NMCPH
Here is what the Navy Marine Corp Public Health Leaders of the worlds defense and sexual health.
Unplanned Pregnancy. Unplanned pregnancies among active duty Sailors continue to be of concern. In
2008, 2 of 3 (64%) pregnancies among surveyed enlisted female Sailors were unplanned. In other words,
only 36% were intended. The national Healthy People 2010 objective is to increase the proportion of
pregnancies that are intended to 70%. In 2005, 35% of surveyed male enlisted Sailors and 18% of female
Sailors said “when a birth control method is not available, I believe you just have to take a chance and hope
a pregnancy does not occur”. Lost duty days for unintended pregnancy health care, post-delivery
convalescence and separations due to pregnancy have not been calculated. The presumably stressful
impact of single parenthood on active duty members, families and Navy and Marine Corps commands has
not been quantified.
Incorrect and Inconsistent Condom Use. In 2008, less than half of our unmarried active duty male Sailors and
Marines used a condom the last time they had sex. Among unmarried active duty female sailors, only 1 of 3 report
a condom was used, and among female marines, only 1 of 4