Statewide, between 2016 and 2020 teens 15 – 19 years accounted for 25% of chlamydia cases, 14% of gonorrhea cases, and 4% of syphilis cases.

• In Iowa, from 2016 to 2020, 15-19 year old gonorrhea cases increased 34% and 15-19 year old chlamydia cases increased 155%

• The percent of high schoolers ever forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not want to decreased by 1.5 percentage points between 2017 and 2019, however this was not a significant change (p > 0.05)

• The percent of high schoolers who experienced sexual dating violence one or more times in the previous year decreased by 2.7 percentage points between 2017 and 2019, this was a significant decrease ( p < 0.05)

• The percent of high schoolers who experienced physical dating violence in the past year decreased by 2.4 percentage points between 2017 and 2019, this change was not significant (p > 0.05)