Number of Teen Pregnancies, 1996 (AGI)

    Nearly 1 million teen pregnancies occurred in 1996. To put it another way, more than 100 U.S. teens become pregnant each hour. Forty percent of these pregnancies were to girls under age 18, and 60 percent were to girls aged 18-19.

    The Alan Guttmacher Institute. (1999). Special report: U.S. teenage pregnancy statistics with comparative statistics for women aged 20-24. New York: Author.

    542,640

    337,530

    24,830

    Total: 905,000

    Just the Facts (October 2000) – Page 15

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