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Amplify Report Card: Nevada
Nevada has average rates for AIDS, and STIs – and the second-highest teen pregnancy rate of any state.
| Teen Pregnancy Rate* | Teen Birth Rate* | AIDS Rate (Cases per 100,000 people) | STI Rate+ | % of high school students who used a condom at last sex | |
| Nevada | 90 | 56 | 13.1 | 94.4 | 69 |
| National | 70 | 42 | 12.5 | 117.4 | 62 |
*Per 1000 young women ages 15-19
+Because of concern over recent changes in Chlamydia reporting and relative low incidence of syphilis, we used the state's gonorrhea rate as a stand-in for sexually transmitted infection rates.
(Visit the Amplify Grading Standards page to learn how we assessed this grade. Report cards will be updated as new information becomes available.)
Did You Know?
Nevada’s teens experience the second-highest teen pregnancy rate in the country as well as high AIDS and STI rates, and forty-three percent of Nevada’s high school students report already having had sex; yet Nevada continues to accept funding for abstinence-only programs.
The teen pregnancy rate is high in Nevada for all young women, but young women of color are disproportionately affected. Young African American women are twice as likely to experience pregnancy than young white women, and young Latinas are three times as likely. In addition, young Asian women in Nevada experience pregnancy at almost double the national rate for this group.
Other facts about Nevada :
- There are over 30,000 sexually active teenagers in Nevada.
- Nevada has the second-highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation.
- There are over 3800 people living with HIV in Nevada.
- Ten percent of Nevada’s population lives in poverty.
Looking for more information on young people’s rights or reproductive and sexual health in Nevada? Check out these sites to learn more!
- Kaiser State Facts on HIV/AIDS – Statistics on HIV and AIDS in your state, plus many more health statistics. See how your state compares to other states and to national statistics.
- National Campaign to Prevent Teen And Unplanned Pregnancy - A detailed profile of teen life in your state, including teen population demographics, teen safer sex, and teen pregnancy in your state; check out how your state compares to other states and to national statistics!
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance Maps: Youth ages 15-19 contract almost half of the nation’s 19 million STIs every year. How is your state doing at STI prevention? Click through to a map of the United States showing each state’s STI rates.
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center – Many social factors contribute to risk for HIV, STIs, and teen pregnancy. See how your state compares in over 100 measures of well-being, including poverty, unemployment and underemployment, and health insurance coverage.
