Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth – T Listing

Teenagers – See also Sex education and Teen pregnancy
Teen pregnancy – See also Teenagers
Tubal sterilization – See Sterilization (female)

Teenagers

Percentage of never-married teenagers 15-19 years of age who have ever had intercourse, by age and sex:
United States, 2002, 2006-2010 and 2011-2015

Female	2002¹	2006-2010¹	2011-2015²
15-19 years of age	45.5%	42.6%	42.4% (1.86)
15-17 years of age	30.3%	27.0%	28.1% (2.01)
18-19 years of age	68.8%	62.7%	62.9% (2.69)

Male	2002¹	2006-2010¹	2011-2015²
15-17 years of age	45.7%	41.8%	44.2% (1.46)
15-17 years of age	31.3%	28.0%	31.5% (1.58)
18-19 years of age	64.3%	63.9%	64.3% (2.54)

Sources:
¹Series 23, No. 31, Table 1 [PDF – 723 MB]
²NHSR No. 104, Table 1 [PDF – 422 KB]

Percentage of females 15-19 years of age by type of relationship with partner at first intercourse, 2011-2015

	2011-2015¹
Had just met	2.1% (0.5)
Just friends	13.0% (1.8)

Source:
¹NHSR No. 104, Table 3 [PDF – 422 KB]

Teen Pregnancy

Percent distribution of men 15-44 years of age by current marital or cohabiting status:

	1990¹	1995¹	2000¹	2002¹	2008¹	2009²	2010
All pregnancies	116.8	101.1	85.8	76.3	69.8	65.3	58.9³
Live births	59.9	56.0	47.7	42.6	40.2	37.9	34.2⁴
Induced abortions	40.3	29.4	24.0	21.1	17.8	16.3	N/A
Fetal losses	16.6	15.7	14.1	12.6	11.8	11.1	N/A

*Rates are number of events per 1,000 females 15-19 years of age.

NOTE: The teen pregnancy rate dropped 50% from 1990 to 2010. Reaching a historic low, the teenage pregnancy rate in 2010 was the lowest reported since 1976

Sources:

¹Ventura SJ, Curtin SC, Abma JC, Henshaw SK. Estimated Pregnancy Rates and Rates of Pregnancy Outcomes for the United States, 1990-2008[PDF – 462 KB]. (Table 2) National vital statistics report, Vol 60 No 7. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2012.

²Curtin SC, Abma JC, Ventura SV. Pregnancy Rates for U.S. Women Continue to Drop [PDF – 436 KB]. NCHS Data Brief, No. 136. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2013.

³Curtin SC and Abma JC, Henshaw SK. 2010 Pregnancy Rates among U.S Women. NCHS Health E-Stats. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2015.

⁴Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Ventura SJ, et al. Births: Final data for 2010[PDF -1.66 MB]. National vital statistics reports; vol 61 no 1. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.