| Table 18. Sexual activity among high school students by gender, race/ethnicity, and grade, in percent | ||||||||||||||||
| Ever Had Sexual Intercourse | Use of Condom During Last Sexual Intercourse | Use of Effective Pregnancy Prevention | Been Pregnant or Gotten Someone Pregnant | |||||||||||||
| Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | |||||
| Galveston* | ||||||||||||||||
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 50.2 | 60.0 | 55.1 | 62.2 | 77.5 | 70.5 | 79.4 | 84.7 | 82.2 | 15.9 | 9.2 | 12.2 | ||||
| Black | 54.5 | 78.2 | 64.6 | 68.9 | 86.8 | 78.1 | 76.3 | 90.1 | 83.4 | 19.0 | 13.7 | 16.3 | ||||
| Hispanic | 50.8 | 64.7 | 56.8 | 59.9 | 73.9 | 66.8 | 67.7 | 81.6 | 74.4 | 18.9 | 15.0 | 17.0 | ||||
| All Other | 47.8 | 50.0 | 49.2 | 47.6 | 64.7 | 58.2 | 57.1 | 66.7 | 63.0 | 31.8 | 48.6 | 42.1 | ||||
| Grade | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 39.2 | 56.5 | 47.0 | 62.4 | 76.9 | 70.1 | 68.1 | 80.6 | 74.7 | 17.0 | 15.5 | 16.2 | ||||
| 10 | 45.5 | 62.4 | 53.5 | 64.8 | 84.1 | 75.6 | 73.6 | 88.7 | 81.9 | 23.6 | 10.3 | 16.3 | ||||
| 11 | 53.5 | 62.0 | 57.3 | 65.2 | 72.4 | 68.7 | 73.5 | 79.6 | 76.4 | 20.2 | 18.1 | 19.2 | ||||
| 12 | 75.4 | 82.1 | 78.7 | 59.5 | 77.5 | 68.6 | 76.8 | 85.5 | 81.3 | 13.6 | 18.0 | 15.9 | ||||
| 2004 Total | 51.6 | 65.1 | 57.9 | 62.7 | 78.2 | 70.8 | 73.2 | 84.1 | 78.8 | 18.7 | 15.2 | 16.9 | ||||
| 2002 Total | 47.2 | 36.8 | 42.3 | 61.7 | 75.8 | 68.9 | 75.9 | 81.4 | 78.7 | 20.1 | 18.8 | 19.5 | ||||
| 2000 Total | 55.1 | 63.2 | 58.9 | 55.7 | 70.4 | 63.1 | 72.6 | 76.2 | 74.4 | 18.6 | 14.5 | 16.6 | ||||
| Texas* | 45.8 | 56.7 | 51.3 | 57.2 | 66.7 | 62.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||||
| United States* | 45.3 | 48.0 | 46.7 | 57.4 | 68.8 | 63.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4.9 | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||||
| *Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2002 and 2004, Texas, and United States 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Percents may not add up to 100% due to missing values. | ||||||||||||||||
| White = non-Hispanic white, Hispanic = any race, Black = non-Hispanic black, All other = non-Hispanic | ||||||||||||||||