Bolivar
Bolivar County Fact Sheet
CHART Priority: 1 (2011-2012)
CHART Priority levels (1, 2, or 3) are based five health indicators. For more information about CHART and CHART Priority counties, see http://www.mississippifirst.org/CHART-initiative.
District Adoption of Sex Ed Policies
Benoit School District -- Abstinence-Only
Cleveland School District -- CHART Abstinence-Plus
Mound Bayou Public School District -- CHART Abstinence-Plus
North Bolivar School District -- CHART Abstinence-Plus
Shaw School District -- CHART Abstinence-Plus
West Bolivar School District -- CHART Abstinence-Plus
2011 Teen Birth Rates (per 1,000 teenage girls)
|
Age Group |
BOLIVAR* |
County Ranking (State) |
MISSISSIPPI** |
US^ |
|
All Teens |
38.1 |
12 |
26.1 |
-- |
|
Ages 10-14 |
0.8 |
34 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
|
Ages 15-19 |
72.8 |
15 |
50.2 |
34.3 |
2011 Sexually-Transmitted Infection Rates (per 100,000 people)
|
STD |
BOLIVAR*** |
County Ranking (State) |
MISSISSIPPI*** |
US (Available Shortly) |
|
Chlamydia |
1,224.2 |
11 |
714.9 |
-- |
|
Gonorrhea |
275.3 |
13 |
196.0 |
-- |
Source:
*Mississippi Department of Health: http://msdh.ms.gov/phs/2011/Summary/teenst11.pdf
**MS Teen Birth Data was taken from (Table A4, Pg. 10) of the Mississippi Department of Health's 'Vital Statistics-2009' Report: http://msdh.ms.gov/phs/2011/Bulletin/vr2011.pdf
***Mississippi State Department of Health: Chlamydia Infection Rates (2007-2011) http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/3697.pdf and Gonorrhea Infection Rates (2007-2011) http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/3698.pdf
^National Birth Statistics. Table 2, Pg. 19. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_05.pdf
^^"Kids Count: Data Center": http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/bystate/stateprofile.aspx?state=MS&group=All&loc=3985&dt=1%2c3%2c2%2c4
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