Sex education is essential to prevent free sex in adolescents.
Without sex education, teens will adopt sexual activity from a source that is not supposed to be. For example, through the display of pornographic or ask a friend whose knowledge is also wrong.
How exactly the sexual activity of teenagers today? Do not close your eyes to the reality that exists.
The following facts need to be known about the sexual behavior of teenagers in the world, as reported by the site Medindia.net:
Four out of ten women who had their first intercourse at the age of about 13 to 14 years reported that sexual intercourse was forced to do it or not voluntary or unwanted.
Approximately 13% of 15 year olds have had sexual intercourse.
By the time they reach the age of 19 years, 7 out of 10 teens have had sexual intercourse at least once.
Chance to conceive within one year if not using condoms is much higher (about 90%) among teenagers than any other age group.
Nearly a third of all teen pregnancies end in abortion.
There are about 214 750 cases of abortion in 2002 in the US occur in adolescents between 15-19 years.
The highest number of teenage pregnancies in the developed world in the United States and the annual cost of these pregnancies are 7 billion dollars.
Babies of teenage mothers have low birth weight and are more likely to perform poorly in school. They also tend to be at greater risk of experiencing abuse and neglect.
Possible child of a teenage mother ended up in prison are 13% more likely, or their daughter pregnant 22% more likely.
Of the 18.9 million new cases transmitted infections (syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, HPV infection) every year, almost 48% or 9.1 million occurred in adolescents aged 15-24 years.
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