Teen+Pregnancy

"Teen Pregnancy Statistics ." 27 Feb 2009 . > under 1/3 of all girls in the United States will get pregnant in their teenage years is a sobering thought
 * Every year around 750,000 teenagers will get pregnant.
 * Depending on the state, teenage birth rates are incredibly different. Nevada has the highest rate: 113 per 1000 and North Dakota the lowest 42 per 1000.
 * Unmarried teenagers having children account for 24 percent of all unmarried expectant mothers.
 * More than 2/3 of all teenagers who have a baby will not graduate from high school.
 * Billions of dollars are spent taking care of teenage mothers and their children and they are more likely to be in the poverty bracket. On the flip side, millions of dollars are spent in prevention programs.
 * In 2002 the abortion rate among teenager mother was 50 percent lower than its high point in 1988.
 * Among black teenagers, the pregnancy rate dropped around 40 percent since 1990.
 * Among Hispanic teenagers the pregnancy rate dropped around 19 percent since 1990.
 * Among white teenagers, the pregnancy rate dropped around 34 percent since 1990.

"Teen Pregnancy Statistics and Teen Pregnancy Facts." __Family first aid__. Troubled Teen Help : 2000-2004. 27 Feb 2009 . -Nationally, nearly one million young women under age 20 become pregnant each year. That means close to 2800 teens get pregnant each day.( Facts in Brief: Teen Sex and Pregnancy, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, 1996)
 * -Approximately 4 in 10 young women in the U.S. become pregnant at least once before turning 20 years old.( Facts in Brief: Teen Sex and Pregnancy, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, 1996).
 * -Teen childbearing alone costs U.S. taxpayers nearly $7 billion annually for social services and lost tax revenues. (Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy, Prebecca Maynard (ed.), The Urban Institute, Washington, DC, 1997).
 * only 1.5% have a college degree by age 30
 * sons of teen mothers are 13 percent more likely to end up in prison while teen
 * daughters are 22 percent more likely to become teen mothers themselves.

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 * Nearly one in five teenagers who experience a premarital pregnancy will get pregnant again within a year. Within two years, more than 31 percent will have a repeat pregnancy. One quarter of births to teen mothers in Ca. represents a repeat birth during the teen years
 * Although not specifically related to teens, the increase of births to unmarried women has increased dramatically and this obviously contributes to the number of single parents households. Since 1960, births to unmarried women has increased more than 400 percent. In 1960, only 5.3 percent of all births were out of wedlock. By 1990, this had increased to 28.0. The percentage of births is disproportionately higher to educationally & economically disadvantaged mothers.
 * Although it is not inevitable, the daughters of teen mothers are likely to become pregnant as teens. It is estimated that as high as 75% of pregnant teens had mothers who were also pregnant while as an adolescent
 * The cost to our government for teen pregnancy is estimated by several different agencies. Various estimates put it as high as $50,000,000,000 annually, while the low side estimate is a staggering $25,000,000,000. This does not consider the cost of factors other than direct payments. Education, food subsidies, incarceration, WIC and other programs are not included, nor the costs in time and actual money contributed by charitable organizations.
 * Approximately $5 - $7 billion in state and federal money is spent each year on services related to teen parents.
 * 46% of single mothers receive public assistance.
 * Over 50% of the national AFDC budget is related to adolescent pregnancy. Of 860,016 women receiving AFDC in Ca in 1996, 236,016 gave birth to their first child in their teen years.
 * Of prison inmates between 15 & 19 years of age, 90% are products of an adolescent pregnancy.
 * Of the top ten disciplinary problems confronting public school teachers, pregnancy is third.
 * Three in ten teen mothers go on welfare within three years of the birth of their first child.

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* The death rate from pregnancy complications is much higher among girls who give birth under age 15 than among older mothers. * The teenage mother is more likely to be undernourished and suffer premature or prolonged labor. *  With her education cut short, the teenage mother may lack job skills. The income of teen mothers is half that of those who first gave birth in their 20s. The teenage mother may become financially dependent on her family or on welfare. *  Teenage marriages have a much greater chance of ending in divorce. 
 * During the first three months of pregnancy; seven out of ten pregnant teenagers do not see a doctor or go to a clinic.
 * Poor eating habits, smoking, alcohol and drugs increase the risk of having a baby with health problems.
 * Immature organ systems (brain, lungs, heart).
 * Difficulty controlling body temperature and blood sugar levels.
 * Mental retardation.
 * A risk of dying in early infancy that is much higher than among normal weight babies (5 1/2 pounds or more).
 *  Two out of three pregnant teenagers drop out of school.