1)
Nearly 1 million
teenage girls in the United States give birth every year.
2)
Teenagers who don’t
get any medical care are more likely to be at risk for:
Fetal death
High blood pressure
Anemia
Labor and delivery complications (like
premature labor)
Low birth – Weight infant
3)
79 percent of
teenagers who become pregnant are unmarried.
4)
80 percent of teenage
pregnancies are unintended.
5)
Close to 25 percent
of teen mothers have a second child within two years of the first birth.
6)
The United States spends $7 billion each year due to the costs of teenage pregnancy.
7)
Only one-third of
teenage mothers complete high school and receive their diplomas.
8)
By the age of 30, only 1.5% of women who had pregnancies as a teenager have a college degree.
9)
80 percent of
unmarried teen mothers end up on welfare.
10)
The daughters of teen
mothers are 22 percent more likely than their peers to become teen
mothers.
11)
Sons of teenaged
mothers have a double chance of ending up in prison as compared to
their peers.
12)
In larger states and
in the South, teens are more likely to get pregnant than in other states.
13) 3 girls in every 20 get pregnant
13) 3 girls in every 20 get pregnant
14)
In the USA almost
one-third of teen girls will become pregnant.
15)
Among industrial or
developed nations, the United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy,
teen parenthood, and teen abortions.
16)
Teenage mothers are
more likely to get pregnant more times during their life and are more likely to be
single parents.
17)
Out of high school
teenage parents are more likely to have financial issues and are more likely to
struggle with their life.
These statistics
were based on several sources including:
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