Officials Doubt Decline in Teen Sex; Area Experts Say the High Number of Stds Is Concerning
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › December 18, 2004
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Tri-state area caseloads of sexually transmitted diseases appear to contradict national studies depicting a decline in sexually active teens.
National statistics indicate that among girls ages 15 to 17, the percentage who had ever had intercourse declined from 38 percent in 1995 to 30 percent in 2002.See the full content of this document
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Officials Doubt Decline in Teen Sex; Area Experts Say the High Number of Stds Is Concerning
For boys, the decline was 43 percent to 31 percent.
"I don't think that is the case," Kristine Jackson, the women's health nurse practitioner with Hillcres...See the full content of this document
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