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The CDC highlights that the teen pregnancy rate has decreased steadily, dropping below CDC\u2019s target goal of 30.3 per 1,000 females aged 15 to 17 by 2015; however, the CDC also raises the concern that the United States has one of the highest rates of teen births of all industrialized countries. \nThis report discusses trends in teen birth rates\u2014or the number of births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 each year\u2014since the 1950s. The rate of teens births peaked in 1957 at 96.3. It then decreased in most years from the 1960s through the 1980s. From 1991 onward, the rate declined except in two years, 2006 and 2007. The greatest decline in teen birth rates has occurred in recent years. For example, from 2007 to 2018, the rate declined by approximately 58%. The 2018 teen birth rate of 17.4 was a historical low since CDC began collecting and reporting birth data in the 1940s.\nIn nearly each year from 1991 through the recent period, the teen birth rate decreased for all racial and ethnic groups; however, the rates declined more for certain groups than others. While the birth rates for two groups (non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics) declined more than the rate for white teens, their birth rates remained higher overall. In 2018, Hispanic (26.7), non-Hispanic black (26.2), and non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native (29.4) teens had more than double the teen birth rate for non-Hispanic white (12.2) and non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander (4.0) teens.\nTeen birth rates have varied considerably by state and territory. In 2018, the state with the lowest reported rate was Massachusetts (7.2); the state with the highest reported rate was Arkansas (30.4). Teen birth rates have declined in rural areas over time but remain relatively higher than rates in urban areas.\nResearch suggests that multiple trends have led to lower U.S. teen pregnancy and birth rates. From the 1990s through 2007, the risk of teen pregnancy decreased primarily because of improved contraceptive use, including an increase in the use of certain contraception methods (e.g., condoms), an increase in the use of multiple methods of contraception, and substantial declines in foregoing the use of contraception altogether. Some of the risk of pregnancy decreased among younger teens because of decreased sexual activity. A primary factor for more recent declines in the risk of teen pregnancy has been the increasing use of contraceptives among sexually active teens. Broad economic and social variables may influence teen behaviors, such as whether they will abstain from sex or use contraceptives. \nTeen pregnancy has high costs for teen parents, their children, and society more generally. Teenage mothers and fathers tend to have less education and are more likely to live in poverty than their peers who are not parents. Moreover, lower levels of education reduce teen parents\u2019 potential for economic self-sufficiency. Some analysis has looked at these societal impacts and the benefits of avoiding pregnancy during the teen years.\nThis report accompanies CRS Report R45183, Teen Pregnancy: Federal Prevention Programs, which discusses Congress\u2019s current approach of supporting programs that seek to prevent pregnancy among teens; and CRS In Focus IF10877, Federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs, which includes summary information about the programs.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/R45184", "sha1": "3b5a5f05a7993f7442fa74f587535c564018e60f", "filename": "files/20200513_R45184_3b5a5f05a7993f7442fa74f587535c564018e60f.html", "images": { "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R45184_files&id=/0.png": "files/20200513_R45184_images_e0aee48eed8a08eebd053adc35e9957c64219cbe.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R45184_files&id=/1.png": "files/20200513_R45184_images_08c16e77f63dabb701ea93db138c62bb102c209b.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R45184_files&id=/2.png": "files/20200513_R45184_images_1d2e2420dd5277d77c5189c35e21cdca4b5a4460.png" } }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R45184", "sha1": "e8df1c612494443eb2f9dae40e46a0d2cab7362d", "filename": "files/20200513_R45184_e8df1c612494443eb2f9dae40e46a0d2cab7362d.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4864, "name": "Youth & Transition to Adulthood" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 584714, "date": "2018-04-30", "retrieved": "2018-09-10T13:22:34.039401", "title": "Teen Birth Trends: In Brief", "summary": "teen pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, adolescent pregnancy, teen childbearing, teen birth rate, teen birth, teen mother, teen mothers, teen parent, teen parents.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R45184", "sha1": "b4766fc8c16bde335bab04786f4e42080452193b", "filename": "files/20180430_R45184_b4766fc8c16bde335bab04786f4e42080452193b.html", "images": { "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R45184_files&id=/0.png": "files/20180430_R45184_images_7e773bff33df6a9f7a3a2c9741b7d9280867fbbe.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R45184_files&id=/1.png": "files/20180430_R45184_images_70d9b90bfd45fdda50483b4624f307259c78241f.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=R/html/R45184_files&id=/2.png": "files/20180430_R45184_images_63b8bc7fb2d7655b74a5746227208c14f930e5ef.png" } }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R45184", "sha1": "21ff7898affd4c9d6ab27dfd2515910cbbd15086", "filename": "files/20180430_R45184_21ff7898affd4c9d6ab27dfd2515910cbbd15086.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4864, "name": "Youth & Transition to Adulthood" } ] } ], "topics": [ "Domestic Social Policy", "Economic Policy", "Health Policy" ] }