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National Pregnancy Rates for Teens, aged 15-19

Synopsis: Between 1988-2004, the U.S. pregnancy rate for teens aged 15-19 decreased from 111 pregnancies per 1,000 teen girls to 72 pregnancies per 1,000 teen girls in 2004. The teen pregnancy rate reached a peak in 1991 at 117 pregnancies per 1,000 and has been decreasing steadily for over the last decade. As the chart indicates, the teen pregnancy rate has also decreased between 1988 and 2000 (the most recent year for state specific data) in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

'88
'92
'96
'00
'02
'03
'04
U.S.
111
111
96
84
75
73.7
72.2
Alabama
110
116
103
90
   
Alaska
111
111
82
73
   
Arizona
127
131
115
104
   
Arkansas
115
115
106
93
   
California
154
157
122
96
   
Colorado
102
111
92
82
   
Connecticut
107
95
84
70
   
Delaware
117
119
89
93
   
Florida
133
125
111
97
   
Georgia
122
126
107
95
   
Hawaii
134
140
103
93
   
Idaho
73
77
69
62
   
Illinois
112
111
103
87
   
Indiana
89
94
87
73
   
Iowa
69
66
57
55
   
Kansas
88
90
78
69
   
Kentucky
96
99
88
76
   
Louisiana
107
108
97
87
   
Maine
82
70
58
52
   
Maryland
129
118
105
91
   
Massachusetts
97
86
76
60
   
Michigan
111
108
87
75
   
Minnesota
69
64
56
50
   
Mississippi
106
121
106
103
   
Missouri
99
100
85
74
   
Montana
74
81
66
60
   
Nebraska
75
71
62
59
   
Nevada
142
143
140
113
   
New Hampshire
87
62
56
47
   
New Jersey
112
96
96
90
   
New Mexico
124
128
109
103
   
New York
116
118
103
91
   
North Carolina
122
120
103
95
   
North Dakota
57
59
49
42
   
Ohio
96
93
81
74
   
Oklahoma
105
100
90
86
   
Oregon
105
99
89
79
   
Pennsylvania
87
84
68
60
   
Rhode Island
86
93
79
67
   
South Carolina
114
109
94
89
   
South Dakota
69
74
60
54
   
Tennessee
110
111
97
89
   
Texas
117
122
113
101
   
Utah
69
65
58
53
   
Vermont
81
71
59
44
   
Virginia
106
101
87
72
   
Washington
109
107
87
75
   
West Virginia
78
85
73
67
   
Wisconsin
74
73
61
55
   
Wyoming
82
81
75
77
   
Washington, DC
209
254
199
128
   


Source: The Guttmacher Institute. (2006) U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity. New York: The Guttmacher Institute