- Teen Pregnancy Quick Facts
- The U.S. teen pregnancy rate dropped six percent between 2008 and 2009.
- About 750,000 teens get pregnant in the United States each year.
- Nevada has the highest teen birth rate; 113 out of every 1,000 teens will get pregnant.
- About 1 in 3 women become pregnant at least once before they're 20.
- A sexually active teen who does not use contraceptives has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant within a year.
- Only a third of teen mothers earn their high school diploma. And only 1.5% have a college degree by age 30.
- 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.
- 75% of girls and over half of boys report that girls who have sex do so because their boyfriends want them to.
- 8 in 10 girls and 6 in 10 boys say they wish they had waited until they were older to have sex.
- Most teens (6 in 10) and adults (3 in 4) believe that teen boys often receive the message that they are “expected to have sex.”
- Teen pregnancy costs the United States $9 billion each year. This includes increased spending in child welfare costs and public sector health care.
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