Child Health Report 2002 - Sexual Health

Sexual Health

• Teen pregnancy rates for girls aged 15-19 declined between 1993 and 1997 in both Peel and Ontario; rates were lower in Peel than in Ontario.
• In 1997 in Peel, there were 1,122 teen pregnancies and 294 births.
• In 1996/97, 37% of Ontario teens and 31% of Peel teens engaged in sexual intercourse in the past 12 months.
• 28% of sexually active Ontario teens had two or more partners in the past 12 months; 63% reported always using a condom.
• In Peel, rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia - two of most common sexually transmitted diseases - increased among teens between 1997 and 2000; there were nearly 450 total cases of the two diseases in youth aged 15-19 years in 2000.
• Rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia were significantly higher among girls than boys.

• Chapter One - child population
• Chapter Two - family and community
• Chapter Three - infant health
• Chapter Four - injuries and violence
• Chapter Five - communicable disease
• Chapter Six - mental health
• Chapter Seven - dental health
• Chapter Eight - tobacco, alcohol and drug use
• Chapter Nine - nutrition, physical activity and obesity
• Chapter Ten - sexual health
• Chapter Eleven - child mortality and hospitalization
  
  
• Executive Summary, Lists, References, and Complete Report