More than 17 percent of high school girls surveyed in Indiana last year -- some as young as 14 -- said they have been forced to have sex. It's a startling statistic, especially when you consider that makes Indiana the state with the second-highest percentage of the 42 states surveyed, behind only Wyoming. The information is part of a survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance covers a wide range of behaviors among high school students that put them at risk for illness and death.

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