Percentage of high school students reporting selected sexual behaviors, by sex: Selected years, 1991 through 2009

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Table 50.	Percentage of high school students reporting selected sexual behaviors, by sex: Selected years, 1991 through 2009

Behavior	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009
Ever had sexual intercourse
Total	54.1	53.0	53.1	48.4	49.9	45.6	46.7	46.8	47.8	46.0
Male	57.4	55.6	54.0	48.9	52.2	48.5	48.0	47.9	49.8	46.1
Female	50.8	50.2	52.1	47.7	47.7	42.9	45.3	45.7	45.9	45.7

Currently sexually active (last 3 months)
Total	37.5	37.5	37.9	34.8	36.3	33.4	34.3	33.9	35.0	34.2
Male	36.8	37.5	35.5	33.4	36.2	33.4	33.8	33.3	34.3	32.6
Female	38.2	37.5	40.4	36.5	36.3	33.4	34.6	34.6	35.6	35.6

Drank alcohol or used drugs during last sexual intercourse¹
Total	21.6	21.3	24.8	24.7	24.8	25.6	25.4	23.3	22.5	21.6
Male	26.3	25.7	32.8	30.5	31.2	30.9	29.8	27.6	27.5	26.0
Female	16.8	16.7	16.8	18.5	18.6	20.7	21.0	19.1	17.7	17.1

Used a condom during last sexual intercourse¹
Total	46.2	52.8	54.4	56.8	58.0	57.9	63.0	62.8	61.5	61.1
Male	54.5	59.2	60.5	62.5	65.5	65.1	68.8	70.0	68.5	68.6
Female	38.0	46.1	48.6	50.8	50.7	51.3	57.4	55.9	54.9	53.9

Used birth control pills during last sexual intercourse¹
Total	20.8	18.4	17.4	16.6	16.2	18.2	17.0	17.6	16.0	19.8
Male	16.5	14.7	14.3	13.0	11.8	14.9	13.1	14.6	13.1	16.5
Female	25.0	22.4	20.4	20.5	20.4	21.1	20.6	20.6	18.7	23.0

¹ Among students who were currently sexually active (had sexual intercourse with at least one person during the 3 months before the survey).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, selected years, 1991–2009.