teen birth; teenage pregnancy
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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]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 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: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28486356 https://insights.ovid.com/crossref?an=00006250-201706000-00017