II. United States has very high rate of Teenage Pregnancy
- United States has highest Western teen pregnancy rate
- Non-White Teenage Pregnancy rate is twice white rate
- Incidence: 1 million teenage pregnancies per year
- Age 18 years: 24% have been pregnant once or more
- Live birth: 47%
- Elective termination of pregnancy: 40%
- Spontaneous Abortion: 13%
- Societal costs are high
- Teenage Pregnancy (1989): $21.55 Billion
- AFDC: 50%
- Food stamps: 35%
- Medicaid: 15%
- Teenage Pregnancy (1989): $21.55 Billion
III. Increasing rate of teenage sexual activity
- Age 15 year old unmarried girls surveyed
- 1982: Sexually active (Intercourse) in 19%
- 1988: Sexually active (Intercourse) in 27%
- 1990: Sexually active (Intercourse) in 48%
- Age 15 year old unmarried boys surveyed
- 1990: Sexually active (Intercourse) in 61%
IV. Inadequate Contraception use
- Majority of teenage pregnancies are unplanned
- Inconsistent Condom usage
- Teens conceive on OCP twice as often as adults
- Teens have poorer Maternal and Baby Health Outcomes
- Later Prenatal Care
- Poor nutrition
- Other lifestyle
