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Teenage pregnancy, also known as adolescent pregnancy, is pregnancy in a female under the age of 20. Worldwide, pregnancy complications are the leading cause of death for women and girls 15 to 19 years old. [3] The definition of teenage pregnancy includes those who are legally considered adults in their country. [2]
In 2014, 249,078 babies were born to girls 15 to 19 years of age, corresponding to a birth rate of 24.2 per 1,000 girls. [12] In 2016, three in ten American girls fell pregnant before age 20, corresponding to almost 750,000 pregnancies a year. [14] In 2008, 16% of all girls became teen mothers. [15]
The average age of a girl's first period is 12 to 13 (12.5 years in the United States, [6] 12.72 in Canada, [7] 12.9 in the UK [8]) but, in postmenarchal girls, about 80% of the cycles are anovulatory in the first year after menarche, which declines to 50% in the third year, and to 10% by the sixth. [9]
The post “Dated A 12-Year-Old And Got Her Pregnant”: 30 Beloved Celebs That Deserve To Be Canceled first appeared on Bored Panda. Both were in relationships with very young girls. Both got ...
Mom of 12 Britni Church could use a nap. The 33-year-old gave birth to her first child at age 17 in 2004, and has been pregnant every year since, excluding 2013, 2017, and 2022.
From 2009 to 2010, the teen pregnancy rate dropped another 9%, the biggest one-year drop since the 1940s. [34] Each year, almost 750,000 girls 15–19 become pregnant. Two thirds of all teen pregnancies occur among the oldest teens (18–19). [17] Of them, 82% are unplanned, which accounted for about 20% of all unintended pregnancies annually. [17]
A new trial program in Philadelphia is offering financial support to people during pregnancy. The Philly Joy Bank program is giving $1,000 a month to 250 pregnant Philadelphia residents, from ...
Lina Marcela Medina de Jurado (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlina meˈðina]; born 23 September 1933) [1] is a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history when she gave birth to son Gerardo on 14 May 1939, aged five years, seven months, and 21 days.