| Rates of teenage pregnancy in Canada are
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| | almost as many this time, 45%, ended in
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| some of the highest in the developed
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| | abortion. Indeed, in 1994, Canada saw the
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| world, though the numbers are below those
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| | highest annual number of teenage
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| of the United States and the United
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| | abortions in the previous two decades
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| Kingdom. In 1994, approximately 47,800
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| | with 21,000 teenagers choosing this
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| pregnancies were recorded for adolescents
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| | option to end their pregnancy. Teenagers
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| who were between 15 and 19 years old. Of
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| | actually represented 20% of the total
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| this number, roughly 21,000 women chose
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| | number of abortions performed in 1994,
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| abortion, about 2,000 had a stillbirth or
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| | and represented just 6% of all live
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| miscarriage that required
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| | births. In 2003, the number of adolescent
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| hospitalization, and 24,700 carried the
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| | pregnancies ending in abortion rose to
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| pregnancy to term. The incidence of
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| | 50%.
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| pregnancy in Canada in 1994 was lower
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| | Rates of teenage pregnancy in Canada vary
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| than it was two decades earlier, but
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| | by province and territory. In 1994, the
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| since 1987 it experienced an increase.
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| | Northwest Territories had the highest
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| Since 1994, however, teenage pregnancy in
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| | pregnancy rate among adolescents with 137
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| Canada has been decreasing. In 2003,
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| | per 1,000 women who were between 15 and
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| 33,553 pregnancies were reported for
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| | 19. Next came Yukon, with 88 pregnancies
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| women who were younger than 20, and this
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| | per 1,000; rates among the provinces
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| included live births, abortions, and
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| | varied from just over 60 per 1,000 in
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| stillbirths/miscarriages. The rate of
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| | Manitoba and Saskatchewan to just over 30
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| teenage pregnancy in Canada, which comes
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| | in Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island,
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| out to about 27.1 per 1000, is highest
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| | and Quebec. Quebecs teenage pregnancy
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| among adolescents between the ages of 18
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| | rate remains the lowest in the country.
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| and 19; many of the pregnancies within
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| | In order to curb the rate of teenage
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| this group, however, are planned. The
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| | pregnancy in Canada, the country is
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| pregnancy rate in teenagers ranging from
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| | looking to the Netherlands, which has one
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| 15 to 17 is lower and the rate among
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| | of the lowest teenage pregnancy rates,
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| girls younger than 15 is even lower.
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| | for suggestions. Based on observations,
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| Equally important, there has also been a
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| | it seems that sex education, open
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| change in the resolutions of teenage
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| | discussion of human sexuality in the mass
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| pregnancies. In 1974, 66% of adolescent
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| | media, easier access to contraceptives,
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| pregnancies ended in a live birth, 26% in
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| | education programs, and active
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| abortion, and 8% in a stillbirth
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| | participation of parents and teenagers in
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| miscarriage. In 1994, on the other hand,
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| | such programs are all strategies that
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| the majority, 51%, of pregnancies among
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| | could prove useful to keeping the rate of
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| teenagers still ended in live birth, but
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| | adolescent pregnancy down.
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