CDC reports new data on teen sex rates, morning-after pill

Roughly 88 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 44 have had sex

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the use of emergency contraception after sex has more than doubled after Plan B pills were approved to be sold without a prescription. 

CBS News was the first to report the information. Among teens and adult women who have had sex, 26.6% told CDC's survey through 2019 that they have turned to emergency contraception pills, up from 10.8% in a previous round of the survey from 2006 through 2010. Among female teens who have had sex, 22.3% said they had ever used emergency contraception, up from 13.7% through 2010.

The CDC's survey found that 38.7% of male teens say they have ever had sex. That is down from the findings through 2010, when 41.8% of male teens said they had ever had sex. The rate was lowest among White teen males, at 33.1%. A little over 40% of female teens said they had sex. 

Overall, 88.0% of women ages 15 to 44 years old say they have had sex.