CHART Priority: 2
CHART priority levels (1, 2, or 3) are based on eight health indicators.
- 5-year average (2013-2017) teen pregnancy rate for females ages 15-19
- Most recent year (2017) teen pregnancy rate for females ages 15-19
- 5-year average (2013-2017) teen pregnancy rate for females ages 10-14
- Most recent year (2017) teen pregnancy rate for females ages 10-14
- 5-year average (2014-2018) chlamydia infection rate
- 5-year average (2014-2018) gonorrhea infection rate
- 5-year average (2014-2018) HIV infection rate
- 5-year average (2014-2018) syphilis infection rate
A county with significantly high rates in three or more of the health indicators qualifies as Priority 1. A county with significantly high rates in one or two of the health indicators qualifies as Priority 2. A county with significantly high rates in none of the health indicators qualifies as Priority 3.
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District Adoption of Sex Ed Policies
School District | Sex Education Policy | Adopted Sex Education Curriculum |
Lawrence County | Abstinence-Only | Choosing the Best |
County Teen Health Data
Age Group | Lawrence* | Mississippi* | US^ | MS County Ranking (out of 82 counties) |
Females age 15-19 | 52.2 | 31 | 18.8 | 12 |
Females age 10-14 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 82 |
STI | Lawrence** | Mississippi** | US^^ | MS County Ranking (out of 82 counties) |
Chlamydia | 722.6 | 740.1 | 539.9 | 43 |
Gonorrhea | 281 | 326.1 | 179.1 | 48 |
HIV | 24.1 | 16 | 11.4^^^ | 18 |
Syphilis | 16.1 | 15.5 | 10.8 | 23 |
Sources
*Mississippi Department of Health; Teenage Vital Statistics Data by County of Residence and Race of Mother; Mississippi, 2017: https://msdh.ms.gov/phs/2017/Summary/teensumm_cnty_2017.pdf
**Mississippi Department of Health; Reported Cases and Rates of Chlamydia by District and County: https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/5998.pdf
Reported Cases and Rates of Gonorrhea by District and County: https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/6000.pdf
Reported Cases and Rates of HIV Disease by District and County: https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/6001.pdf
Reported Cases and Rates of Primary and Secondary Syphilis by District and County: https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/6003.pdf
^Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Osterman MJK, et al. Births: Final data for 2017. National vital statistics report; vol 67, no 8. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf
^^Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2018 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance. https://www.cdc.gov/std/stats18/default.htm
^^^Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diagnosis of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2017. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-2017-vol-29.pdf