pregnancy, birth, abortion, and fetal loss rates per 1,000 women aged 15 19 years, by race and hispanic ethnicity united states, 2005 /

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Estimated pregnancy,birth, abortion, or fetal loss rates among non-Hispanic white women aged 15-19 years during 2005 were considerably lower than among their non-Hispanic black and Hispanic counterparts. Although overall pregnancy rates for non-Hispanic black and Hispanic women aged 15-19 years are similar,black women in this age group had lower birth rates and higher abortion rates than their Hispanic counterparts

Source: cdc.gov