Wisconsin Facts & Figures
Abortion In 2007, 8,267 women had abortions in Wisconsin.(1) Ten percent of pregnancies resulted in abortion in 2005.(2) There were only nine abortion providers in Wisconsin in 2005, and only 7% of counties had an abortion provider. (3) Contraception As of 2002, 52% of women aged 13-44 need contraceptive services and supplies. Among them, 300,510 need publicly supported contraceptives. (4) In 2001, 93,010 women were served by Wisconsin family planning clinics, which averted 21,700 unintended pregnancies. These clinics were able to serve only 31% of women in need. (5) The most popular methods of birth control among women in 2002 were tubal ligation (20.2% of birth control users), vasectomy (17.8%), oral contraceptives (33.1%), and condoms (10.9%). (6) Sexually Transmitted Infections Chlamydia is the most commonly reported sexually transmitted infection in Wisconsin, with 357 cases reported per 100,000 residents in 2007. In comparison, 122 gonorrhea cases and 60 genital herpes cases were reported per 100,000. (7) Health Insurance Among Wisconsinites surveyed between 2004 and 2006, five percent were uninsured for all of the past year and an additional five percent were uninsured for part of the past year. (8) Teens The teen birth rate in 2004 was 30.0 births per 1,000 females under twenty. In Milwaukee County, the teen birth rate was significantly higher than the state average, at 62.1 births per 1,000, and Menominee County reported the highest rate in the state with 105.1 births per 1,000. Hispanic and African American teen birth rates, at 97.2 and 94.3 per 1,000, respectively, are considerably higher than the white rate of 19.0 births per 1,000 female teens. (9) 1,715.3 cases of chlamydia were reported per 100,000 teens aged 15-19 in 2006, along with 543.0 cases of gonorrhea and 118.3 cases of genital herpes per 100,000. (10)
4 - Guttmacher Institute, Contraception Counts: Ranking State Efforts, 2006 at 5 - Guttmacher Institute, Contraception Counts: Ranking State Efforts, 2006 at 6 - Diana M. Bensyl, et al, Contraceptive Use --- United States and Territories, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002, November 18, 2005 at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5406a1.htm(last visited July 14, 2008). 7 - Wisconsin STD Program, Sexually Transmitted Disease in Wisconsin, 2007 at 10 - Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Public Health, Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Wisconsin Youth Sexual Behavior and Outcomes, 1993-200 , February 2008 http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/stats/pdf/youthsexbeh93-07.pdf(last visited July 18, 2008).
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