Reality: One Teenage Becomes Pregnant Every Minute!

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Reality One Teenager Becomes Pregnant Every
Minute!
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Teen Pregnancy Rates of girls 15-19 who are
pregnant out of 1000 girls Rank 1 the best
Rank 51 the worst
State Rate Rank State Rate Rank State Rate Rank
DC 128 51
Nevada 113 50 Tennessee 89 33 West Virginia 67 16
Arizona 104 49 Louisiana 87 32 Rhode Island 67 15
Mississippi 103 48 Illinois 87 31 Idaho 62 14
New Mexico 103 47 Oklahoma 86 30 Montana 60 13
Texas 101 46 Colorado 82 29 Pennsylvania 60 12
Florida 97 45 Oregon 79 28 Massachusetts 60 11
California 96 44 Wyoming 77 27 Nebraska 59 10
Georgia 95 43 Kentucky 76 26 Wisconsin 55 09
North Carolina 95 42 Washington 75 25 Iowa 55 08
Arkansas 93 41 Michigan 75 24 South Dakota 54 07
Delaware 93 40 Ohio 74 23 Utah 53 06
Hawaii 93 39 Missouri 74 22 Maine 52 05
MARYLAND 91 38 Alaska 73 21 Minnesota 50 04
New York 91 37 Indiana 73 20 New Hampshire 47 03
Alabama 90 36 Virginia 72 19 Vermont 44 02
New Jersey 90 35 Connecticut 70 18 North Dakota 42 01
South Carolina 89 34 Kansas 69 17
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The Costs of Teen Pregnancies

• Costs to Students
• 67 of teen moms drop out.
• Dropouts earn about 260,000 less in a lifetime
• Costs to Families
• The average cost to raise a child up to age 2 is
  5,440, and since most teen moms cant afford
  that, the families have to contribute
• Costs to Schools
• Loss of funding when a student drops out
• Costs of special programs to help her and her
  child
• Costs to Society
• Costs of public assistance 2.2 billion each
  year. 80 of teen moms end up on public
  assistance
• Child Abuse programs Children of teen moms are
  2 times more like to be abused than those born to
  20 or 21 year olds
• Medical Care - 1.5 billion each year is spent to
  provide medical care to mom and baby

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The Impact of Teen Pregnancy on a teen parent and
his or her child

• Check out the March of Dimes Handout

http//www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/14332_11
59.asp