TEEN PREGNANCY

HOW MANY TEENS GET PREGNANT EACH YEAR

• Approximately 750,000 teen girls get pregnant each year
• About 400,000 of these girls actually give birth

TEEN BIRTH RATE

• 17% of girls 15-19 giving birth have already had one or more babies.
• Between 1991 and 2013, the teen birth rate declined 57%

PREVENTION

• Birth control
• Condoms
• DONT HAVE SEX

CONSEQUENCES OF TEEN PREGNANCY

• 80% of teen mothers rely on welfare at some point
• Teenage mothers are more likely to drop out of school
• About one third of teen mothers actually get their high school diploma

RESOURCES

• www.teenpregnancystatistics.org/content/teen-pregnancy-facts.html
• www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-pregnancy.html