DATA TABLE REVIEW

TABLE 153. Percentage of high school students who did not use any method to prevent pregnancy during last sexual intercourse,* by sex, race/ethnicity, grade, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts† — United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2017

Category

Sex

Total Female Male

% CI§ % CI % CI Total 16.7 (13.8–20.0) 10.5 (8.7–12.6) 13.8 (12.0–15.9)

Race/Ethnicity

White¶ 11.8 (8.8–15.7) 7.7 (5.1–11.5) 10.0 (7.8–12.7)

Black¶ 25.5 (20.4–31.3) 10.8 (6.8–16.7) 17.8 (14.7–21.5)

Hispanic 22.0 (16.6–28.5) 16.1 (12.9–19.9) 19.0 (15.6–23.1)

Grade

9 27.6 (19.3–37.8) 13.8 (8.5–21.5) 20.1 (14.8–26.6)

10 17.2 (12.5–23.1) 12.6 (7.8–19.8) 15.0 (11.4–19.3)

11 15.4 (11.7–20.0) 7.0 (4.8–10.1) 11.5 (8.9–14.6)

12 13.7 (9.9–18.6) 10.7 (8.0–14.3) 12.3 (9.9–15.2)

Sexual identity

Heterosexual (straight) 13.7 (10.9–17.1) 9.5 (7.8–11.7) 11.5 (9.7–13.6)

Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 27.8 (22.4–34.0) 25.9 (14.2–42.6) 27.4 (21.9–33.7)

Not sure 18.6 (11.1–29.6) 24.4 (8.8–52.0) 25.0 (16.5–35.8)

Sex of sexual contacts

Opposite sex only 13.8 (10.8–17.4) 9.5 (7.8–11.6) 11.5 (9.7–13.7)

Both sexes 22.6 (17.8–28.4) 10.2 (3.4–26.8) 20.8 (15.7–27.0)

* Among the 28.7% of students nationwide who were currently sexually active. † Students who had no sexual contact and students who had sexual contact with only the same sex are excluded from the analyses by sex of sexual contacts. § 95% confidence interval. ¶ Non-Hispanic.