Long-term contraceptives can reduce teen pregnancy by 36%


by Joseph Abay on Nov 5, 2014 | Views: 204 | Score: 1
CHOICE Program Sample GroupUnited States Average
# teens per 1000 who became pregnant19.430.3
Percentage of those using long-term contraceptive724.6
Sources: nejm.org
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Joseph Abay
Joseph Abay on Nov 5, 2014 2:48 PM said:

Long-term contraceptive's have been shown to help reduce teen pregnancies significantly. The New England Journal of Medicine's 2014 article "Provision of No-Cost, Long-Acting Contraception and Teenage Pregnancy" reported that low-incomes have a direct effect on pregnancies, reducing the amount of long-term contraceptives available. The Choice Contraceptives project showed that the use of long-term contraceptives decreased teen pregnancy by 36%, to 19.4 pregnancies per 1000 people. The United States average is 30.3 per 1000.