Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This decline was more substantial among blacks than among whites (50% vs. 26%) and about half of the rate among teen girls. [18] Studies in 2008 and 2013 indicated that Asians (23 per 1,000) and whites (43 per 1,000) have lower rates of pregnancy before the age of 20. [15] [18] Teen birth rates decline by racial groups [8]
The US teen pregnancy rate 15 to 19 year olds, per 1,000, 1973 to 2011, including Black, Hispanic, and White populations [140] In 2001, the teenage birth rate in the US was the highest in the developed world, and the teenage abortion rate is also high.
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]
Tennessee is ranked 44th out of the 50 states in rates of teen pregnancy at 21.5 per thousand, with the national average being 13.5 per thousand. Georgia is not far behind at 36th and California ...
The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Country ranking and comparison by TFR: 1970 and 2013 list is sourced and based on the data of the 2014 World Population Data Sheet, [16] which was published online. [17] [18] Forecast/prediction ranking lists: The UN ranking list is sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects. Figures are ...
Credit - Getty Images. T he risk of teenage pregnancy continues to rise at alarming rates. Representing 5% of total births in the U.S. in 2022, there were more than 146,000 teen births—the ...
The teen birth rate for African Americans in 2009 was 60 births per 1000 women and 20 for non Hispanic teens (white). [72] According to the United States census, State Health Serve and the CDC, Hispanics accounted for 23% of the birth in 2014 out of the 1,000,000 births in the United States. [73] [3] [non-primary source needed]
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 ...