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States ranked by rates of live births among women age 15-19 births per thousand):

1.Mississippi (71)
2.Texas (69)
3.Arizona (67)
4.Arkansas (66)
5.New Mexico (66)
6.Georgia (63)
7.Louisiana (62)
8.Nevada (61)
9.Alabama (61)
10.Oklahoma (60)

Red States WIN!

Key findings

National levels and trends

• In 2006, 750,000 women younger than 20 became pregnant. The pregnancy rate was 71.5
pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15–19, and pregnancies occurred among about 7% of women
in this age-group.

• In 2005, the U.S. teenage pregnancy rate reached its lowest point in more than 30 years (69.5),
down 41% since its peak in 1990 (116.9). However, in 2006, the rate increased for the first time
in more than a decade, rising 3%.

• The pregnancy rate among sexually experienced teenagers (those who had ever had
intercourse) was 152.8 pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15–19, reflecting the fact that the
overall teenage pregnancy rate includes a substantial proportion of young people who are not
sexually active. The pregnancy rate among sexually experienced teenagers also increased for the
first time in over a decade, rising 3% from 2005 to 2006.

• The teenage birthrate in 2006 was 41.9 births per 1,000 women. This was 32% lower than the
peak rate of 61.8, reached in 1991, but 4% higher than in 2005.

• The 2006 teenage abortion rate was 19.3 abortions per 1,000 women. This figure was 56%
lower than its peak in 1988, but 1% higher than the 2005 rate.

• From 1986 to 2006, the proportion of teenage pregnancies ending in abortion declined almost
one-third, from 46% to 32% of pregnancies among 15–19-year-olds.
National levels by race and ethnicity

• Among black women aged 15–19, the nationwide pregnancy rate fell by 45% (from 223.8 per
1,000 to 122.7) between 1990 and 2005, before increasing to 126.3 in 2006.

• Among non-Hispanic white teenagers, the pregnancy rate declined 50% in the same period
(from 86.6 per 1,000 to 43.3), before increasing to 44.0 in 2006.

• Among Hispanic teenagers (of any race), the pregnancy rate decreased by 26% (from 169.7 per
1,000 to 124.9) between 1992 and 2005, before rising to 126.6 in 2006.

• Among all racial and ethnic groups, the birthrate reversed its downward trend in 2006 for the
first time in more than a decade.

State levels and trends*

• Between 1988 and 2000, teenage pregnancy rates declined in every state, and between 2000
and 2005, they fell in every state except North Dakota. (State data are not yet available for 2006.)

• In general, states with the largest numbers of teenagers also had the greatest number of teenage
pregnancies. California reported the highest number of teenage pregnancies (96,490), followed
by Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois (with about 30,000–70,000 each). The smallest
numbers of teenage pregnancies were in Vermont, North Dakota, Wyoming, South Dakota and
New Hampshire, all of which reported fewer than 1,600 pregnancies among women aged 15–19.

• New Mexico had the highest teenage pregnancy rate (93 per 1,000), followed by Nevada,
Arizona, Texas and Mississippi. The lowest rates were in New Hampshire (33), Vermont, Maine,
Minnesota and North Dakota.

• In 2005, teenage birthrates were highest in Texas (62 per 1,000), New Mexico, Mississippi,
Arkansas and Arizona. The states with the lowest teenage birthrates were New Hampshire (18
per 1,000), Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey.
• Teenage abortion rates were highest in New York (41 per 1,000), New Jersey, Nevada,
Delaware and Connecticut.

• By contrast, teenagers in South Dakota (6 per 1,000), Utah, Kentucky, Nebraska and North
Dakota all had abortion rates of eight or fewer per 1,000 women aged 15–19.

• More than half of teenage pregnancies ended in abortion in New Jersey, New York and
Connecticut.

• In five states, 15% or fewer teenage pregnancies ended in abortion: Kentucky, Arkansas, South
Dakota, Oklahoma and Utah.

more at:
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/USTPtrends.pdf