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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] Teen birth rates declined from 2018 to 2019 for several racial groups and for Hispanics.Among 15- to 19-year-olds, teen birth rates decreased:
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 US teen pregnancy rate 15 to 19 year olds, per 1,000, 1973 to 2011, including Black, Hispanic, and White populations [142] In 2001, the teenage birth rate in the US was the highest in the developed world, and the teenage abortion rate is also high.
The 2008 rate was a record low and represented a 42% decline from the peak rate, which had occurred in 1990. [17] 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.
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]
Teenage pregnancy in the United Kingdom refers to the rate at which people under 20 fall pregnant in the United Kingdom.As of 2021, the rate of teenage conceptions in the United Kingdom was 5.226% percent of total conceptions, [1] whereas 2.199% of all live births in the United Kingdom were to mothers under 20 years of age. [2]
In 2009, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy recognized 16 and Pregnant among the factors that caused a decrease in teenage pregnancy recorded over the year. [7] A 2012 survey by The National Campaign also praises the show for encouraging discussion regarding teenage pregnancy between viewers aged 10–19, their peers ...
The out of wedlock birth rates by race in the United States from 1940 to 2014. The rate for African Americans is the purple line. Data is from the National Vital Statistics System Reports published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics. Note: Prior to 1969, African American out of wedlock births were included along with other ...