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C: <br />131 <br />UNWANTED OR L \7PLANjNED PREGNANCIES IN THE SCHOOL AGE POPULATION <br />Pregnant teens are followed by their school nurses in the <br />Public schools to ensure adequate medical care and to provide <br />assistance and support. Pregnancies known to school nurses and <br />their dispositions follow: <br />TABLE 7 <br />ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS <br />184 -185 39 total pregnancies (OHS -291 Stanford -9, Stanback -1) <br />'85 -'86 <br />31 <br />total <br />pregnancies <br />(OHS -26, <br />Stanford -5) <br />'86 -'87 <br />24 <br />total <br />pregnancies <br />(OHS -20, <br />Stanford -3, Stanback -1) <br />'87 -'88 <br />33 <br />total <br />pregnancies <br />(OHS -28, <br />Stanford- 4,Elementary -1) <br />'88-'89 <br />37 <br />total <br />pregnancies <br />(OHS -32, <br />Stanford -5) <br />CHAPEL HILL /CARRBORO SCHOOLS <br />'82-'83 <br />17 <br />total <br />pregnancies <br />(CHHS -11, <br />Phillips -3, <br />Culbreth -3) <br />'83-'84 <br />21 <br />total <br />pregnancies <br />(CHHS -15; <br />Phillips -2, <br />Culbreth -4) <br />'84 --185 <br />16 <br />total <br />pregnancies <br />(CHHS -14, <br />Phillips -2) <br />'85 -'86 <br />15 <br />total <br />pregnancies <br />(CHHS -11, <br />Phillips -3, <br />Culbreth-1) <br />'86`'87 <br />23 <br />total <br />pregnancies <br />(CHHS -17, <br />Phillips -3, <br />Culbreth --2) <br />'86 -'88 <br />14 <br />total <br />pregna6cies - <br />'88-'8'9 <br />21 <br />total <br />pregnancies <br />(CHHS -15, <br />Phillips -3, <br />Culbreth-3) <br />During 1988, the rate of abortion in Orange County was <br />significantly higher than that of the state. Of the 37 known <br />pregnancies in the Orange County Schools during 188 -189, 11 are <br />known -to-- -have -- t-e-rminated their pregnancy. <br />314 students were enrolled in the family planning clinic at. <br />the Orange County Health Department from 7 -88 through 6 -89. 240 <br />of these were also followed at school by their school nurse to <br />provide health counseling and thereby improve method compliance. <br />Many of these students consume considerable nursing time. Of <br />the 37 pregnancies identified in the Orange County schools for <br />'88 -'89, 12 dropped out of school by the end of the school year. <br />9 n <br />t <br />