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State of Alabama
Alabama has the fifteenth highest teen
pregnancy rate in the United States.
Montgomery County has the fourteenth highest
Teen Pregnancy Rate in Alabama.
8,776 babies were born to teenagers in 2007.
These babies will fill more than 585
kindergarten classrooms in 2012.
There were 12,398 known pregnancies to
teenagers in 2007.
Alabama’s teen pregnancy rate is 39.7
pregnancies per 1,000 girls ages 10-19.
Alabama spends more than $1.4 Billion each
year in lost earnings and tax revenues,
Welfare/Care, and Juvenile Justice costs.
United States
The United States has the highest rates of teen

Consequences of Teen Pregnancy
Almost 98% of sexually active teens regret
early sexual involvement.
Teen pregnancy is the #1 reason teenage girls
go to the hospital.
1/3 of pregnant teens received inadequate
prenatal care.
Teen mothers are less likely to complete high
school (only one-third receive a high school
diploma) and only 1.5% have a college degree
by age 30. Teen mothers are more likely to
end up on welfare (nearly 80%).
Teenage girls who are sexually active are htree
times more likely to become depressed, and
teenage boys who are sexually active are twice
as likely to become depressed.
The children of teenage mothers have lower
birth weights, are more likely to perform
poorly in school, and are at greater risk of
abuse and neglect.
The sons of teen mothers are 13% more likely
to end up in prison while teen daughters are
22% more likely to become teen mothers
themselves.
You Should Know…
47.8% of high school students have had sex at
least once. This is a decrease from 54.1% in
1991, but has steady increased from 45.6% in
2001.
Prime-time television contains roughly three
sexual acts an hour.
Younger sisters of teen mothers begin having
sex at an earlier age than the average teen girl.
* Statistics provide by: Alabama Department of
Public Health Center for Health Statistics,
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and
Unplanned Pregnancy