CHART Priority: 3
CHART priority levels (1, 2, or 3) are based on eight health indicators.
- 5-year average (2015-2019) teen pregnancy rate for females ages 15-19
- Most recent year (2019) teen pregnancy rate for females ages 15-19
- 5-year average (2015-2019) teen pregnancy rate for females ages 10-14
- Most recent year (2019) teen pregnancy rate for females ages 10-14
- 5-year average (2015-2019) chlamydia infection rate
- 5-year average (2015-2019) gonorrhea infection rate
- 5-year average (2015-2019) HIV infection rate
- 5-year average (2015-2019) 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.
Click on the link for more information about CHART and Prentiss County.
District Adoption of Sex Ed Policies
| School District | Sex Education Policy | Adopted Sex Education Curriculum |
| Baldwyn | Abstinence-Only | Choosing the Best |
| Booneville | Abstinence-Only | Choosing the Best |
| Prentiss County | Abstinence-Only | Rise to Your Dreams |
County Teen Health Data
| Age Group | Prentiss* | Mississippi** | US^ | MS County Ranking (out of 82 counties) |
| Females age 15-19 | 29.8 | 29.1 | 16.7 | 52 |
| Females age 10-14 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 68 |
| STI | Prentiss*** | Mississippi*** | US^^ | MS County Ranking (out of 82 counties) |
| Chlamydia | 338.64 | 710.48 | 517.4 | 81 |
| Gonorrhea | 171.82 | 294.98 | 161.22 | 76 |
| HIV | 3.18 | 15.52 | 12.12^^^ | 65 |
| Syphilis | 3.18 | 13.46 | 15.18 | 70 |
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