ABUSE MAGAZINE
Facts
About
Teen
Pregnancy
6. It affects education - only a
third of teen mothers earn their
high school diploma. And only
1.5% have a college degree by
age 30.
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1. The U.S. has the highest
teen pregnancy rate in the
industrialized world – twice as
high as in England or Canada,
and ten times higher as in
Switzerland.
2. The U.S. teen pregnancy rate
dropped six percent between
2008 and 2009.
3. About 750,000 teens get pregnant
in the United States each year.
Nevada has the highest teen birth
rate; 113 out of every 1,000 teens
will get pregnant.
4. About 1 in 3 women become
pregnant at least once before
they’re 20.
5. A sexually active teen who does
not use contraceptives has a 90%
chance of becoming pregnant
within a year.
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7. It also affects their kids girls born to teen mothers are
more likely to be teen mothers
themselves. Boys born to teen
moms are more likely to end up
in prison.
8. 75% of girls and over half of boys
report that girls who have sex do
so because their boyfriends want
them to.
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9. 8 in 10 girls and 6 in 10 boys say
they wish they had waited until
they were older to have sex.
10. Most teens (6 in 10) and adults (3
in 4) believe that teen boys often
receive the message that they
are “expected to have sex.”
11. Diapers are expensive, but it’s
nothing compared to the $9
billion that teen pregnancy costs
the United States each year. This
includes increased spending in
child welfare costs and public
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