Pregnancy

Fast Facts

  • 750,000 teen girls get pregnant every year.1
  • 31% of young women get pregnant at least once before they turn 20.2
  • Only 1/3 of teen moms graduate from high school.3

Teen Birth Statistics for Santa Cruz County, 2005:4

  • The teen birth rate was 31 per 1000 females ages 15-19.
  • 9% of the total births were teen births (344 out of 3899).
  • 71% of the teen births were to girls in Watsonville.

 

Footnotes:

  1. National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, “Facts & Stats – 1.”  Retrieved April 2007 from http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/teens/facts/fact1.asp.
  2. Ibid.
  3. National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, “General Facts and Stats.”  Retrieved April 2007 from http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/data/genlfact.asp.
  4. Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency, “Birth Certificate Summary & Perinatal Indicators 2005,” compiled in May 2006.

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