The Stats
The percentage of teen mothers who never graduate from high school
What is 50%?
The trend direction of teen pregnancy across the whole world
What is downward?
The average out-of-pocket cost to have a baby in the U.S.
What is $3,000?
The ratio of children in the United States that are adopted
What is 1 in 35?
The percentage of unsafe abortions
The ratio of American girls who will get pregnant once before age 20
What is 3 in 10?
The highest teen birth rate year in the United States
What is 1991?
The average cost of raising a child from birth to age 18
What is $233,610?
The amount of teen mothers receiving welfare within five years of the birth of their first child
What is half?
The overall rate of unplanned pregnancy as teen pregnancy is on the decline
What is unchanged?
The number of teenage pregnancies that have an adoption plan
What is 3 in 100?
The year teen pregnancy began to decline consistently
What is 2009?
The average cost of having an abortion at planned parenthood
What is $580?
The percentage of foster children who spend over 5 years in the system
What is 11%?
The ratio of unintended pregnancies end in induced abortion
What is 6 in 10?
The state with the highest teen birth rate per 1000
What is Mississippi?
The percentage decrease in teen pregnancy from 2010–2020
What is 55%?
The annual estimated lost tax revenue that teenage pregnancy costs the United States
What is $11 billion?
The percentage of fathers who marry the mother following an unplanned teen pregnancy
What is 20%?
The percentage of unplanned pregnancies in women between the ages of 30-44
What is 54%?