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

Kathleen CourtneyCoordinated School Health

Kathleen.Courtney@Arkansas.Gov