Rates of teenage pregnancy in Canada are a number of the greatest in the developed world, although the numbers are below those of the United Kingdom and the United States. In 1994, around 47,800 pregnancies were noted for adolescents who were between 15 and 19 years of age. With this amount, approximately 21,000 women decided abortion, about 2,000 had Blancpain Leman Flyback Replica Watch
a or miscarriage that needed hospitalization, and 24,700 carried the pregnancy to term. The occurrence of pregnancy in Canada in 1994 was lower than it was 2 decades earlier, but since 1987 it experienced an increase.
Because 1994, however, adolescent pregnancy in Canada has been decreasing. In 2003, 33,553 pregnancies were reported for girls who were younger than 20, and this involved stillbirths/miscarriages, abortions, and live births. The rate of adolescent pregnancy in Canada, which happens to about 27.1 per 1000, is greatest among adolescents between the ages of 18 and 19; most of the pregnancies through this group, however, are designed. The pregnancy rate in youngsters which range from 15 to 17 is leaner and the rate among girls younger than 15 is perhaps lower.
Incredibly important, there has been a change in the resolutions of teenage pregnancies. In 1974, 66% of teenage pregnancies ended in a birth, 26% in abortion, and 8% in a stillbirth/miscarriage. Cartier Imitation
In 1994, on one other hand, most, 51%, of pregnancies among teens however ended in live birth, but almost as much this time, 45%, ended in abortion. Certainly, in 1994, Canada saw the highest annual amount of teenage abortions in the previous 2 full decades with 21,000 youngsters choosing this option to get rid of their pregnancy. Teenagers actually represented Movado Junior Sport brand watches
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abortion rose to 50%.
Rates of adolescent pregnancy in Canada vary by territory and land. In 1994, the Northwest Territories had the best pregnancy charge among adolescents with 137 per 1,000 girls who have been between 15 and 19. Next came Yukon, with 88 pregnancies per 1,000; rates on the list of provinces varied from just over 60 per 1,000 in Manitoba and Saskatchewan to just over 30 in Quebec, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. Quebecs teenage pregnancy rate remains the lowest in the country.
In order to control the rate of teenage pregnancy in Canada, the country is trying to the Netherlands, which has among the cheapest teenage pregnancy rates, for ideas. Based on observations, it appears that sex education, open dialogue of human sexuality in the mass media, easier access to contraceptives, education programs, and active involvement of parents and teens in such programs are all techniques that may prove useful to keeping the rate of adolescent pregnancy down.