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While Kansas has a lower teen pregnancy rates than most states, young women of color are disproportionately affected: young African American women and young Latinas are more than twice as likely to experience pregnancy as young white women. African Americans are also disproportionately affected by AIDS: they make up 20 percent of AIDS cases in the state, even though they make up only six percent of the population.
Sex Education Policy
Kansas requires sexuality education for students which includes medically accurate information about both abstinence and contraception.
Health Outcomes
Kansas has better teen pregnancy, HIV, and STI rates than the national average; its high school students who are sexually active were as likely as most students to use condoms the last time they had sex.
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Teen
Pregnancy Rate* |
Teen
Birth Rate*
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AIDS Rate
(Cases per
100,000 people)
|
STI Rate+ |
% of high school
students who
used a condom
at last sex |
Kansas
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60 |
43.8 |
4.4 |
73.9 |
Not Reported
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| National |
70 |
39.1 |
11.2 |
100. |
39 |
*Per 1000 young women ages 15-19
+Because of concern over recent changes in Chlamydia reporting and relative low incidence of syphilis, we used the state's gonorrhea rate as a stand-in for sexually transmitted infection rates.
Advocates' Partner Organizations
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