![]() Approximately 40 percent of these unplanned pregnancies end in abortion, and about 10 percent end by miscarriage. About one-half of all pregnancies in the United States, or more than 3 million pregnancies annually, are unplanned. Most teenage pregnancies and births are unplanned and are part of a more general problem for all women in their childbearing years. However, it was still twice as high as Canada’s rate and much higher yet than other Western democracies (see Figure 9.4 “Teenage Birth Rates in Selected Western Democracies (Number of Annual Births per 1,000 Women Aged 15–19)”). This rate represented a substantial decline from the early 1990s, when the rate reached a peak of almost 60. The birth rate for females aged 15–19 in 2009 was 39.1 births per 1,000 females. In their most recent act of sexual intercourse, almost 86 percent of girls and 93 percent of boys used contraception, again most often a condom. ![]() ![]() About three-fourths of girls in today’s sexually experienced group and 85 percent of boys in this group use contraception, most often a condom, the first time they ever have sex. About 43 percent of never-married teens ages 15–19 of both sexes have had sexual intercourse (Martinez et al., 2011) this percentage represents a drop from its highest point, in 1988, of 51 percent for females and of 60 percent for males. As noted earlier, teenagers are much more sexually active today than they were before the sexual revolution. ![]()
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