Teen Pregnancy Rates

To support your child with the very basic needs - diapers, clothing, medical care, food

- you can expect to spend at least $10,000 in the first year.

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.

Only a third of teen mothers earn their high school diploma. And only 1.5% gets a

college degree by age 30.

About 1 in 3 women become pregnant at least once before they're 20.

The U.S. has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the industrialized world – twice as

high as in England or Canada.

Facts and Stats

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Country birth rate (%)

abortion rate (%)

combined rate (%)

Aborted

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Netherlands 7.7 3.9 11.6 33.6

Spain 7.5 4.9 12.4 39.5

Italy 6.6 6.7 13.3 50.4

Greece 12.2 1.3 13.5 9.6

Belgium 9.9 5.2 15.1 34.4

Germany 13.0 5.3 18.3 28.9

Finland 9.8 9.6 19.4 49.5

France 9.4 13.2 22.6 58.4

Denmark 8.2 15.4 23.6 65.3

Sweden 7.7 17.7 25.4 69.7

Norway 13.6 18.3 31.9 57.4

Czech Republic 20.1 12.4 32.5 38.2

Iceland 21.5 20.6 42.1 48.9

Slovakia 30.5 13.1 43.6 30

Australia 20.1 23.9 44 54.3

Canada 22.3 22.1 44.4 49.8

Israel 32.0 14.3 46.3 30.9

United Kingdom 29.6 21.3 50.9 41.8

New Zealand 33.4 22.5 55.9 40.3

Hungary 29.9 30.2 60.1 50.2

United States 55.6 30.2 85.8 35.2

Cost of raising a girl to the age of 18

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It has been said that entertainment media such as Teen Mom, 16 and Preg-

nant and other similar shows have been glamorizing teen pregnancy, but a

fairly recent poll’s results of 1,008 people between the ages of 12 to 19

have shown that teens think differently.

79% of girls and 67% of boys say that when a TV show or character they like

deals with teen pregnancy, it causes them to become more aware of their own

risks regarding teen pregnancy and ways to avoid it.

82% of the teens who have watched 16 and Pregnant say that the show helps

teens to understand the challenges of teen pregnancy and parenting.

Only 15% of those who have seen 16 and Pregnant believe that the show glam-

orizes teen pregnancy.

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