Teen+Pregancy

1. By the age of 15, 13% of teens have vaginal sex. 7 out of 10 teens have had sex before their 19th birthday.

3. About 34% become pregnant before there 20 years old. It’s about 820,000 a year. Nearly a 3rd of pregnant teens choose abortion. 29% are terminated by abortion.

4. 4 million teens contract an STD each year.

5. Black teens have the highest teen pregnancy rate. For young women age 15-19, black teens are most likely to become pregnant ( 134 per 1,000 women). Slightly lower rates occur among Hispanics (131 per 1,000) followed by non-Hispanics whites (48 per 1,000).

6. From 1990 the estimate 166.9 per 1,000 an all time birth rate of 61.8 per 1,000) in 1991. By 2002 the rate had dropped 75.4 per 1,000 = 36%. 3% increased in the years of 2005 to 2006