• 35% of women under the age of 20 become pregnant at least once; this amounts to about 850,000 pregnancies each year.

• 78% are unintended.

• 20% of teenage girls who become sexually active become pregnant within the first month and 50% become pregnant after six months.

• The United States has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and birth of the industrialized world.

• The teen birthrate has declined by 31% for 15- to 19-year-olds between the years of 1991 and 2002.