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Sexually Active Teens
Among non-Hispanic black students, the percentage of sexually active students decreased from 59 percent in 1991 to a low of 46 percent in 2007. View Indicator

Condom Use
Condom use at most recent sexual intercourse among sexually active high school students increased from 46 percent in 1991 to 63 percent in 2003, and was 62 percent in 2007. View Indicator

Birth Control Pill Use
Among sexually active high school students, non-Hispanic whites are far more likely than non-Hispanic black or Hispanic students to use birth control pills (21 percent versus 9 percent, for both non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics in 2007). View Indicator

Foster Care
The number of American children in foster care rose steadily through most of the 1990s, peaking in 1999 at 567,000, and has declined since then to 510,000 in 2006. View Indicator