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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]
The teenage pregnancy rate was 33.9 per 1,000. The Canadian teenage pregnancy rate declined for both younger (15–17) and older (18–19) teens between 1992 and 2002. [22] Canada's highest teen pregnancy rates occur in small towns located in rural parts of peninsular Ontario. Alberta and Quebec have high teen pregnancy rates as well.
The lifetime opportunity cost caused by teenage pregnancy in different countries varies, from 1% to 30% of the annual GDP, with 30% being the figure in Uganda. [52] In the United States, teenage pregnancy costs taxpayers between $9.4 and $28 billion in 2016, due to factors such as foster care and lost tax revenue. [53]
Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is delighted her 17-year-old son is about to be a father. The reality isn’t so happy for young mothers.
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]
STD rates follow the same trend as teen births among youth in the state. In 2020, 3,765 per 100,000 women ages 15-24 in Missouri reported cases of chlamydia. For men the same age, 1,503 cases were ...
Teenage pregnancy is formally defined as the pregnancy of a young female between the ages of 13 and 19, ... This page was last edited on 15 August 2023 ...
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