9-1.
Increase the proportion of pregnancies that are intended.
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9-1. | |
Increase the proportion of pregnancies that are intended. |
Target: 70 percent.
Baseline: 51 percent of all pregnancies among females aged 15 to 44 years were intended in 1995.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data sources: National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), CDC, NCHS; National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS; Abortion Provider Survey, The Alan Guttmacher Institute; Abortion Surveillance Data, CDC, NCCDPHP.
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Pregnancies Among Females Aged 15 to 44 Years, 1995 |
Intended |
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
51 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
28 |
|
White |
57 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
51 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
51 |
|
Black or African American |
DNA |
|
White |
DNA |
|
Family income level |
|
|
Poor |
39 |
|
Near poor |
47 |
|
Middle/high income |
59 |
|
Select populations |
|
|
Age groups |
|
|
15 to 19 years |
22 |
|
20 to 24 years |
42 |
|
25 to 29 years |
60 |
|
30 to 34 years |
67 |
|
35 to 39 years |
59 |
|
40 to 44 years |
49 |
|
Marital status |
|
|
Currently married |
69 |
|
Formerly married |
38 |
|
Never married |
22 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.