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The Montgomery Area Campaign to Prevent
Teen Pregnancy
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Mission: To insure a pregnancy-free adolescence by
raising awareness, educating youth and the community, supporting local
service providers, and uniting services and resources.
Vision: To insure a pregnancy-free adolescence.
Goal: To reduce teen pregnancy in Montgomery by one-third by the
year 2010.
Coverage Area: The Montgomery Area Campaign to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy provides services to MONTGOMERY, AUTAUGA, ELMORE, and LOWNDES
Counties. |
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Click here to
visit The Montgomery Area Campaign
to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Web Site
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Teen Pregnancy Facts
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Facts and Stats You Should Know About Teenage Pregnancy
(Ages 10-19 years)
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Four Main Causes of Teen Pregnancy
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Poverty |
| Dysfunctional family |
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Early school failure |
| Early behavior problems
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Montgomery County*
| 487 babies were born to teenagers in 2004 (decrease of 132 births from
1998). |
| These babies will fill 30 kindergarten classrooms in 2009. |
| There were 741 known pregnancies to teens in 2004. |
| Montgomery County's teen pregnancy rate is among the highest in
Alabama with 46.4 pregnancies (10-19 year olds) out of every 1000. |
| Montgomery County spends more than $88 Million each year in lost
earnings and tax revenues, Welfare/Care, and Juvenile Justice costs. |
Autauga County*
| 98 babies were born to teenagers in 2004. |
| These babies will fill 8 kindergarten classrooms in 2009. |
| There were 138 known pregnancies to teens in 2002. |
| Autauga County's teen pregnancy rate is 38.4 pregnancies (10-19
year olds) out of every 1000. |
| Autauga County spends more than $10.6 Million each year in lost
earnings and tax revenues, Welfare/Care, and Juvenile Justice costs. |
Elmore County*
| 112 babies were born to teenagers in 2004. |
| These babies will fill 9 kindergarten classrooms in 2007. |
| There were 168 known pregnancies to teens in 2004. |
| Elmore County's teen pregnancy rate is 35.3 pregnancies (10-19
year olds) out of every 1000. |
| Autauga County spends more than $14.2 Million each year in lost
earnings and tax revenues, Welfare/Care, and Juvenile Justice costs. |
Lowndes County*
| 27 babies were born to teenagers in 2004. |
| These babies will fill more than 3 kindergarten classrooms in 2009. |
| There were 41 known pregnancies to teens in 2004. |
| Lowndes County's teen pregnancy rate is 38.1 pregnancies (10-19
year olds) out of every 1000. |
| Lowndes County spends more than $5.4 Million each year in lost
earnings and tax revenues, Welfare/Care, and Juvenile Justice costs. |
State of Alabama*
| Alabama ranks among the top ten states in the
country with the highest teen pregnancy rates. |
| 8,589 babies were born to teenagers in 2002
(decrease of 6,888 births from 1998). |
| These babies will fill more than 505 kindergarten
classrooms in 2009. |
| There were 12,542 known pregnancies to teenagers
in 2002. |
| Alabama's teen pregnancy rate is one of the
highest in the nation with 39.3 pregnancies (10-19 year olds) out of
every 1000. |
| Alabama spends more than $1.4 Billion each year in
lost earnings and tax revenues, Welfare/Care, and Juvenile Justice
costs.
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United States
| The United States has the highest rates of teen
pregnancy and births in the western industrialized world. |
| More than 820,000 babies are born to teenagers in
the US each year. Eight in ten of these pregnancies are unintended
and 79% are to unmarried teens. |
| 10% of all 15-19 year olds become pregnant each
year. |
| 70% of teen pregnancies are fathered by men older
than 20. |
| 1/4 of teenager mothers have a second child within
two years of the first. |
| Teen pregnancy costs the United States at least $7
Billion annually.
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Consequences of Teen Pregnancy
| Almost 98% of sexually active teens regret early
sexual involvement. |
| Teen pregnancy is the #1 reason teenage girls go
to the hospital. |
| 1/3 of pregnant teens received inadequate prenatal
care. |
| Teen mothers are less likely to complete high
school (only one-third receive a high school diploma) and only 1.5%
have a college degree by age 30. Teen mothers are more likely to end
up on welfare (nearly 80%). |
| The children of teenage mothers have lower birth
weights, are more likely to perform poorly in school, and are at
greater risk of abuse and neglect. |
| The sons of teen mothers are 13% more likely to
end up in prison while teen daughters are 22% more likely to become
teen mothers themselves.
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You Should Know...
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52% of teen girls and 56% of teen boys (aged 15-19)
have had sex at least once. |
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Prime-time television contains roughly three sexual
acts an hour. |
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Younger sisters of teen mothers begin having sex at
an earlier age than the average teen girl.
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| *Alabama Department of Public Health Center for Health
Statistics |
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