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The unintended pregnancy rate among teens has been declining in the US. Between 2008 and 2011, the unintended pregnancy rate declined 44% among women aged 15–17 years old and 20% among women aged 18–19 years old. [34] This decline is attributed to improved contraceptive use among sexually active teens, rather than changes in sexual activity ...
Abortion statistics are commonly presented as the number of abortions, the abortion rate (the number of abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44), and the abortion ratio. The Guttmacher Institute defines the abortion ratio as the number of abortions per 100 pregnancies ending in an abortion or a live birth, excluding miscarriages, [ 1 ] and the ...
Studies in 2008 and 2013 indicated that Asians (23 per 1,000) and whites (43 per 1,000) have lower rates of pregnancy before the age of 20. [15] [18] Teen birth rates decline by racial groups [8] Teen birth rates declined from 2018 to 2019 for several racial groups and for Hispanics.Among 15- to 19-year-olds, teen birth rates decreased:
UNFPA executive director Dr. Natalia Kanem said the unintended pregnancy rate has declined by nearly one-fifth since 1990 and the maternal death rate has dropped by more than one-third since 2000.
In Africa, while unintended pregnancies have decreased by 15 percent over the last 30 years, abortions have increased by 13 percent, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Many African countries ...
Country Rate per . 1,000 women per year Number of abortions per year Year Age range Greenland 84.7 870 2022 [7] [8]: 17–64 Vietnam 64.0 1,630,000 2019 [9]: 15–49 Madagascar
A 2008 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) shows that rates of unintended pregnancy are highest among Blacks, Hispanics, and women with lower socio-economic status. [318] 70% of all pregnancies among Black women were unintended; 57% of all pregnancies among Hispanic women were unintended; 42% of all pregnancies among White women were unintended
The United States rate of unintended pregnancies is higher than the world average, and much higher than that in other industrialized nations. [33] Almost half (49%) of U.S. pregnancies are unintended, more than 3 million unintended pregnancies per year. [34] [35] The rate of unintended pregnancy is even higher among the poor. In 1990 about 44% ...