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  • Title: International trends in teenage pregnancy: an overview of sixteen countries.
    Author: Clearie AF, Hollingsworth LA, Jameson MQ, Vincent ML.
    Journal: Biol Soc; 1985 Mar; 2(1):23-30. PubMed ID: 12280124.
    Abstract:
    Live birthrate, abortion ratio, and percent of live births out of wedlock for the population aged under 20 years of 16 developed countries were computed for the most recent years of available data. The agencies responsible for maintaining vital statistics in each of the countries were requested to furnish the following information for the 3 years 1980, 1981, and 1982 or the most recent 3-year period available: population of females aged 10 through 19 years; number of live births to females less than age 20; number of live births to unmarried females less than age 20; and number of abortions to females less than age 20. 2 countries, the US and Japan, represent over 50% of the summed 16-country population. The live birthrate for females less than age 20 for the years 1980-92 was the lowest (less than 2) in Japan. The US, with a rate hovering near 30 for the years 1978 through 1981, shows, by far, the highest live birthrate of the responding nations, followed by Portugal in which, from 1980 through 1982, the rate declines from 20.31 to 18.99. 12 of the countries show a decline in live birthrate for the years presented. Scotland, the US, and England and Wales show no obvious trend but rather a mild fluctuation. In Japan there is a very slight increase over the 3 years. Overall, the trend among nations appears to be a decline. Abortions/1000 live births to females less than age 20 outnumber live births in Denmark, Sweden, Japan, and Finland. Scotland and West Germany, with ratios less than 400, have the lowest figures among the countries represented. The percentages of live births out of wedlock to females less than age 20 range from approximately 83% for Sweden to 5% for Israel. Over these 3 years, all countries, with the exception of Sweden and Israel, show an increase. Although there are differences, there is a general downward trend in live birthrate and a general upward trend in both abortion ratio and the percent of live births out of wedlock among the majority of the nations represented. 5 countries show these 3 trends simultaneously -- Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, and West Germany. 9 of the nations -- Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and West Germany -- show both a decline in live birthrate and an increase in the percentage of live births out of wedlock.
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