According to the data, the birth rate among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 fell from 60.3 births per 1,000 women in the year 1991 to 15.4 in the year 2017. This statistic depicts the birth rate per 1,000 U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2020.
Birth rates among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2020
(per 1,000 women)
"All rates are the number of events per 1,000 women aged 15–19; pregnancy rate includes estimated number of pregnancies ending in miscarriage or stillbirth."
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Guttmacher Institute. (October 22, 2024). Birth rates among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2020 (per 1,000 women) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/757698/birthrates-among-us-teenagers-over-time/
Guttmacher Institute. "Birth rates among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2020 (per 1,000 women)." Chart. October 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/757698/birthrates-among-us-teenagers-over-time/
Guttmacher Institute. (2024). Birth rates among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2020 (per 1,000 women). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/757698/birthrates-among-us-teenagers-over-time/
Guttmacher Institute. "Birth Rates among U.S. Females Aged 15 to 19 Years from 1973 to 2020 (per 1,000 Women)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/757698/birthrates-among-us-teenagers-over-time/
Guttmacher Institute, Birth rates among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2020 (per 1,000 women) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/757698/birthrates-among-us-teenagers-over-time/ (last visited May 09, 2025)
Birth rates among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2020 (per 1,000 women) [Graph], Guttmacher Institute, October 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/757698/birthrates-among-us-teenagers-over-time/
