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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 25.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2009 Apr 23;80(2):158–162. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.02.014

Table 2.

Kaplan–Meier (KM) estimates for surviving free of sexual debut through 17th birthday, according to race and gender

Time point (age) Caucasian
African American
Hispanic*
Asian
KM estimate 95% CI KM estimate 95% CI KM estimate 95% CI KM estimate 95% CI
Males
 12.0 0.97 0.96–0.97 0.85 0.83–0.86 0.94 0.93–0.95 0.97 0.95–0.98
 13.0 0.94 0.93–0.95 0.72 0.70–0.74 0.88 0.87–0.89 0.95 0.93–0.97
 14.0 0.89 0.88–0.89 0.58 0.55–0.60 0.77 0.76–0.79 0.93 0.90–0.94
 15.0 0.79 0.78–0.81 0.42 0.40–0.45 0.64 0.62–0.66 0.87 0.84–0.90
 16.0 0.65 0.64–0.67 0.28 0.25–0.31 0.47 0.45–0.49 0.80 0.75–0.84
 17.0 0.47 0.45–0.49 0.18 0.16–0.20 0.31 0.29–0.33 0.67 0.61–0.73
Females
 12.0 0.98 0.98–0.99 0.97 0.96–0.98 0.98 0.98–0.98 0.98 0.97–0.99
 13.0 0.97 0.96–0.97 0.92 0.90–0.93 0.96 0.95–0.96 0.98 0.96–0.99
 14.0 0.92 0.92–0.93 0.83 0.81–0.85 0.90 0.89–0.91 0.96 0.94–0.97
 15.0 0.82 0.80–0.83 0.66 0.63–0.68 0.78 0.76–0.79 0.91 0.88–0.93
 16.0 0.63 0.61–0.65 0.45 0.43–0.48 0.59 0.57–0.61 0.85 0.81–0.88
 17.0 0.42 0.40–0.45 0.26 0.23–0.29 0.41 0.39–0.43 0.72 0.64–0.78
*

Includes multiracial Hispanic.