 Unintended
and Teen Pregnancy
Adolescent
Pregnancy and Births
Preventing Teen Pregnancy
CDC supports research to improve the measurement of unintended pregnancy,
to prevent unintended and teen pregnancy, and to integrate STD and HIV
prevention with pregnancy prevention programs. This is accomplished by
funding innovative research and intervention projects to improve public
health prevention programs and policies, and building coalition capacity
at the local and state level to address unintended and teen pregnancy.
Related Publications
Teen Birth
Rate Continues to Decline; African-American Teens Show Sharpest Drop
"Births: Final
Data for 2002," from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics shows
that the teen birth rate declined by 30 percent over the past decade to a
historic low and that the rate for black teens was down by more than 40
percent. For young black teens (15 to 17 years) the results were even
more striking—the rate was cut in half since 1991. NCHS release: December
17, 2003.
U.S.
Pregnancy Rate Down from Peak; Births and Abortions on the Decline
This report from CDC’s
National Center for Health Statistics outlines trends and other findings
including revised pregnancy rates from 1990 to 1999, and includes the
latest abortion data for 1999. There was a 9-percent decline in the birth
rate and a 22-percent drop in the abortion rate, with an overall 12
percent decline in the pregnancy rate from 115.6 to 102.1. NCHS release:
October 31, 2003.
Birth rates for teenagers 15–19 years by State, 1991 and 2002, and
percent change, 1991–2002: United States and each State and
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This report provides
State-specific birth rates for teenagers for 1991 and 2000.
Source: National
Vital Statistic Reports, Vol. 52, no.10, December 17, 2003.
National and State-Specific Pregnancy Rates Among Adolescents—
United States, 1995–1997 |
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Continuing a downward trend that began in the
early 1990s, the national and state-specific teen pregnancy rates
declined during 1995–1997. Source: MMWR, July 14, 2000 /
49(27);605-611.
Reducing the Risk: Preventing Young People From Pregnancy, HIV and
STDs
This information from CDC's Division of Adolescent
and School Health, is designed to raise awareness and help educators
identify guidelines that effectively reduce sexual risk behaviors
that contribute to HIV, STDs, and unintended pregnancy.
State-specific pregnancy rates among adolescents—United States, 1992–1995
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This report presents
estimated state-specific pregnancy rates for 1992–1995 for adolescents
aged £19
years by age and race and the percentage change in state-specific
pregnancy rates for persons aged 15–19 years from 1992 to 1995. The
findings indicate a downward trend in pregnancy rates for persons aged
15–19 years during 1992–1995 for all 43 states in which data were
available. Source: MMWR June 26,1998 /Vol. 47 /No.24.
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