Farris, J.Barrera, J.2024-10-142024-10-142024https://hdl.handle.net/11299/266404This report details the sexual health of Minnesota’s youth. The teen birth rate decreased by nearly 7% from 2021 to 2022, while the teen pregnancy rate decreased by nearly 22% in that same time period. The teen pregnancy rate and the teen birth rate have both declined by 77.5% since their peak in 1990. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were essentially unchanged from 2022, with a slight (1.76%) increase in chlamydia and an even smaller (-1.25%) decrease in gonorrhea. In response to the data outlined in this report, the following are recommendations from the University of Minnesota Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center (PRC).enStatewide ReportReport