STATISTICS ON TEENAGE PREGNANCY

THERE ARE ONE BILLION TEENAGERS IN THE WORLD. HALF ARE YOUNG WOMEN. MANY WILL BECOME PREGNANT. MANY IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES ARE PUSHED INTO EARLY MARRIAGE. EDUCATION OF YOUTHS ESPECIALLY THE GIRL-CHILD HAS PROVEN TO DELAY THE CHILD-BEARING YEARS, WHICH IS KEY TO DETRACTING FROM POPULATION MOMENTUM-THE PHENOMENON THAT OCCURS WHEN LARGE NUMBERS OF WOMEN ENTER THE CHILDBEARING YEARS.

AT AGE 15, 75% OF TEENAGERS ARE VIRGINS

AT AGE 17, 50% OF TEENAGERS ARE VIRGINS

AT AGE 20, 20% OF TEENAGERS ARE VIRGINS

AT AGE 20, 50% ARE TEENAGE MOTHERS

IN TEENAGE PREGNANCIES, 14% END IN MISCARRIAGES

31% END IN ABORTIONS

55% END IN BIRTHS

76% END IN TEENAGE BIRTHS

23% OF ALL BIRTHS ARE TO TEENAGERS

A SEXUALLY ACTIVE TEENAGER WHO DOESN’T USE CONTRACEPTION HAS A 90% CHANCE OF PREGNANCY WITHIN ONE YEAR

95% OF THE ONE MILLION TEENAGE PREGNANCIES ARE UNINTENDED AND ALMOST ONE THIRD END IN ABORTIONS

ABSTINENCE IS THE ONLY 100% FOOLPROOF WAY YOU CAN PREVENT PREGNANCY

ALMOST ALL TEENAGE PREGNANCIES ARE UNINTENDED

ONLY 34% OF ADOLESCENT/TEENAGE MOTHERS RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER GIVING BIRTH

21% OF TEENAGE GIRLS WHO GET PREGNANT ARE VICTIMS OF INCEST OR OTHER FORMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE

80% OF PREGNANT TEENS COME FROM POOR FAMILIES

5 OUT OF EVERY TEN TEENAGERS WILL GET PREGNANT

6 OUT OF EVERY TEN TEENAGERS ARE PRONE TO GET PREGNANT OR MAKE ANOTHER PREGNANT

5 OUT OF TEN TEENAGERS WILL HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE CHILD BY THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN

THE FIGURES INCREASE AT AN ALARMING RATE DAY IN-DAY OUT

TEENAGE PREGNANCY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION, CLASS OR COUNTRY

IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, UNITED STATES AND NEW ZEALAND HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND JAPAN/SOUTH KOREA-THE LOWEST LEVEL OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY WHILE IN UNDERDEVELOPED  THE SAME NUMBER OF STATISTICS

EVERY YEAR, ALMOST ONE MILLION TEENAGERS GET PREGNANT-AT ENORMOUS COSTS TO THEMSELVES, THEIR CHILDREN AND THE SOCIETY.

60% OF THE FATHERS ARE TEENAGE BOYS AND 40% OLDER MEN

7 OUT OF TEN TEENAGERS HAVE NEVER HAD ANY FORM OF SEX EDUCATION FROM THEIR PARENTS, SIBLINGS, and TEACHERS ETC

NEARLY 7 OUT OF 10KIDS AGREE IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER FOR THEM TO POSTPONE SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND AVOID TEENAGE PREGNANCY IF THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE MORE OPEN, HONEST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SEX AND RELATED TOPICS

TEENAGE PREGNANCY PERMANENTLY CHANGES AT MINIMUM 5 LIVES