Percentage of Sexually Active¹ Students in Grades 9-12 Who Reported Using Birth Control Pills at Last Intercourse, Selected Years 1993-2007

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

All Students

18.4

17.4

16.6

16.2

18.2

17.0

17.6

16.0

Race/Ethnicity²

White, non-Hispanic

20.4

21.4

20.6

21.0

23.4

22.3

20.8

Black, non-Hispanic

15.1

10.2

11.9

7.7

7.9

10.0

9.1

Hispanic

12.4

11.4

9.5

7.8

9.6

11.2

9.8

9.1

Grade

9.0

10.9

7.8

12.0

7.6

8.7

7.5

8.7

13.7

12.2

12.0

9.3

15.8

12.7

14.3

11.6

16.8

15.4

15.6

15.3

18.6

19.6

18.5

15.0

25.8

25.0

24.0

24.9

26.3

22.6

25.6

23.5

Male

14.7

14.3

13.0

11.8

14.9

13.1

14.6

13.1

Race/Ethnicity²

White, non-Hispanic

17.1

17.0

16.7

15.7

19.3

17.3

17.2

17.0

Black, non-Hispanic

10.5

8.3

9.4

3.4

7.8

4.4

9.4

6.3

Hispanic

9.8

13.5

6.9

5.4

8.7

10.3

9.0

Grade

7.5

9.7

7.6

11.3

5.6

6.6

6.4

8.3

10.0

8.5

7.6

5.9

12.8

11.8

10.3

9.5

11.7

13.3

12.4

11.6

14.8

16.6

11.0

22.7

21.0

19.0

17.3

23.1

17.5

21.9

20.8

Female

22.3

20.4

20.5

20.4

21.1

20.6

18.7

Race/Ethnicity²

White, non-Hispanic

24.0

25.4

24.7

25.9

26.7

26.5

27.1

24.0

Black, non-Hispanic

20.6

12.2

14.7

11.9

7.8

11.7

10.7

12.1

Hispanic

15.3

9.4

12.9

10.5

10.4

12.1

9.4

9.1

Grade

11.1

12.6

8.0

12.8

9.2

11.6

8.8

9.2

17.4

15.7

16.6

12.8

18.2

13.5

18.0

13.7

22.2

17.2

18.7

18.4

22.4

24.1

20.2

18.9

29.0

28.6

29.7

31.4

28.9

27.2

28.9

25.6

Note: Estimates do not include youth who dropped out of school and therefore may not reflect total national values.

¹Students who have sexual intercourse in the three months preceding this survey.

²Race/ethnicity estimates from 1999 and later are not directly comparable to earlier years due to federal changes in race definitions. In surveys conducted in 1999 and later, respondents were allowed to select more than one race when selecting their racial category. Estimates presented only include respondents who selected one category when choosing their race.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Surveillance Summaries, Data for 1993: March 24 1995; MMWR 1995; 44(No. SS-1): Table 20; Data for 1995: September 27, 1996. MMWR 1996; 45 (No. SS-4): Table 28; Data for 1997: August 14, 1998. MMWR; 47(No. SS-3): Table 28; Data for 1999: June 9, 2000. MMWR 2000; 49(No. SS-5): Table 32; Data for 2001: June 28, 2002. MMWR 2002; 51 (No. SS-4): Table 32. Data for 2003: May 21, 2004. MMWR 2004:53(No. SS-2): Table 44. Data for 2005: June 9, 2006. MMWR 2006; 55 (No. SS-5): Table 46. Data for 2007: June 6, 2008. MMWR 2007:57(No. SS-4) Table 65.