TITLE X FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
Title X is a national program authorized through the
Public Health Service Act to reduce unintended pregnancy
by providing contraceptive and related preventive health
care services to low-income individuals. In 2001, 89 Title
X grantees operated 4,590 clinics. These clinics served
4,857,717 family planning users, of whom 95.9 percent were
females. Among females using Title X family planning services,
59.8 percent were under 25 years old, and only 2.4 percent
were aged 45 years or older. Although male users had similar
age patterns, they were slightly more likely than females
to be teenagers (33.9 percent versus 28.9 percent).
In 2001, nearly two-thirds (64.0 percent) of female Title
X family planning users were White; 21.2 percent were Black;
3.1 percent were Asian/Pacific Islander; and 0.7 were percent
Native American. The remaining 11.0 percent of users' races
was unknown. Of the female Title X recipients, 20.3 percent
identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino and may be
of any race.
Nearly two-thirds (65.4 percent) of all Title X family
planning users had incomes at or below the Federal poverty
level in 2001. Another 17.1 percent had family incomes
between 101 percent and 150 percent of the poverty level,
and 6.8 percent had incomes that were 151 percent to 200
percent of poverty. Only 8.7 percent had incomes that were
more than 200 percent of poverty.1
Over 4 million or 87.5 percent of the family planning
users reported use of a contraceptive method. Among females
not currently using a contraceptive method, almost half
(42.2 percent) were not using a method because they were
pregnant.
Title X funds were also used to provide 3,047,310 Pap
smear tests and 2,853,669 clinical breast examinations.
In addition, 5,111,547 tests for sexually transmitted diseases
(STD) and 601,259 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) tests
were provided to both female and male clients.
1The
income status for 2.0 percent of Title X family planning
users was unknown. [Back] |
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