- TEEN PREGNANCY STATISTICS:
- About one-third of girls in the United States get pregnant before age 20.
- In 2006, a total of 435,427 infants were born to mothers aged 15-19 years.
- In 2006, birth rates increased for the first time for girls aged 15-19, from 40.5 per 1,000 women in 2005 to 41.9.
- For girls age 18-19, the rate of births is more than three times higher, at 73 births per 1,000 women.