Skip to main content

Table 3 Characteristics of High School Students Who Had Sexual Intercourse by State, State YRBS 2005–2011

From: HIV testing among United States high school students at the state and national level, Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2005–2011

Characteristic

MA 2005–2011 (n = 4884) % (95% CI)

CT 2007–2011 (n = 2342) % (95% CI)

NJ 2005,07,11 (n = 1972) % (95% CI)

AR 2009–2011 (n = 1282) % (95% CI)

NC 2009–2011 (n = 3434) % (95% CI)

ND 2009–2011 (n = 1445) % (95% CI)

SC 2009 (n = 529) % (95% CI)

Sex of the subject

       

  Male

51.7 (49.9–53.5)

51.3 (48.8–53.9)

51.7 (48.7–54.8)

49.9 (45.7–54.0)

51.2 (48.9–53.5)

48.4 (45.1–51.7)

51.0 (46.1–56.0)

  Female

48.3 (46.5–50.1)

48.7 (46.1–51.2)

48.3 (45.2–51.3)

50.1 (46.0–50.3)

48.8 (46.5–51.1)

51.6 (48.3–54.9)

49.0 (44.0–53.9)

Grade of the subject

       

  9th grade

17.8 (15.4–20.4)

15.2 (11.6–19.6)

14.7 (11.7–18.3)

19.8 (13.0–29.1)

20.7 (16.5–25.6)

14.4 (10.8–19.0)

24.3 (16.1–35.0)

  10th grade

22.3 (19.6–25.2)

19.7 (16.8–23.0)

20.7 (16.7–25.3)

25.3 (20.4–30.9)

23.8 (20.1–27.9)

22.5 (17.7–28.2)

23.7 (15.0–35.2)

  11th grade

28.0 (24.8–31.5)

28.2 (23.5–33.5)

28.1 (23.8–32.8)

26.7 (21.5–32.6)

27.9 (22.4–34.1)

28.2 (22.4–34.8)

23.9 (17.2–32.2)

  12th grade

31.9 (28.1–36.0)

36.9 (33.1–40.8)

36.5 (30.9–42.6)

28.2 (23.0–34.0)

27.7 (22.7–33.2)

34.8 (28.8–41.4)

28.1 (20.8–36.7)

Race and ethnicity

       

  White

69.1 (64.1–73.6)

62.3 (55.6–68.5)

54.8 (45.8–63.4)

65.0 (56.0–73.1)

51.0 (43.8–58.1)

80.0 (73.6–85.2)

49.0 (38.4–59.7)

  Black or African American

10.4 (8.0–13.4)

16.3 (13.1–20.0)

19.6 (13.5–27.7)

25.8 (18.0–35.5)

36.1 (29.3–43.5)

0.8 (0.5–1.2)

44.4 (33.8–55.5)

  Hispanic

15.1 (12.6–18.0)

18.2 (14.4–22.7)

21.6 (17.2–26.8)

6.6 (4.9–8.9)

6.6 (5.5–8.0)

2.1 (1.6–2.9)

3.1 (2.4–4.1)

  Other

5.5 (4.5–6.6)

3.2 (2.7–3.9)

4 (3.26–4.9)

2.5 (2.0–3.3)

6.2 (4.4–8.8)

17.0 (12.0–23.6)

3.4 (2.4–4.8)

Ever been tested for HIV

       

  Yes

21.6 (19.4–24.0)a

22.1 (19.3–25.1)

18.9 (16.1–22.1)a

26.4 (23.5–29.5)

23.0 (20.8–25.3)

23.6 (21.4–26.0)

19.6 (15.7–24.1)

  No, not sure

78.4 (76.0–80.6)a

77.9 (74.9–80.7)

85.8 (77.9–83.9)a

73.6 (70.5–76.5)

77.0 (74.7–79.2)

76.4 (74.0–78.6)

80.4 (75.8–84.3)

Use of condom at last sexual intercourse

       

  No

36.0 (34.1–38.0)

35.0 (32.4–37.6)

30.1 (27.3–33.1)

39.8 (35.9–43.8)

38.8 (36.6–41.0)

38.5 (35.7–41.4)

36.5 (30.5–42.9)

  Yes

64.0 (62.0–65.9)

65.0 (62.4–67.6)

69.9 (66.9–72.7)

60.2 (56.2–64.1)

61.2 (59.0–63.4)

61.5 (58.6–64.3)

63.5 (57.1–69.5)

4 or more sexual partners in life

       

  Yes

27.7 (25.56–30.0)

26.6 (24.6–28.8)

28.4 (25.1–31.9)

36.0 (32.7–39.5)

32.6 (29.9–35.5)

28.0 (25.3–30.9)

36.6 (32.2–41.2)

  No

72.3 (70.0–74.4)

73.4 (71.2–75.4)

71.6 (68.1–74.9)

64.0 (60.5–67.3)

67.4 (64.5–70.1)

72.0 (69.1–74.7)

63.4 (58.8–67.8)

First sexual intercourse before 13

       

  Yes

11.4 (10.3–12.5)

12.0 (10.0–14.3)

9.7 (8.2–11.5)

17.7 (14.0–22.1)

15.4 (13.6–17.3)

7.8 (6.4–9.6)

17.3 (13.9–21.2)

  No

88.6 (87.5–89.7)

88.0 (85.7–90.0)

90.3 (88.5–91.8)

82.3 (77.9–86.0)

84.6 (82.7–86.4)

92.2 (90.4–93.6)

82.7 (78.8–86.1)

Ever forced to have sexual intercourse

       

  Yes

16.6 (15.5–17.8)

13.4 (12.4–14.5)

13.7 (11.8–15.8)

16.3 (13.4–19.7)

14.1 (12.3–16.1)

11.8 (9.9–13.9)

14.3 (11.1–18.2)

  No

83.4 (82.2–84.5)

86.6 (85.5–87.6)

86.3 (84.2–88.2)

83.7 (80.3–86.6)

85.9 (83.9–87.7)

88.2 (86.1–90.1)

85.7 (81.8–88.9)

Lifetime illegal injection drug use

       

  Yes

3.0 (2.4–3.7)

4.2 (2.8–6.3)

2.4 (1.9–3.0)

3.4 (2.29–4.9)

2.1 (1.4–3.4)

3.2 (2.2–4.5)

2.1 (1.2–3.7)

  No

97.0 (96.3–97.6)

95.8 (93.7–97.2)

97.6 (97.0–98.1)

96.6 (95.–97.7)

97.9 (96.6–98.6)

96.8 (95.5–97.8)

97.9 (96.3–98.8)

  1. aHIV testing estimates for the period 2007–2011 in Massachusetts and 2009–2011 in New Jersey. Abbreviations: HIV human immunodeficiency virus, MA Massachusetts, CT Connecticut, NJ New Jersey, AR Arkansas, NC North Carolina, ND North Dakota, SC South Carolina.