Teen Pregnancy Rates, Girls Aged 15-17 (AGI) (number of pregnancies per 1,000 girls)

    After increasing 19 percent between 1972 and 1989 (including 7 percent between 1986 and 1989), the teen pregnancy rate for girls aged 15-17 decreased 17 percent between 1989 and 1996 to its lowest rate ever recorded.

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

    Just the Facts (October 2000) – Page 18

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