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Teen Pregnancy rate in Lake Cumberland Area is concern All counties except Casey in Lake Cumberland Area District are above state and national average in teen pregnancy rates. Lake Cumberland District Health Departments say turnaround can be most effective in home, with parents taking more responsibility to teach children about consequences of relationships News from Lake Cumberland District Health Department Teen pregnancy is a concern for Lake Cumberland citizens. According to surveys recently performed at community health summits around Kentucky, teen pregnancy ranks right up there with heart disease, diabetes, obesity and drug use. Statistics support the cause for alarm. Kentucky ranks among the highest in the United States for teen pregnancy. Further, the U.S. has the highest rate of teen pregnancies in the world when compared to other industrialized countries. In spite of the fact that 30% of teen pregnancies end in abortion, Kentucky's teens continue to have high birth rates. In our district for the year 2008, the birth rate for 15-19 year old teens, per 1,000, was as follows, listed from best (lowest) to worst (highest): The rate per thousand for Japan is 2, for spain, 8; Australia, 18, and the United Kingdom, 30. As you can see, the teen pregnancy rates for our counties are much worse. Kentucky statistics also show 140 pregnancies to children 14 and under in 2005. What can be done? What can we do to lower these startling rates? Studies have shown that children who converse with their parents about sex are much less likely to become sexually active early. Teens say parents are their primary influence for ideas on sex, love, and relationships; therefore, please don't let peer ideas fill the void. Talk to your sons and daughters, not just once, but continuously throughout childhood. Abstinence education helps only very slightly In spite of abstinence education in many schools, studies show rates for becoming sexually active during the mid-teen years (15 and up) have not changed dramatically. Thirty-six percent of Kentucky 9th graders state they are sexually experienced and for 10th graders, the rate rises to 43%. With that in mind, it seems our children need to be educated, not only on abstinence, but also about relationships, pregnancy prevention, and the negative health consequences associated with sexually transmitted infections. The home is the best place for this education to start When teens are asked how to solve the dilemma of teen age pregnancy, the two most quoted replies were:
These websites may be helpful: www.the nationalcampaign.org and www.4parents.gov Sources: Guttmacher Institute, Jan. 2010; KY Vital Statistics, 2008; KY Teen Pregnancy Prevention Forum, 2009; KY Youth RIsk Behavior Results, 2009 LCDHD, the Lake Cumberland District Health Department, is headquartered at 500 Bourne AV, Somerset, KY, with local offices in Albany, Burkesville, Campbellsville, Columbia, Greensburg, Jamestown, Liberty, Monticello, Somerset, and Whitley CIty This story was posted on 2010-06-26 20:59:53
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