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What Is The Rate Of Teen Pregnancy Today?
Adolescent pregnancy is pregnancy in girls age 19 oryounger.
Alternative Names
Teenage pregnancy; Pregnancy - teenage
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The rate of adolescent pregnancy and the birth rate for adolescents have generally declined since reaching an all-time high in 1990, mostly due to the increased use of
Adolescent pregnancy is a complex issue with many reasons for concern. Younger adolescents (12 - 14 years old) are more likely to have...
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Teens and Suicide on Dr. Phil Today
It's a horrifying depression statistic. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among teens. Why is the suicide rate among teens so... Read more »
Teen Pregnancies Linked to Sexual Content on TV
Exposure to high levels of sexual content on TV has been linked to a greater likelihood of pregnancy in teens. The findings, published in... Read more »
Have Suicide Rates in Adolescents Gone Up?
A perplexing finding about suicide rates: As many know, the CDC has reported that the suicide rates have jumped since 2004, especially in... Read more »
TV sex and Teen Parenthood: The Big Connection
It's an interesting study and it has very provocative findings with regards to teen sex and pregnancy. New research shows that teens who... Read more »
Drug ads influence drug prescription rate
An interesting article appeared in USA Today concerning the influence of pharmaceutical advertising on prescription practices by... Read more »
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STDs, pregnancy on the rise among U.S. teens
Though figures showed large declines in the number of births and sexually transmitted diseases among teens from 1991 to 2005, more recent statistics... Read more »
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Crohn's disease rates rising in teens
A new study has found that though the rates of Crohn's disease are stabilizing in older people, the incidence of the disease is rising in people ages... Read more »
Inexpensive Program Reduces Repeat Teen Pregnancies
Two studies have found that a computer-assisted, home-based intervention method to help reduce repeat pregnancies among teen mothers is both... Read more »
Monitoring may keep troubled teen girls from pregnancy
Researchers found that placing teen girls with a history of juvenile delinquency in specialized foster-care programs kept them from getting pregnant. Read more »
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