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pregnancy prevention in adolescents  

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  • Current Statistics on Adolescent Pregnancy Adolescent pregnancy includes women between the ages of 10 and 19 who conceive and give birth to children. Statistical data, based on recorded birth certificates from state vital statistics offices, are used to calculate the teen pregnancy rate. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior; Pregnancy Prevention In Adolescents]

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