State-specific pregnancy and birth rates among teenagers--United States, 1991-1992

Pregnancy and childbearing rates for teenagers remain high in the United States despite well-documented associated adverse health, social, and economic consequences for many of these teenagers and their children. In 1990, approximately 835,000 (10%) teenagers aged 15-19 years became pregnant and either gave birth or had an abortion (CDC, unpublished data, 1995); an estimated 95% of such pregnancies are unintended (1). This report presents estimates of pregnancy rates among women aged < or = 19 years for each state and the District of Columbia (DC) by age group, pregnancy rates for women aged 15-19 years by race, and birth rates for women aged 15-19 years by race and by Hispanic ethnicity for 1991-1992, and compares pregnancy rates for 1991 and 1992.