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Essay / Global Teenage Pregnancy Trends - 827
Teenage pregnancy has been a major epidemic over the past century. This not only concerns countries like the United States, Mexico and England, but also countries like Canada and Sweden. The great baby boom epidemic started everything not only in the United States but all over the world. Many people would not think that Canada had a problem with teen pregnancy rates, but it is one of many countries that was involved in the baby boom era. Most people didn't know that pregnancy rates not only include live births, but also abortions and fetal losses, which many people fail to add into this category. The main goal of the research was to show trends in teen pregnancy only in Canada from 2001 to 2010. Researchers believed that pregnancy had declined by almost 20% since the research began in 1974. Most people think that this information is not that important, but it is important for educators, service providers and also policy makers. The numbers of teenage pregnancies were compared per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. Some Providences did not want to participate in this study and therefore had to estimate the number of abortions per clinic, which allowed them to carry out the study for adolescents aged 19 and under. . In the years leading up to 2008, CIHI reported a decline in teenage abortions, not only in one province but in others as well. From 2001 to 2005, teen births and abortions declined 14.8 percent in 10 of 12 Providences. This is the biggest drop they have seen so far. Researchers found that teen birth and abortion rates both declined between 2001 and 2010. Birth rates declined by 15.6 percent while abortion rates declined by 24.2 percent. . Both rates fell 20.3% between 2001 and 2010. Given that teen pregnancies have declined since the research began, this shows that teens are eit...... middle of paper .. ....Training and Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN), Toronto, ON, Canada,--- Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, Vol 19(1-2), 2010. pp. 43-52--- Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, Vol 21(3-4), 2012. pp. 161-175.---Trends in adolescent pregnancy rates from 1996 to 2006: a comparison in Canada, Sweden, the United States and England/Wales.---Trends in adolescent pregnancy rates in Canada , at the national, provincial and territorial level: 2001-2010.Barrett, Michael, Sexual Information and Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN), Toronto, ON, Canada- -- Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, Vol 19(1 -2), 2010. pp. 43-52--- Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, Vol 21(3-4), 2012. pp. 161-175.-- -Trends in adolescent pregnancy rates from 1996 to 2006: comparison between Canada, Sweden, the United States and England/Wales.---Trends in adolescent pregnancy rates adolescent girls in Canada, at the national and provincial/territorial levels: 2001-2010.