Teenage pregnancy increased 57% from 1980 to 1992, an average increase of 4% per year. From 1992 to 1998, the pregnancy rate among girls aged 14 to 17 remained stable – between 19 and 20 per thousand girls – and then declined during the following five years to stabilize at 16,6 per thousand girls in 2003.
Pregnancy rate among girls under 18 by outcome, Québec, 1980-2003