The Geography Of Unintended Pregnancy
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California: $1.35 billion Texas: $1.23 billion $1.9B $7B 49% Babies Are Born The average American woman spends about three decades of her life trying to avoid unintended pregnancy. Her success may depend on access to family planning services and on a variety of socioeconomic factors, including where she lives. Unintended pregnancy rates are highest and rising among low-income women, especially in the South and in states with large urban populations. These births bring tremendous costs to struggling families and to the public. Source: Guttmacher Institute THE HUFFINGTON POST 1981 1987 1994 2001 2006 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 $1.9B Nearly half of pregnancies are unintended. Two-thirds of unintended pregnancies were paid for by public insurance programs, primarily Medicaid, in 2006. $1.9 billion in spending on public family planning centers resulted in $7 billion in gross savings from helping women avoid unintended pregnancies and births in 2008. All women Income below the poverty line Income exceeds 200% of poverty line While the overall rate of unplanned pregnancies has declined slightly in recent decades, it has risen sharply among poor women. Rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-44) 31-42 43-49 50-56 57-62 63-70 Rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-44) 5% Only 5 percent of unintended pregnancies were conceived by women who use birth control consistently. States where public spending on unintended births exceeds $1 billion. Where Note: Rates for Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota and South Dakota estimated by multiple regression. A HUFFINGTON POST GRAPHIC
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California: $1.35 billion
Texas: $1.23 billion
$1.9B
$7B
49%
Babies Are BornThe average American woman spends about three decades of her life trying to avoid unintended pregnancy. Her success may depend on access to family planning services and on a variety of socioeconomic factors, including where she lives. Unintended pregnancy rates are highest and rising among low-income women, especially in the South and in states with large urban populations. These births bring tremendous costs to struggling families and to the public.
Source: Guttmacher Institute THE HUFFINGTON POST
1981 1987 1994 2001 20060
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140
$1.9B
Nearly half of pregnancies are
unintended.
Two-thirds of unintended
pregnancies were paid for by public insurance
programs, primarily Medicaid, in 2006.
$1.9 billion in spending on public family planning centers resulted in $7 billion in gross savings from helping women avoid unintended pregnancies and births in 2008.
All women Income below the poverty line Income exceeds 200% of poverty line
While the overall rate of unplanned pregnancies has declined slightly in recent decades, it has risen sharply among poor women.
Rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-44)
31-42 43-49 50-56 57-62 63-70
Rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-44)
5%
Only 5 percent of unintended pregnancies
were conceived by women who use birth control consistently.
States wherepublic spendingon unintendedbirths exceeds$1 billion.
Where
Note: Rates for Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota and South Dakota estimated by multiple regression.
A HUFFINGTON POST GRAPHIC
