“More than 1 in 10 [teenage girls] (14%) had ever been forced to have sex — up 27% since 2019 and the first increase since the CDC began monitoring this measure.”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
federal agency. in a news release. Claim dated 13 Feb 2023.
Washington Post rated thisTwo Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
The agency provided percentage increases based on round numbers.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (federal agency) made this claim around 13 February 2023. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 March 2023, 29 days later. Its rating was “Two Pinocchios”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://web.archive.org/web/20230221050407/https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/2023/incr…
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