Chapter 2
Trends and patterns of adolescent
pregnancy/childbirth
The data for comparing adolescent pregnancy in Thailand with the issue in other
countries is limited, because few countries have data on the number of pregnanciesthey
only record births. For this reason, the Adolescent Birth Rate – the number
of pregnancies among teenagers aged 15-19 for every 1,000 teenagers4
in the
same age group – is often used as a key indicator in moves to reduce adolescent
pregnancy.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child considers a person under 18 years of
age to be a “child”. This report uses national and provincial data on birth rates for
females aged 15 to 19, 10 to 18, and 10 to 14.