CDC Releases New Report on American Teens and Sex: Here Are 4 Things You Need to Know

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, June 22, 2017

US Teen Pregnancy Rate Higher Than Other Developed Nations

A pregnant woman stands on a scale before receiving a prenatal exam at the Maternity Outreach Mobile in Phoenix, Arizona October 8, 2009. The maternity outreach program helps uninsured women living in the Phoenix metropolitan area receive the proper treatment and care during and after their pregnancy. The Maternity Outreach Mobile is equipped with two exam rooms, an ultrasound machine, an external fetal monitor, a laboratory and offers pregnancy tests, referrals and immunization for children. — A pregnant woman stands on a scale before receiving a prenatal exam at the Maternity Outreach Mobile in Phoenix, Arizona October 8, 2009. The maternity outreach program helps uninsured women living in the Phoenix metropolitan area receive the proper treatment and care during and after their pregnancy. The Maternity Outreach Mobile is equipped with two exam rooms, an ultrasound machine, an external fetal monitor, a laboratory and offers pregnancy tests, referrals and immunization for children. | (Photo: Reuters/Joshua Lott)

The recently released CDC report found that, while the teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. had declined in recent years, it remained higher than other developed nations.

Found to be at 22.3 per 1,000 females aged 15–19 in 2015, the U.S. still has a higher rate than countries like Canada, France, and Germany.

"For example, in 2011, the teen birth rate in Canada was 13 per 1,000 females aged 15–19, which was less than one-half of the U.S. rate (34 per 1,000 females aged 15–19) in the same year," stated the report.

"Also in 2011, the rate in France was seven and the rate in Germany was five, both of which were less than one-quarter of the U.S. rate."

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