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Teen Pregnancy

	National Statistics
	Statewide Statistics
	Teen Pregnancy by Race/Ethnicity
	Teen Pregnancy by Age and/or Grade In School
	Teen Pregnancy Outcomes
	Risk Factors

There is a great deal of information about teen pregnancy available through the internet, medical publications, and government agencies. In an effort to streamline and sort that information, we have compiled this list of the most salient statistics and sources of research on adolescent pregnancy. The data in page is broken down into several topics: national statistics, statewide statistics, teen pregnancy rates and race/ethnicity, teen pregnancy rates by age and/or grade in school, teen pregnancy outcomes, and teen pregnancy risk factors.

Many of the studies in this page apply to more than one of these topic categories. Those studies have been listed under multiple topic headings so that all relevant data can be found easily.

U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics, National and State Trends and Trends by Ethnicity, September 2006

Source: The Guttmacher Institute

Description: This comprehensive study includes national statistics on teen pregnancy rates from 1972–2003. The data is also broken down by state, age, race/ethnicity, and pregnancy outcome.

Key Statistics:

Each year, almost 750,000 women ages 15–19 become pregnant.
In general, states with the highest number of teenagers had the highest number of teenage pregnancies.
In 2000, the states with highest teenage birthrates were Mississippi, Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, and New Mexico. The states with the lowest birthrates were New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, North Dakota, and Maine.

To View this Resource:www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/09/12/USTPstats.pdf

National Center for Health Statistics: Pregnancy Trends in Teenage Pregnancy in the United States, 1990–2002

Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Description: Published in December of 2006, this report presents national pregnancy rates for teenagers ages 15–19 from 1990–2002. The report also provides data by age, race, and pregnancy outcome.

Key Statistics:

In 2002, an estimated 757,000 pregnancies among teenagers ages 15–19 resulted in 425,000 live births, 215,000 induced abortions, and 117,000 fetal losses.
The 2002 rate is an historic low for the nation.
The U.S. teenage pregnancy rate is among the highest among industrialized nations.

To View this Resource:www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/teenpreg1990-2002/teenpreg1990-2002.htm

National Center for Health Statistics: Pregnancy Trends in Teenage Pregnancy in the United States, 1990–2002

Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Description: This study includes statistics on national teen pregnancy rates from 1990–2000. The report places emphasis on the difference in birthrates among teens ages 15–17 and those ages 15–19.

Key Statistics:

The declines in teenage pregnancy have been much steeper for younger than for older teenagers.
The birth rate fell by 20% and the abortion rate fell by 40% between 1990 and 2000.
Pregnancies among older teenagers are more likely to end in a live birth than are pregnancies among younger teenagers.

To View this Resource:www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/factsheets/teenpreg.pdf

Facts on American Teens’ Sexual and Reproductive Health

Source: The Guttmacher Institute

Description: This is a detailed list of facts on teen’s sexual behavior and health, including facts on teen pregnancy, childbearing, and abortion rates.

Key Statistics:

82% percent of teen pregnancies are unplanned; they account for about one in five of all unintended pregnancies annually.
11% of all U.S. births are to teens.
Teen mothers are now more likely than in the past to complete high school or obtain a GED, but they are still less likely to go on to college than women who delay childbearing.

To View this Resource:www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_ATSRH.html

U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics, National and State Trends and Trends by Ethnicity, September 2006

Source: The Guttmacher Institute

Description: This comprehensive study includes national statistics on teen pregnancy rates from 1972–2003. The data is also broken down by state, age, race/ethnicity, and pregnancy outcome.

Key Statistics:

Each year, almost 750,000 women ages 15–19 become pregnant.
In general, states with the highest number of teenagers had the highest number of teenage pregnancies.
In 2000, the states with highest teenage birthrates were Mississippi, Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, and New Mexico. The states with the lowest birthrates were New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, North Dakota, and Maine.

To View this Resource:www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/09/12/USTPstats.pdf

State Profiles on Teen Pregnancy and Birth Data

Source: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Description: This website offers state-by-state profiles of data on teen pregnancy. Within each state profile, the data is sorted by overall number of teen pregnancies, teen pregnancies by age and race/ethnicity, and changes in teen pregnancy statistics over time.

To View this Resource:www.teenpregnancy.org/america/stateMap.asp

National Vital Statistics Report: Births to 10–14 Year Old Mothers 1990–2002: Trends and Health Outcomes

Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Description: This article presents the national and statewide birthrates for
females ages10–14. The data is categorized by age and race/ethnicity.

Key Statistics:

Birth rates for the youngest teenagers varied by State and territory, ranging in 2000–2002 from 0.2 per 1,000 (Maine) to 2.0 per 1,000 (Mississippi and the District of Columbia).
The highest rates are in the South and Southwest.

To View this Resource: www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr53/nvsr53_07.pdf

U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics, National and State Trends and Trends by Ethnicity, September 2006

Source: The Guttmacher Institute

Description: This comprehensive study includes national statistics on teen pregnancy rates from 1972–2003. The data is also broken down by state, age, race/ethnicity, and pregnancy outcome.

Key Statistics:

Among black women ages 15–19, the nationwide pregnancy rate fell by 40% between 1990 and 2002.
Among white women ages 15–19, the nationwide pregnancy rate fell by 34% between 1990 and 2002.
Among Hispanic women ages 15–19, the pregnancy rate increased slightly from 1991–1992, but by 2002 was 19% lower than the 1990 rate.

To View this Resource: www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/09/12/USTPstats.pdf

State Profiles on Teen Pregnancy and Birth Data

Source: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

To View this Resource: www.teenpregnancy.org/america/stateMap.asp

National Center for Health Statistics: Pregnancy Trends in Teenage Pregnancy in the United States, 1990—2002

Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Description: Published in December of 2006, this report presents detailed pregnancy rates for teenagers ages 15–19 from 1990–2002. The report provides data by age, race, and pregnancy outcome.

Key Statistics:

Pregnancy rates for black and white non-Hispanic teenagers dropped by about 40% each during 1990–2002, whereas the rate for Hispanic teenagers fell about 19%.
Pregnancy rates for black teenagers were substantially higher than for white or Hispanic teenagers in 1990. By 2002, the rates for black and Hispanic teenagers were very similar and were each more than two and one-half times the rate for non-Hispanic white teenagers.

To View this Resource: www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/teenpreg1990-2002/teenpreg1990-2002.htm

Facts on American Teens’ Sexual and Reproductive Health

Source: The Guttmacher Institute

Description: This is a detailed list of facts on teen’s sexual behavior and health, including facts on teen pregnancy, childbearing, and abortion rates.

Key Statistics:

Black women have the highest teen pregnancy rate (134 per 1,000 women ages 15–19), followed by Hispanics (131 per 1,000) and non-Hispanic whites (48 per 1,000).
The pregnancy rate among black teens decreased 40% between 1990 and 2000 compared to an overall national decline in teen pregnancy rate of 36%.

To View this Resource: www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_ATSRH.html

National Vital Statistics Report: Births to 10–14 Year Old Mothers 1990–2002: Trends and Health Outcomes

Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Description: This article presents the national and statewide birthrates for
females ages 10–14. The data is categorized by age and race/ethnicity.

Key Statistics:

In the nation overall, pregnancy rates for women Hispanic and black young teenagers (ages 10–14) are higher than for non-Hispanic white young teenagers
The birth rate for young teens fell in all racial and ethnic groups by 29–63% between 1990 and 2002.
The rate for black young teenagers declined most steeply, from 4.9 per 1,000 in 1990 to 1.8 in 2002.

To View this Resource: www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr53/nvsr53_07.pdf

National Center for Health Statistics: Pregnancy Trends in Teenage Pregnancy in the United States, 1990–2002

Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Description: Published in December of 2006, this report presents detailed pregnancy rates for teenagers ages 15–19 from 1990–2002. The report categorizes data by younger teenagers (ages 15–17) and older teenagers (ages 17–19).

Key Statistics:

In 2002, an estimated 757,000 pregnancies among teenagers ages 15–19 resulted in 425,000 live births, 215,000 induced abortions, and 117,000 fetal losses.
The estimated pregnancy rate for young teenagers ages 15–17 fell from 77.1 per 1,000 in 1990 to 44.4 per 1,000 in 2002, a 42% drop.
The rate for older teenagers declined more modestly, falling 25% from 167.7 per 1,000 in 1990 to 125.0 per 1,000 in 2002.
Pregnancy rates for both age groups in 2002 are record lows for the nation since these rates began being collected in 1976 .

To View this Resource: www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/teenpreg1990-2002/teenpreg1990-2002.htm

National Center for Health Statistics: NCHS Data on Teen Pregnancy

Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Key Statistics:

The declines in teenage pregnancy have been much steeper for younger than for older teenagers.
The birth rate fell by 20% and the abortion rate fell by 40% between 1990 and 2000.
Pregnancies among older teenagers are more likely to end in a live birth than are pregnancies among younger teenagers.

To View this Resource: www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/factsheets/teenpreg.pdf

State Profiles on Teen Pregnancy and Birth Data

Source: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.

To View this Resource: www.teenpregnancy.org/america/stateMap.asp

National Vital Statistics Report: Births to 10–14 Year Old Mothers 1990–2002: Trends and Health Outcomes

Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Description: This article presents the national and statewide birthrates for
females ages 10–14. The data is categorized by age and race/ethnicity.

Key Statistics:

Over 97% of births to the youngest teenage mothers are to females ages 13–14.
In 2002, of the 7,315 births to females ages 10–14, 208 were to females ages 10–12 and 7,107 were to females ages 13–14.
Birth rates to the youngest teenagers varied by State and territory, ranging in 2000–2002 from 0.2 per 1,000 (Maine) to 2.0 (Mississippi and the District of Columbia).
The highest rates are in the South and Southwest.

To View this Resource: www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr53/nvsr53_07.pdf

Facts on American Teens’ Sexual and Reproductive Health

Source: The Guttmacher Institute

Description: This is a detailed list of facts on teen’s sexual behavior and health, including facts on teen pregnancy, childbearing, and abortion rates.

Key Statistics:

Two-thirds of all teen pregnancies occur among females ages 18–19.

To View this Resource: www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_ATSRH.html

National Center for Health Statistics: Pregnancy Trends in Teenage Pregnancy in the United States, 1990–2002

Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Key Statistics:

Of the 757,000 teenage pregnancies in 2002, there were 425,000 live births and an estimated 215,000 induced abortions and 117,000 fetal losses.
The birth rate dropped 28% from 1990 to 2002, whereas the abortion rate declined 46%.
Overall, 4 in 7 teenage pregnancies ended in a live birth in 2002, 2 in 7 in induced abortion, and about 1 in 7 in a fetal loss.

To View this Resource: www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/teenpreg1990-2002/teenpreg1990-2002.htm

U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics, National and State Trends and Trends by Ethnicity, September 2006

Source: The Guttmacher Institute

Description: This comprehensive study includes national and statewide statistics on teen pregnancy rates from 1972–2003. The data is broken down by state, age, and race and ethnicity. The report also contains statewide data on the number of teen pregnancies that ended in birth, abortion, stillbirth and miscarriage.

Key Statistics:

The teenage birthrate in 2002 was 30% lower than the peak rate of 61.8 births per 1,000 women reached in 1991.
By 2002, the teenage abortion rate had dropped by 50% from its peak in 1988.
From 1986 to 2002, the proportion of teenage pregnancies ending in abortion declined more than one-quarter from 46% to 34% of pregnancies among females ages 15–19.

To View this Resource: www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/09/12/USTPstats.pdf

Facts on American Teens’ Sexual and Reproductive Health

Source: The Guttmacher Institute

Description: This is a detailed list of facts on teen’s sexual behavior and health, including facts on teen pregnancy, childbearing, and abortion rates.

Key Statistics:

82% of teen pregnancies are unplanned; they account for about 1 in 5 of all unintended pregnancies annually.
Teen mothers are now more likely than in the past to complete high school or obtain a GED, but they are still less likely to go on to college than women who delay childbearing
There were 214,750 abortion among females ages 15–19 in 2002.

To View this Resource: www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_ATSRH.html

A Comparison of the Risk Characteristics of Ever-Pregnant and Never Pregnant Sexually-Active Adolescents

Source: Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Education for Adolescents and Children, Vol. 5, No. ½ (2002)

Description: This article describes the risk behaviors of a sample of sexually active, urban African-American adolescent females, and examines the differences between adolescents who have been pregnant (ever-pregnant) and adolescents who have not been pregnant (never-pregnant).

Key Statistics:

Adolescents who had previously been pregnant were 2.2 times more likely to have had sex with more than one sexual partner in the last six months than never-pregnant adolescents.
Adolescents who had been pregnant were 2.1 times more likely to have not used a condom during last sexual
intercourse, and 2.8 times more likely to report that they did not use condoms every time they had sex.
There was no significant difference in the levels of drug use for ever-pregnant and never-pregnant adolescents.

To View this Resource: www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?sid=574JJPTFJ78N8KHFD0BEX2569TJ3FT98&ID=29940 , or contact your local librarian.