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teen birth; teenage pregnancy
Epidemiology:
- birth rate in U.S, in 2015 is 22.3 births per 1,000 females aged 15-19 [1]
- 1 in 3 teens who gives birth uses only condoms or no contraception at all postpartum [2]
- only 50% of teenaged mothers live above the poverty line [3]
- only 50% of teenaged mothers earn high school diplomas [3]
- teenage birth rates are highest in the southern U.S. [3]
- 8 of 10 highest clusters of teenage birth rateslocated in areas that include Native American reservations [3]
General
pregnancy (gestation)
References
- Hamilton BE, Mathews TJ
Continued Declines in Teen Births in the United States, 2015.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db259.htm
- Dee DL, Pazol K, Cox S, et al.
Trends in Repeat Births and Use of Postpartum Contraception
Among Teens - United States, 2004-2015.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:422-426.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6616a3.htm
- Amin R, Decesare JZ, Hans J, Roussos-Ross K.
Epidemiologic surveillance of teenage birth rates in the United
States, 2006-2012.
Obstet Gynecol 2017 Jun; 129:1068
PMID: 28486356
https://insights.ovid.com/crossref?an=00006250-201706000-00017