Kathleen Courtney
Coordinated School Health
Arkansas Dept. of Education
2012 ArSCA Conference
June 14, 2012Hot Springs Convention Center
What’s
Happening in
Arkansas?
STIs
Chlamydia In Arkansas by Age
37%
ADH – 2011 Arkansas STD Annual Report
Chlamydia In Arkansas by Gender
ADH – 2011 Arkansas STD Annual Report
Chlamydia In Arkansas by Race
ADH – 2011 Arkansas STD Annual Report
Gonorrhea In Arkansas by Age
31%
ADH – 2011 Arkansas STD Annual Report
Gonorrhea In Arkansas by Gender
ADH – 2011 Arkansas STD Annual Report
Gonorrhea In Arkansas by Race
ADH – 2011 Arkansas STD Annual Report
Arkansas Ranks:
3rd in Syphilis
6th in Chlamydia
7th in Gonorrhea
37% 15-19 yrs
31% 15-19 Yrs
11% 5-19 Yrs
2012 - CDC
43%
Reported Cases of HIV by Age -
2011
ADH – 2011 Arkansas HIV Annual Report
N =259
One/fifth, or
240,000 of the 1.2
million HIV carriers
in the U.S. are not
aware that they
are infected.
USA Today – 5/16/12
1) Mississippi 6,07755.0%
2) New Mexico 3,86752.9%
3) ARKANSAS 5,22952.5%
4) Texas 47,75152.2%
5) Oklahoma 6,49650.4%
6) Louisiana 7,68647.7%
7) Kentucky 6,68946.2%
8) West Virginia 2,61144.8%
9) Alabama7,344 43.6%10)Tennessee 9,254
43.2%
2007-2010 CDC/NCHS:Data Brief #89 - 2012
Arkansas Ranks 3rd
in Teen Births – Ages
15-19
Total Male Female 9th 10th 11th 12th Black* Hispanic White*
* Non Hispanic
2011 – Arkansas Youth Risk Behavior Survey