Adolescent birth rate in women aged 10–19 years as of 2016 Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 women aged 15–19 Industrialized and developing countries have distinctly different rates of<unk><unk> . In developed regions, such as United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, teen parents tend to be unmarried, and adolescent<unk>  is seen as a social issue. By contrast,<unk>  parents in developing regions such as Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands are often married, and their<unk>  may be welcomed by family and society. However, in these societies, early<unk>  may combine with malnutrition and poor health care to cause long-term medical problems for both the mother and child. A report by Save the Children found that, annually, 13 million children are born to women under age 20 worldwide. More than 90% of these births occur to women living in developing countries. Complications of<unk>  and childbirth are the leading cause of mortality among women between the ages of 15 and 19 in such areas, as they are the leading cause of mortality among older women. The age of the mother is determined by the easily verified date when the<unk>  ends, not by the estimated date of conception. Consequently, the statistics do not include women who first became pregnant before their 20th birthdays, if those<unk> es did not end until on or after their 20th birthdays.
Prevalence of teenage pregnancy
Prevalence of female genital mutilation
Prevalence of mental disorders
Prevalence of birth control
Prevalence of tobacco use
Risk of mortality
Prevalence of circumcision
Predictive value of tests