Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Related Risk Behaviors Among U.S. Adolescents.

Softcover with spiral binding, 11 x 8 1/2 inches (not including spiral binder), 277 pp., graphs, maps, tables. Ex-library, with usual markings, else very good minus. CDC Publication No. 099-4630. Adolescent Health: State of the Nation monograph series, No. 2. "Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Related Risk Behaviors Among U.S. Adolescents is the second monograph in the Adolescent Health: State of the Nation series. This series is designed by CDC to provide state and local education and health agencies with information about priority health outcomes among adolescents aged 10-24 years. This monograph includes the following information: State comparisons of pregnancy rates (1990), abortion rates (1990), live birth rates (1992), gonorrhea rates (1992), and chlamyidia rates (1992). State comparisons of trends in pregnancy rates (1980-1990), abortion rates (1980-1990), live birth rates (1982-1992 and 1991-1992), and gonorrhea rates (1982-1992 and 1991-1992). National and state profiles that include data about: Live birth rates and trends (1982-1992) by age group and live birth rates by race/ethnicity (1991); Pregnancy rates (abortions and live births) by age group (1990); Gonorrhea rates and trends (1982-1992) by age group and sex; Chlamydia cases, rates, and trends (1988-1992) by sex; Cumulative AIDS case counts by age group and sex (1981-1992); Related risk behaviors for high school students by sex (1993). Educators and health professionals can use this information to plan and improve comprehensive school health programs and other interventions that are designed to reduce rates of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection, and related risk behaviors among adolescents. They also can use this information to monitor progress in attaining the following national health objectives which are summarized in Healthy People 2000 --- National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives." (3214049).…