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Teen births, aged 15–19, per 1,000 people by state, 2015. Teenage pregnancy in the United States occurs mostly unintentionally [1] and out of wedlock [2] [3] but has been declining almost continuously since the 1990s. [1] [4] [5] In 2022, the teenage birth rate fell to 13.5 per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19, the lowest on record. [6]
In 2008, over 80% of teenage pregnancies in the U.S. were unintended. [27] In 2008, approximately one third ended in abortion, one third ended in spontaneous miscarriage, and one third continued their pregnancy and kept their baby. [28] The trend is decreasing. In 1990, the birth rate was 61.8, and the pregnancy rate 116.9 per thousand.
Unintended pregnancies are pregnancies that are mistimed or unwanted at the time of conception, [1] also known as unplanned pregnancies. [2] [3]Sexual activity without the use of effective contraception through choice or coercion is the predominant cause of unintended pregnancy.
New data from the United Nations' sexual and reproductive health agency suggests the coronavirus will have a globally devastating impact on women. If lockdown continues for six months, the UNFPA ...
Due to this, unplanned pregnancies in the United States are at the lowest they have ever been throughout history. [81] However, unintended pregnancy remains high; in 2011, 45% of pregnancies were unintended. [82] 10.6% of women at risk of unintended pregnancy did not use a contraceptive method, including 18.7% of teens and 14.3% of those 20 ...
Highly effective contraceptives, such as IUD are underused in the United States. [5] Increasing use of highly effective contraceptives could help meet the goal set forward in Healthy People 2020 to decrease unintended pregnancy by 10%. [5] Cost to the user is one factor preventing many US women from using more effective contraceptives. [5]
R ape resulted in 64,565 pregnancies in 14 U.S. states with near-total abortion bans since Roe v. ... and apportioned for each state based on Federal Bureau of Investigation rape statistics from ...
That year, 30% of women in the state aged 15–44 lived in a county without an abortion clinic. [11] In 2017, there were 12 Planned Parenthood clinics, of which 8 offered abortion services, in a state with a population of 911,617 women aged 15–49. That year, 30% of women in the state aged 15–44 lived in a county without an abortion clinic. [17]