Female high school students who used prescription contraception by ethnicity U.S. 2013-2017

This statistic shows the percentage of sexually active female high school students in the U.S. who used a prescription contraceptive method at last sexual intercourse from 2013 to 2017, by ethnicity. In 2017, it was found that 43.9 percent of sexually active white female high school students stated they used a prescription contraceptive method during their last sexual intercourse.

Share of sexually active U.S. female high school students who used a prescription contraceptive method at last sexual intercourse from 2013 to 2017, by ethnicity*

Characteristic	Black	Hispanic	White	All
2017	23.7%	20.4%	43.9%	34.6%
2015	20.5%	23.2%	39.2%	33.7%
2013	19.2%	13.9%	37.5%	29.8%

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Release date

September 2018

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United States

Survey time period

2013 to 2017

Supplementary notes

* Prescription methods are IUD, implant, injectable, patch, ring and pill.
White and black respondents were non-Hispanic. Other categories of race and ethnicity were excluded because of CDC methodology regarding small sample sizes.

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