Facts on Young Men’s Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Here are some of the highlights:
- Fewer than half of sexually active young men aged 15–19 reported using condoms 100% of the time during the previous year (48% in 2002).
- Among 15–19-year-olds, condom use at first sex increased slightly from 69% to 71% between 1995 and 2002. This change represents a decline among young white men (from 76% to 68%) counterbalanced by substantial increases among young black and Hispanic men (61% to 85% and 55% to 67%, respectively).
- The proportion of young men who have ever had sexual intercourse has declined, from 60% in 1988 to 55% in 1995 to 46% in 2002.
- Since 2001, the downward trend in sexual experience has stalled. Although the rate of sexual experience for high school males declined from 1991–2001 (57% to 49%), the rate of sexual experience for high school males between 2001 and 2007 did not change significantly (49% versus 50%).
- More than three-quarters of young men will become sexually active by age 20. Almost all (96%) will have sex prior to marriage.
- Recent estimates suggest that while men and women aged 15–24 make up 25% of the sexually experienced population, they account for nearly half of all new STIs.
- Between 2001 and 2006, rates of chlamydia and syphilis increased among males aged 15–19. Rates of gonorrhea declined between 2002 and 2005 among this age-group, but increased between 2005 and 2006 from 256 to 279 per 100,000 young men.
- More than half of sexually active men in the United States will become infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV) at some point in their lives.
- In both 1995 and 2002, about one-quarter of sexually experienced 15–19-year-old males reported ever having had an HIV test.
- Only one-third of sexually active young black men and 45% of young Hispanic men received instruction about birth control methods prior to first sex, compared with about 66% of their white peers.
- The proportion of high schools in which teachers taught students how to correctly use a condom declined from 50% in 2000 to 39% in 2006.
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Here are some of the highlights:
- Fewer than half of sexually active young men aged 15–19 reported using condoms 100% of the time during the previous year (48% in 2002).
- Among 15–19-year-olds, condom use at first sex increased slightly from 69% to 71% between 1995 and 2002. This change represents a decline among young white men (from 76% to 68%) counterbalanced by substantial increases among young black and Hispanic men (61% to 85% and 55% to 67%, respectively).
- The proportion of young men who have ever had sexual intercourse has declined, from 60% in 1988 to 55% in 1995 to 46% in 2002.
- Since 2001, the downward trend in sexual experience has stalled. Although the rate of sexual experience for high school males declined from 1991–2001 (57% to 49%), the rate of sexual experience for high school males between 2001 and 2007 did not change significantly (49% versus 50%).
- More than three-quarters of young men will become sexually active by age 20. Almost all (96%) will have sex prior to marriage.
- Recent estimates suggest that while men and women aged 15–24 make up 25% of the sexually experienced population, they account for nearly half of all new STIs.
- Between 2001 and 2006, rates of chlamydia and syphilis increased among males aged 15–19. Rates of gonorrhea declined between 2002 and 2005 among this age-group, but increased between 2005 and 2006 from 256 to 279 per 100,000 young men.
- More than half of sexually active men in the United States will become infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV) at some point in their lives.
- In both 1995 and 2002, about one-quarter of sexually experienced 15–19-year-old males reported ever having had an HIV test.
- Only one-third of sexually active young black men and 45% of young Hispanic men received instruction about birth control methods prior to first sex, compared with about 66% of their white peers.
- The proportion of high schools in which teachers taught students how to correctly use a condom declined from 50% in 2000 to 39% in 2006.
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