The current generation of young people is living in the midst of an “anything goes” culture and they are paying the price:
One out of every five sexually active girls becomes pregnant before the age of 18. Click here for more statistics on teen pregnancy in Franklin County.
- The Ohio Department of Health gives Franklin County a below average rating in maternal and child indicators including, rates of teen pregnancy, low birth weight of babies and infant mortality.
In 2007, nearly 10% of all live births to Franklin County residents were to teenage mothers.
In 2007, 658 pregnancies involving Franklin County teenagers ended in abortion - that’s 15% of all abortions performed on Franklin County residents.
In 2006, of those abortions, 350 were performed on white teens and 293 were performed on African-American teens. In 2007, 284 were to white mothers and 312 were to African-American mothers. That’s a 6% decrease in abortions for white teens, during the same period African-American abortion rates increased nearly 6%.
Did you know?
A teenager contracts a sexually transmitted disease every eight seconds.
Click here for more statistics on sexually transmitted diseases in Franklin County.
In 2008 Franklin County reported the highest rate of infection for chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in the state of Ohio:
- 7,251 cases of chlamydia - 15% of all cases reported in Ohio
- 3,475 cases of gonorrhea - 21% of all cases reported in Ohio
- 279 cases of syphilis - 37% of all cases reported in Ohio
In 2008 Franklin County had the third highest rate of abortion in the state of Ohio.
Over 5,200 abortions were performed in Franklin County in 2008 - that’s over 14 per day, the third-highest total of any county in Ohio.
Statewide the number of abortions performed in Ohio has decreased a little more than 4% from 30,859 in 2007 to 29,613 in 2008.
Of all abortions performed on Franklin County residents, 48% of the patients were white and 42% were African-American.
In Franklin County, African-Americans account for 19% of Franklin Country residents, but 42% of abortions performed on Franklin County residents.
The age distribution has remained fairly unchanged since 1994 - 60% of abortions on Franklin County residents in 2008 were performed on women in their 20s.
Statewide, 63% of abortions are performed on women with a high-school education or less.
The marital status distribution has remained fairly constant since 1994 - 82% of all abortions performed in Ohio in 2008 were on unmarried women.
65% of women who had abortions in Ohio in 2008 reported having a prior pregnancy.
Click here for more statistics on abortions in Ohio and Franklin County.
