Stats & Info
Facts and Stats You Should Know About Teenage Pregnancy
(Ages 10-19 years)
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Almost 1 million teens in the U.S. get pregnant each
year.
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20% of graduating senior girls will have been
pregnant at least once before graduation.
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13% of teen mothers graduate from high school.
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80% of teen mothers end up on welfare.
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Teenage girls who are sexually active are 6 times
more likely to attempt suicide.
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Teenage boys who are sexually active are 5 times
more likely to use alcohol and marijuana.
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3 million teens each year contract at least one
STD -- that's one teen every 10 seconds.
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66% of teen pregnancies occur when alcohol is
involved.
Four Main Causes of Teen Pregnancy
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Poverty
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Dysfunctional family
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Early school failure
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Early behavior problems
Montgomery County*
- 487 babies were born to teenagers in 2004 (decrease of 132 births
from 1998).
- These babies will fill 30 kindergarten classrooms in 2009.
- There were 741 known pregnancies to teens in 2004.
- Montgomery County's teen pregnancy rate is among the highest in
Alabama with 46.4 pregnancies (10-19 year olds) out of every 1000.
- Montgomery County spends more than $88 Million each year in lost
earnings and tax revenues, Welfare/Care, and Juvenile Justice costs.
Autauga County*
- 98 babies were born to teenagers in 2004.
- These babies will fill 9 kindergarten classrooms in 2009.
- There were 138 known pregnancies to teens in 2004.
- Autauga County's teen pregnancy rate is 38.4 pregnancies (10-19 year
olds) out of every 1000.
- Autauga County spends more than $10.6 Million each year in lost
earnings and tax revenues, Welfare/Care, and Juvenile Justice costs.
Elmore County*
- 112 babies were born to teenagers in 2004.
- These babies will fill 7 kindergarten classrooms in 2009.
- There were 168 known pregnancies to teens in 2004.
- Elmore County's teen pregnancy rate is 35.3 pregnancies (10-19 year
olds) out of every 1000.
- Autauga County spends more than $14.2 Million each year in lost
earnings and tax revenues, Welfare/Care, and Juvenile Justice costs.
Lowndes County*
- 27 babies were born to teenagers in 2004.
- These babies will fill more than 3 kindergarten classrooms in 2009.
- There were 41 known pregnancies to teens in 2004.
- Lowndes County's teen pregnancy rate is 38.1 pregnancies (10-19 year
olds) out of every 1000.
- Lowndes County spends more than $5.4 Million each year in lost
earnings and tax revenues, Welfare/Care, and Juvenile Justice costs.
State of Alabama*
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Alabama ranks among the top ten states in the country
with the highest teen pregnancy rates.
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8,589 babies were born to teenagers in 2002 (decrease
of 6,888 births from 1998).
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These babies will fill more than 505 kindergarten
classrooms in 2009.
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There were 12,542 known pregnancies to teenagers in
2002.
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Alabama's teen pregnancy rate is one of the highest in
the nation with 39.3 pregnancies (10-19 year olds) out of every 1000.
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Alabama spends more than $1.4 Billion each year in
lost earnings and tax revenues, Welfare/Care, and Juvenile Justice
costs.
United States
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The United States has the highest rates of teen
pregnancy and births in the western industrialized world.
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More than 820,000 babies are born to teenagers in the
US each year. Eight in ten of these pregnancies are unintended and 79%
are to unmarried teens.
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10% of all 15-19 year olds become pregnant each year.
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70% of teen pregnancies are fathered by men older than
20.
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1/4 of teenager mothers have a second child within two
years of the first.
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Teen pregnancy costs the United States at least $7
Billion annually.
Consequences of Teen Pregnancy
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Almost 98% of sexually active teens regret early
sexual involvement.
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Teen pregnancy is the #1 reason teenage girls go to
the hospital.
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1/3 of pregnant teens received inadequate prenatal
care.
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Teen mothers are less likely to complete high school
(only one-third receive a high school diploma) and only 1.5% have a
college degree by age 30. Teen mothers are more likely to end up on
welfare (nearly 80%).
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The children of teenage mothers have lower birth
weights, are more likely to perform poorly in school, and are at
greater risk of abuse and neglect.
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The sons of teen mothers are 13% more likely to end up
in prison while teen daughters are 22% more likely to become teen
mothers themselves.
You Should Know...
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52% of teen girls and 56% of teen boys (aged 15-19)
have had sex at least once.
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Prime-time television contains roughly three sexual
acts an hour.
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Younger sisters of teen mothers begin having sex at an
earlier age than the average teen girl.
*Alabama Department of Public Health Center for Health Statistics
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