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2. Reality: One Teenager Becomes Pregnant Every Minute!

3. StateRateRankStateRateRankStateRateRank DC12851 Nevada11350Tennessee8933West Virginia6716 Arizona10449Louisiana8732Rhode Island6715 Mississippi10348Illinois8731Idaho6214 New Mexico10347Oklahoma8630Montana6013 Texas10146Colorado8229Pennsylvania6012 Florida9745Oregon7928Massachusetts6011 California9644Wyoming7727Nebraska5910 Georgia9543Kentucky7626Wisconsin5509 North Carolina 9542Washington7525Iowa5508 Arkansas9341Michigan7524South Dakota5407 Delaware9340Ohio7423Utah5306 Hawaii9339Missouri7422Maine5205 MARYLAND9138Alaska7321Minnesota5004 New York9137Indiana7320New Hampshire4703 Alabama9036Virginia7219Vermont4402 New Jersey9035Connecticut7018North Dakota4201 South Carolina8934Kansas6917 Teen Pregnancy Rates # of girls 15-19 who are pregnant out of 1000 girls Rank #1= the best Rank #51 = the worst

4. The Costs of Teen Pregnancies Costs to Students –67% of teen moms drop out. Dropouts earn about 260,000 less in a lifetime –Costs to Families The average cost to raise a child up to age 2 is $5,440, and since most teen moms can’t afford that, the families have to contribute –Costs to Schools Loss of funding when a student drops out Costs of special programs to help her and her child –Costs to Society Costs of public assistance $2.2 billion each year. 80% of teen moms end up on public assistance Child Abuse programs – Children of teen moms are 2 times more like to be abused than those born to 20 or 21 year olds Medical Care - $1.5 billion each year is spent to provide medical care to mom and baby

5. The Impact of Teen Pregnancy on a teen parent and his or her child Check out the March of Dimes Handout http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/14332_1159.asp