Sexually Transmitted Disease and Pregnancy in Lee County Youth Lee County Health Department Neryda Greene M P H HIV/AIDS Health Educator (239)

Why should we care? Sexually active youth aged have the highest STD rates of any group By age 25, half of all sexually active young people will become infected with an STD US has the highest rate of STDs in the industrialized world (19 million new infections per year) and 50% are among youth ages Young women, youth of color, young men who have sex with men and incarcerated youth are at higher risk

Why should we care? Untreated STDs can have detrimental consequences on the public health system They can lead to infertility, pregnancy complications, birth defects, cervical cancer, and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) They increase the risk of HIV transmission (3-5 times) Medical costs of STDs alone are nearly $8.4 billion per year

2011 STDs in Youth (10-19) Area 8 - Florida ChlamydiaGonorrhea SyphilisTotal % LeeCounty % Charlotte, Collier, De Soto, Glades, Hendry, and Sarasota, combined % Total1, ,725100%

Key: numbers in black (Jan. to Dec. 2011) 1 st number- Chlamydia 2 nd number- Gonorrhea (as reported for students up to age 19)

Teen Pregnancy in Lee County

Babies of teen mothers are more likely to….. Be born prematurely and with various health issues Be products of no or late prenatal care and its repercussions Suffer the effects of poor nutrition in pregnancy

Children of teen mothers… Have fewer skills and are less prepared to learn when they enter kindergarten Have behavioral problems and chronic medical conditions Rely more heavily on publicly funded health care Be incarcerated at some time during adolescence Drop out of high school Give birth as a teenager Be unemployed or underemployed as a young adult …and the cycle is perpetuated….

Lee County Teen Birth Rates for Mothers ages 15 to 19 ( ) Number of Females 15 to 19 Actual number of births to mothers 15 to 19 Expected number of births to mothers 15 to 19 Number of Births per 1,000 females Statistical Significance Statewide 1,764,282 65, Brevard 50,6301,3921, L Lee 48,5471,994 1, H

Teen Birth Rate Comparison

Lee County Teen Repeat Birth Rates for Mothers ages 15 to 19 ( ) Number of births to females 15 to 19 Actual Number of repeat births to mothers 15 to 19 Expected number of repeat births to mothers 15 to 19 Actual percent repeat births Statistical Significance Statewide 65,21412, % Brevard 1, %L Lee 1, %H

Repeat Teen Birth Rate Comparison

2011 Florida Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) show: 48% of students in grades 9-12 reported having sexual intercourse at least once 56% of 12 th graders have engaged in oral sex 25% of 12 th graders have had sex with multiple partners 86% of Florida high school students think it is very important for schools to help students address current issues like drug abuse, violence, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy and suicide

The 2010 Florida Child Health Callback Survey shows: 78% of parents would allow their child to participate in grade-level appropriate sexuality education 77% of parents want abstinence-plus or comprehensive sexuality education taught in their children’s schools Parents said they want sexual health education to include HIV and STD information 57% (elem.), 93% (middle), and 98% (high) Parents want sexual health education to include birth control information 80% (middle) and 93% (high)