Rural States Have Highest Rates for Teenage Rape: Crime in America.Net

Information released by the Centers for Disease Control-High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicates the following:

Nationally, 10.5 percent of girls and 4.5 percent of boys state that they were “Ever forced to have sexual intercourse.”

The five states with the highest percentages of female students raped include:

1. Arkansas: 18.5

2. Alaska: 17.9

3. West Virginia: 17.8

4. Kentucky: 17.4

5. Missouri: 17.0

For information on additional states, see: .