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About Teen PregnancyTeen pregnancy and childbearing bring substantial social and economic costs through immediate and long-term impacts on teen parents and their children ...more |
ResearchThe Adolescent Reproductive Health program supports innovative domestic research to prevent unintended teen pregnancy, HIV, and STDs ...more |
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Science-Based ApproachesThe Promoting Science-Based Approaches to Prevent Teen Pregnancy program aims to build state and local capacity to use programs that work ...more |
Success StoriesPrograms that work from states and community partners funded through the PSBA program ...more |
In 2006, there were 435,436 births to mothers aged 15–19 years in the United States, a birth rate of 41.9 per 1,000 women in this age group. The majority, nearly two thirds among mothers under age 18 and more than half among mothers aged 18–19 years, of teen births are unintended—they occurred sooner than desired or were not wanted at any time. U.S. teen pregnancy and birth, STDs, and abortion rates are considerably higher than most other developed countries.
Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young People
Many young people in the U.S.
engage in sexual risk behaviors that can result in unintended
health outcomes, including sexually transmitted diseases,
HIV/AIDS, or pregnancy.
Page last reviewed: 7/29/09
Page last modified: 7/29/09
Content source:
Division of Reproductive Health,
National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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