Statistics

67% of teens who had sex say they wish they’d waited.

Fewer than half of high school students have had sex.

87% of teens said they do not think it’s embarrassing for teens to admit they are virgins.

58% of teens said sexual activity for high school students is not acceptable.

92% of teens think that being a virgin is a “good thing.”

About 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases occur each year in the U.S. About half occur in 15- to 24-year-olds.

About 1 million teenage girls get pregnant each year. That’s 1 in 10. That’s one girl every 31 seconds.

About 3 out of every 20 couples using condoms to avoid pregnancy end up pregnant anyway within the first year of use.