Each year, almost 1 million teenage women--10% of all women aged 15-19 and 19% of those who have had sexual intercourse--become pregnant.

78% of teen pregnancies are unplanned, accounting for about 1/4 of all accidental pregnancies annually

6 in 10 teen pregnancies occur among 18-19 year-olds.

Teen pregnancy rates are much higher in the United States than in many other developed countries--twice as high as in England and Wales or Canada, and nine times as high as in the Netherlands or Japan

13% of all U.S. births are to teens.

The fathers of babies born to teenage mothers are likely to be older than the women: about 1 in 5 infants born to unmarried minors are fathered by men 5 or more years older than the mother

78% of births to teens occur outside of marriage

1/4 of teenage mothers have a second child within 2 years of their first.

The teen pregnancy rates have decreased but there is still a high rate in the United States.

Please lend a helping hand so that the rates can keep on decreasing!

Information was used from:

http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/fb_teen_sex.html

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