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

    After increasing 30 percent between 1973 and 1988, the teen pregnancy rate for girls aged 14 or younger decreased 24 percent between 1988 and 1996 to the lowest rate ever recorded.

    Note: denominator used is the population of girls aged 14. 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 20

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