35.2
53.2
37.9

38.5
50.6
39.4

35.1
47.3
33.2

34.7
50.3
34.0

32.3
39.5
34.5

33.1
44.2
35.8

33.5
43.8
33.7

35.1
43.5
35.3

35.4
45.0
34.1

Grade
9
10
11
12

20.4
35.3
44.7
52.1

22.5
30.7
40.9
53.2

22.3
35.4
48.1
51.9

22.4
31.2
41.5
49.5

24.0
32.0
39.5
53.0

19.9
30.7
38.1
51.0

18.3
31.2
42.9
51.0

19.5
31.1
40.8
51.7

18.0
31.8
41.5
56.7

21.6
29.3
41.5
53.1

Note: Estimates do not include youth who dropped out of school and therefore may not reflect total national values.
1

Sexually active is defined as having had sexual intercourse within the past 3 months.

Race/ethnicity estimates from 1999 and later are not directly comparable to earlier years due to federal changes in race definitions. In surveys
conducted in 1999 and later, respondents were allowed to select more than one race when selecting their racial category. Estimates presented only
include respondents who selected one category when choosing their race.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Surveillance Summaries , DData for 1991: YRBSS: Youth Online, Comprehensive Results.
Retrieved May 24, 2004 from URL: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/yrbss/. Data for 1993: March 24, 1995. MMWR 1995; 44 (No. SS-1): Table 20. Data for
1995: September 27, 1996. MMWR 1996; 45 (No. SS-4):
Table 26; Data for 1997: August 14, 1998. MMWR 1998; 47(No. SS-3): Table 26. Data
for 1999: June 9, 2000. MMWR 2000; 49(No. SS-5): Table 30; Data for 2001: June 28,
2002. MMWR 2002: 51 (No. SS-4): Table 30. Data for 2003: May 21, 2004. MMWR
2004:53(No. SS-2): Table 44. Data for 2005: June 9, 2006. MMWR 2006; 55 (No. SS5): Table 46. Data for 2007: June 6, 2008. MMWR 2007:57(No. SS-4) Table 63. Data
for 2009: June 4, 2010. MMWR 2010; 59 (No. SS-5): Table 64.