Number of Teen Pregnancies, 1997 (NCCDPHP)
Over eight-hundred-thousand teen pregnancies occurred in 1997. To put it another way, more than 95 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.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2000). National and state-specific pregnancy rates among adolescents – United States, 1995-1997. MMWR, 49(27), 605-11.
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