TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION

The McDowell Health Coalition has organized a vibrant and committed Action Team to address the issues surrounding Teen Pregnancy Prevention. School officials, teachers and administrators are working together with Pastors, Health Educators and Parents to bring the best ideas to the table to fit with our community's values. If you have an interest in reducing risks that young parents may face, please join us at our monthly meetings.

The National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy a Success

Hundreds of thousands of teens nationwide participated in the eighth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. The purpose of the National Day is straightforward. Too many teens still think “It can’t happen to me.” The National Day helps teens understand that it can happen to them and that they need to think seriously about what they would do in the moment. In 2009, more than 450,000 people participated in online National Day activities—up from 300,000 in 2008. To see the final results of the survey go to: http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/national/pdf/2009/2009_ND_overview.pdf

EVERY DAY IN NORTH CAROLINA
55 TEENAGE GIRLS BECOME PREGNANT
A total of 20,019 girls ages 10-19 became pregnant in 2007. (1) Over 29% of the pregnancies to girls ages 15-19 were repeat pregnancies. (1) In 2007 there were 3,166 pregnancies to North Carolina Latinas aged 15-19. The Latina
teen pregnancy rate was 167.4, compared to 63.0 for the age group as a whole. (1)
North Carolina has the ninth highest teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. (2)
The number of 10-14-year-old girls who became pregnant in the year 2007 could fill eight
school buses. (3)
Teen pregnancy cost North Carolina $312,000,000 in 2004. (4)
Sixty-nine percent of North Carolina high school seniors reported having sexual intercourse
at least once. (5)

Nationally:
Although 15–24-year-olds represent only one-quarter of the sexually active population, they
account for nearly half of all new STIs each year. (6)
In the United States, the teen pregnancy rate is more than nine times higher than that in the
Netherlands, nearly four times higher than the rate in France, and nearly five times higher
than that in Germany. (7)
Teens who have dropped out of school are more likely to become pregnant and have a child
than their peers who stay in school. (8)
Source: www.appcnc.org.
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina
3708 Mayfair Street, Suite 310, Durham, NC 27707
919-226-1880/919-226-1884 (fax)

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