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Calculations that account for sexual activity find that unintended pregnancy rates are highest among sexually active women aged 15–19 years old compared to other age groups. [35] About one-third of unintended teen pregnancies end in abortion. [34] The unintended pregnancy rate among teens has been declining in the US.
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 ]
More than six million women in the United States, or 11 percent of women of reproductive age, become pregnant each year. More than half of these pregnancies, or approximately 3.4 million, are unintended, and 1.6 million of the unintended pregnancies are terminated through abortion. [15]
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 ...
Overall, approximately 50% of pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, however Black and Hispanic women are more likely to have unplanned pregnancy than white women. [17] Unintended pregnancies are associated with increased risk of delayed entry into prenatal care, [ 18 ] decreased rates of breastfeeding after birth, increased risk of ...
The U.S. fertility rate — the average number of children each woman gives birth to — fell 22% between 1990 and 2023, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
After the bans took effect, infant mortality rates were 6.26 per 1,000 live births, compared with an expected rate of 5.93 per 1,000, a relative increase of 5.60%.
The United States rate of unintended pregnancies is higher than the world average, and much higher than that in other industrialized nations. [33] Almost half (49%) of U.S. pregnancies are unintended, more than 3 million unintended pregnancies per year. [34] [35] The rate of unintended pregnancy is even higher among the poor. In 1990 about 44% ...