National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: The More You Know About Teen Pregnancy Prevention Campaign Information
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
When are teens most likely to get pregnant? Pregnancy risk is high right from the beginning of sexual activity: half of all first teen pregnancies occur in the first six months after sexual activity begins. 
What are the outcomes of most teen pregnancies?Half (54%) of pregnancies among teen girls, 15-19 years old, end in birth. A third of teen pregnancies end in abortion (32%) and 14 percent end in miscarriage. Who are teen mothers?Three quarters (76%) of teen mothers are unmarried and 60 percent are 18-19 years old.
What do teens say they need to know about preventing pregnancy?Most teens say information about sex and pregnancy prevention often comes “too late” and doesn’t have enough basic facts about contraception.
Do other countrieshave as many teen pregnancies and births as we do? No. The teen pregnancy rate in the United States is the highest of any industrialized democracy, nearly twice that of Great Britain and 10 times that of Japan.
“The More You Know About Teen Pregnancy Prevention”Press Release Teen Pregnancy Key Statistics
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Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Americans about Health Care and the Stock Market
A survey on Americans’ perceptions of healthcare stocks and the differences between for-profit and nonprofit healthcare organizations. A fact sheet including data on financial trends from the past decade is included. This survey was released at a briefing held jointly by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Press Foundation for journalists on February 11 entitled Do Falling Stocks Mean Failing Care? Trends and Implications of Wall Street’s Declining Healthcare Stocks. The event is part of an ongoing series: MarketWatch: A Briefing Series for Journalists on Changes in the Health Care System.
Teen Pregnancy: Key Statistics
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
How widespread is teen pregnancy in the U.S.? More than four in 10 young women become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20 – nearly one million a year. 
Are more teens getting pregnant today than two or three decades ago? The pregnancy rate among all teen girls aged 15-19 rose 23 percent between 1972 and 1990, and then fell slightly in 1992. This increase occurred because of a rise in the proportion of teenagers who have had sexual intercourse. During the same time, the pregnancy rate among sexually experienced teen girls decreased 19 percent, largely due to the fact that many more teens use contraception today than did in the past. Most (71%) sexually active teens use contraception.
Are most teen pregnancies planned?No. The overwhelming majority-78 percent-of pregnancies to 15-19 year old teen girls are not planned. Among younger teens, 15-17 year olds, 83 percent of pregnancies are unplanned. Back Next
“The More You Know About Teen Pregnancy Prevention”Press Release Teen Pregnancy Key Statistics
National ADAP Monitoring Project: Interim Technical Report
National ADAP Monitoring Project: Interim Technical Report
This interim technical report provides an update on the status of ADAP programs as of September 1997. It updates a Kaiser Family Foundation report from July 1997.
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Uninsured in America: Key Facts About Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage
This brochure provides key facts about the uninsured population in American today, and the difference having health insurance makes in access to health services and to a family’s financial security.
State Facts: Health Needs, and Medicaid Financing
This data book provides a profile of selected indicators of health needs, insurance coverage, and the role of Medicaid in each state with comparative statistics for the United States.
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Medicare Beneficiaries and HMOs: Highlights of Los Angeles and New York City Medicare HMO Markets
A growing number of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolling in Medicare HMOs as an alternative to the traditional Medicare program. However, Medicare HMO enrollment has not grown uniformly in market areas across the country. Case studies conducted by researchers at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. for The Kaiser Family Foundation describe the evolution of Medicare managed care in the two largest markets in the United States: Los Angeles County and New York City. The reports also discuss the impact of the shift to Medicare managed care on Medicare beneficiaries, plans, and providers in each of the respective markets.
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Contraceptive Research, Introduction and Use: Lessons from Norplant
- Summary of Findings: Contraceptive Research, Introduction, and Use: Lessons from Norplant