Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth - T Listing

• Teenagers – See also Sex education and Teen pregnancy
• Teen pregnancy – See also Teenagers
• Tubal sterilization – See Sterilization (female)

 

Teenagers

Percentage of never-married teenagers 15-19 years of age who have ever had intercourse, by age and sex:
United States, 2002, 2006-2010 and 2011-2015

Female	20021	2006-20101	2011-20152
15-19 years of age	45.5%	42.6%	42.4% (1.86)
15-17 years of age	30.3%	27.0%	28.1% (2.01)
18-19 years of age	68.8%	62.7%	62.9% (2.69)
Male	20021	2006-20101	2011-20152
15-17 years of age	45.7%	41.8%	44.2% (1.46)
15-17 years of age	31.3%	28.0%	31.5% (1.58)
18-19 years of age	64.3%	63.9%	64.3% (2.54)

Sources:
¹Series 23, No. 31, Table 1 [PDF – 723 MB]
²NHSR No. 104, Table 1 [PDF – 422 KB]

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Percentage of females 15-19 years of age by type of relationship with partner at first intercourse, 2011-2015  

	2011-20151
Had just met	2.1% (0.5)
Just friends	13.0% (1.8)

Source:
¹NHSR No. 104, Table 3 [PDF – 422 KB]

 

Teen Pregnancy

Percent distribution of men 15-44 years of age by current marital or cohabiting status:

	19901	19951	20001	20021	20081	20092	2010
All pregnancies	116.8	101.1	85.8	76.3	69.8	65.3	58.93
Live births	59.9	56.0	47.7	42.6	40.2	37.9	34.24
Induced abortions	40.3	29.4	24.0	21.1	17.8	16.3	N/A
Fetal losses	16.6	15.7	14.1	12.6	11.8	11.1	N/A

*Rates are number of events per 1,000 females 15-19 years of age.

NOTE: The teen pregnancy rate dropped 50% from 1990 to 2010. Reaching a historic low, the teenage pregnancy rate in 2010 was the lowest reported since 1976

Sources:

¹Ventura SJ, Curtin SC, Abma JC, Henshaw SK. Estimated Pregnancy Rates and Rates of Pregnancy Outcomes for the United States, 1990-2008[PDF – 462 KB]. (Table 2) National vital statistics report, Vol 60 No 7. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2012.

²Curtin SC, Abma JC, Ventura SV. Pregnancy Rates for U.S. Women Continue to Drop [PDF – 436 KB]. NCHS Data Brief, No. 136. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2013.

³Curtin SC and Abma JC, Henshaw SK. 2010 Pregnancy Rates among U.S Women. NCHS Health E-Stats. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2015.

⁴Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Ventura SJ, et al. Births: Final data for 2010[PDF -1.66 MB].  National vital statistics reports; vol 61 no 1. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.

 

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