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United States Teens

Teen Pregnancy

Although teen pregnancy rates have declined in recent decades, the U.S. rate is still one of the highest in the developed world. By tracking the changing health care landscape and providing quality data and policy analysis, the Guttmacher Institute strives to shed light on U.S. teen pregnancy and on the social and economic factors that contribute to it. Guttmacher promotes policies and programs to enable teens to avoid unintended pregnancy.

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    Pregnancies, Births and Abortions in the United States, 1973–2017: National and State Trends by Age

  • Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Age is More Than a Number: High Infant Mortality Among Births to Teen Mothers

  • Fact Sheet

    Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in the United States

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 73%

    how much higher the pregnancy rate among 15-19-year-olds would have been without publicly funded family planning
  • 75%

    of pregnancies among 15-19-year-olds are unplanned
  • 18

    average age at first sex in the United States

Resources

  • August 2016 Infographic

    Improved contraceptive use likely driver of teen pregnancy declines

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • April 2016 Report

    U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2011: State Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity

    Kathryn Kost and Isaac Maddow-Zimet

    United States

    • Teens
  • April 2016 Report

    U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2011: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity

    Kathryn Kost and Isaac Maddow-Zimet

    United States

    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • April 2016 News Release

    U.S. Teen Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion Rates Reach the Lowest Levels in Almost Four Decades

    United States

    • Teens
  • April 2016 Infographic

    U.S. Teen Pregnancy Rates in 2011: The highest teen pregnancy rates are found in the South and Southwest

    United States

    • Teens
  • April 2016 Infographic

    U.S. teen pregnancy, birth and abortion rates reached historic lows in 2011

    United States

    • Teens
  • March 2016 Policy Analysis

    New Clarity for the U.S. Abortion Debate: A Steep Drop in Unintended Pregnancy Is Driving Recent Abortion Declines

    Joerg Dreweke,Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
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  • December 2015 Research Article

    2010 Pregnancy Rates Among U.S. Women

    Kathryn Kost,NCHS Health E-Stats

    United States

    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • November 2015 Research Article

    Changes in use of long-acting reversible contraceptive methods among United States women, 2009-2012

    Megan L. Kavanaugh, Jenna Jerman and Lawrence B. Finer,Obstetrics & Gynecology

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • July 2015 Report

    Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2013 Update

    Jennifer J. Frost, Lori F. Frohwirth and Mia R. Zolna

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens

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School-based health centers can play a key role in addressing unplanned teen pregnancy, and failing to provide contraceptive services on-site, for whatever reason, is self-defeating. We know contraception has been the main driver of the steep decline in the U.S. pregnancy rate among 15-19-year-olds, which is why it’s so important to give students easy access to the information and services they need

Heather D. Boonstra

Vice President for Public Policy

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