Unintended pregnancy among U.S. adolescents: accounting for sexual activity.
Unintended pregnancy rates typically include all women in the denominator. This understates adolescent rates because many adolescents are not sexually active. When rates are recalculated including only sexually active people, adolescents aged 15-19 years have the highest rates, arguing for a continued focus on adolescents in efforts to reduce unintended pregnancy.
Finer
Lawrence B
LB
Guttmacher Institute, New York, New York 10038, USA. lfiner@guttmacher.org
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult