1. Teen childbearing is associated with negative outcomes for teen parents,their children, and society
2. The vast majority of all pregnancies among adolescents (eight in 10) are unintended—that is,
they were either unwanted or they occurred before the adolescents were ready tobe parents
3. It is estimated that 14 percent of 15-year-old adolescent females will give birth by their 20th birthday, although the exact percentage varies by race/ethnicity and geographic region
4. Almost one in five teen births occur to teens who already have at least one baby
5. Teen pregnancy and birth rates have declined almost continuously since the early 1990s and are currently at historic lows
6. The teen birth rate in the U.S. remains higher than those for other industrialized countries,
including Canada and the United Kingdom