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Researchers at the Guttmacher Institute released the 2008 statistics on adolescent pregnancy today and the news is quite positive.  The data show that in 2008 there were 67.8 pregnancies per 1,000 women ages 15 to 19.  This is the lowest rate in nearly 40 years and represents a 42 percent decrease from 1990 when teen pregnancies peaked at 116.9 pregnancies per 1,000 young women.  The teen pregnancy rate among women younger than 15 fell even further (62 percent) during that same period from 17.5 to 6.6 per 1,000. Not surprisingly, teen birth and abortion rates have also fallen. Between 1991 and 2008, the teen birthrate declined 35 percent from 61.8 to 40.2 births per 1,000 young women ages 15 to 19, and the abortion rate declined 59 percent from its 1988 peak of 43.5 per 1,000 to just 17.8 abortions per 1,000 young women 15 to 19.

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February 9, 2012 6:31 PM