United States Data
Pregnancy
Healthy People 2010 Objective: Reduce pregnancies among adolescent females, 15-17 years old
| National Data | Baseline (1996) |
Final (2005) |
Numeric Change |
2010 Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15- to 17 year-old females
|
67 per 1,000
|
40 per 1,000
|
-27 |
43 per 1,000
|
United States Data
All the tables below contain data available for the entire United States and this objective.
| Race/Ethnicity | Baseline (1996) |
Final (2005) |
Numeric Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Non-Hispanic Female |
128.1
|
75.9
|
-52.2
|
| Hispanic Female |
105.0
|
79.8
|
-25.2
|
| White Non-Hispanic Female |
43.9
|
21.5
|
-22.4
|
| Total | 67.0 | 40.2 | -26.8 |
Notes
Source: National Survey of Family Growth, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); National Vital Statistics System – Natality (NVSS-N); Abortion Surveillance Data—CDC, NCCDPHP; Abortion Provider Survey—The Alan Guttmacher Institute.
