•Each year, almost 750,000 U.S.
women aged 15–19 become pregnant.[19]
Two-thirds of all teen pregnancies occur among 18–19-year-olds.[19]
•Overall, 68 pregnancies occurred
per 1,000 women aged 15–19 in 2008. The 2008 rate was a record low and
represented a 42% decline from the peak rate of 117 per 1,000, which occurred
in 1990.[19]
•The majority of the decline in
teen pregnancy rates in the United States (86%) is due to teens’ improved
contraceptive use; the rest is due to increased proportions of teens choosing
to delay sexual activity.[21]
•Despite having declined, the
U.S. teen pregnancy rate continues to be one of the highest in the developed
world. It is more than twice as high as rates in Canada (28 per 1,000 women
aged 15–19 in 2006) and Sweden (31 per 1,000).[22]
•In 2008, New Mexico had the
highest teenage pregnancy rate (93 per 1,000); rates in Mississippi, Texas,
Nevada and Arkansas followed. The lowest rates were in New Hampshire (33 per
1,000), Vermont, Minnesota, North Dakota and Massachusetts followed.[20]
•Eighty-two percent of teen
pregnancies are unplanned; teens account for about one-fifth of all unintended
pregnancies annually.[23]
•Fifty-nine percent of
pregnancies among 15–19-year-olds in 2008 ended in birth, and 26% in abortion.[19]
FATHERHOOD
•Most teen males report that they
would be very upset (46%) or a little upset (34%) if they got someone pregnant,
while the remaining 20% report that they would be pleased or a little pleased.[5]
•Teen fatherhood rates vary
considerably by race. In 2006, the rate among black males aged 15–19 who became
fathers (34 per 1,000) was more than twice that among whites (15 per 1,000).[29]
•The rate of teen fatherhood declined 25%
between 1990 and 2006, from 24 to 18 per 1,000 males aged 15–19. This decline
was far more substantial among blacks than among whites (38% vs. 18%).[29]
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