Teen pregnancy, birth and abortion rates have declined to historic lows over the last 30 years, according to a new study, evidence researchers say shows efforts to prevent unwanted pregnancies are starting to work.
A study released this week by the Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit reproductive health group, found teen pregnancy rates plummeted in 2010, with 57.4 pregnancies out of 1,000. The drop marks a full 51% decline from its peak in 1990, while teens aged 15 to 19 accounted for a 15% dip in pregnancies in the last two years of data alone, from 2008 to 2010.
According to the report, women aged 18 to 19 made up a majority of teen pregnancies, 69%. And though an increasing proportion of teens in that age group said they were sexually active, fewer became pregnant.
“The decline in the teen pregnancy rate is great news,” lead author Kathryn Kost said in a statement. “Other reports had already demonstrated sustained declines in births among teens in the past few years; but now we know that this is due to the fact that fewer teens are becoming pregnant in the first place.”
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4 comments:
I did invest in some makers of protection , have doubled my money in 3 years.
I think a lot of this is because of Teen Mom on Mtv.
Not sure how this information was handled. Is it based on the number of teens or a percentage of the teens?? Was the difference in population numbers considered? Just another stupid statistic with no real meaning..
What segment of the population was this report based on. White, Hispanic, Black, Asian, city dwellers, rural dwellers, "undocumented". ??? Just another waste of time and resources.
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