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CDC – Fewer Teens Having Sex, More Using Contraception

A survey, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that 56.7 percent of older teen girls had never had vaginal intercourse. That’s an increase of 16 percent since 1995 and reflects a steady downward trend in teen sex. Of those teens who had had sex, 59.8 percent were using what CDC considers “highly effective” forms of contraception, an even larger increase of 26 percent.

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