Not tryna b perverted.?

Question

Which state has the highest rates for teen pregnancy???

I jus wanna no if alaska is in on it.

Answer 1

Top 10:

(number is per thousand pregnancies)

   1. Nevada (113)

   2. Arizona (104)

   3. Mississippi (103)

   4. New Mexico (103)

   5. Texas (101)

   6. Florida (97)

   7. California (96)

   8. Georgia (95)

   9. North Carolina (95)

  10. Arkansas (93)

Answer 2

California

Answer 3

This information is from 2000, but it's from the Guttmacher institute so it's quality.

State-Level Statistics

• In 2000, teenage birthrates were highest in Mississippi, Texas, Arizona, Arkansas and

New Mexico. The states with the lowest teenage birthrates were New Hampshire,

Vermont, Massachusetts, North Dakota and Maine.

• Teenage abortion rates were highest in the District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York,

Maryland, Nevada and California.

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• Fifty percent or more of teenage pregnancies end in abortion in New Jersey, New York,

Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.

• By contrast, teenagers in Utah, Kentucky, South Dakota and North Dakota had the lowest

abortion rates. These states also had fewer than 17% of teenage pregnancies end in

abortion: South Dakota, Utah and Kentucky.

• Nevada had the highest teenage pregnancy rate (113 per 1,000), while North Dakota had

the lowest rate (42 per 1,000).

• Among states with available data, Arkansas had the highest pregnancy rate among non-

Hispanic white teenagers (77 per 1,000). Pregnancy rates among this group were also

high in other Southern states: Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky and South

Carolina (71–73 per 1,000). Meanwhile, North Dakota had the lowest rate among non-

Hispanic white teenagers (33 per 1,000).

• Among black teenagers aged 15–19, pregnancy rates were highest in New Jersey (209 per

1,000) and in Wisconsin, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Oregon (161–177 per 1,000). They

were lowest in Utah, New Mexico, West Virginia, Rhode Island and Colorado (71–114

per 1,000).

• Georgia, Arizona, Tennessee, Colorado and Delaware had the highest pregnancy rates

among Hispanic women aged 15–19 (154–169 per 1,000). In contrast, pregnancy rates

among Hispanic teenagers were lowest in Mississippi, Missouri, South Dakota and Ohio

(71–115 per 1,000).