This document discusses teenage pregnancy. It includes: 1. An introduction defining teenage pregnancy as occurring in girls under age 19. 2. Causes of teenage pregnancy such as child marriage, peer pressure, lack of knowledge, substance abuse, and sexual abuse. 3. Effects on both the mother, such as medical complications and increased mortality, and the child, like prematurity and low birthweight leading to higher risks of disabilities or death. 4. Global statistics on teenage pregnancy rates by country and region. 5. Indian statistics showing a reduction in teenage pregnancy over the past decade but rates remain higher in rural areas.

1. Group Members:
Aman Jain
Ayush Audichya
Harshit Lokhande
Proyas Bose
Sayan Ghosh
Yashveer Kaur

2. Introduction
• What Is Teenage Pregnancy?
– It is defined as a pregnancy that occurs in girls
aged less than 19 years.
– This refers to girls who have not reached legal
adulthood, which varies across the world, who
become pregnant.
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3. Causes Of Teenage Pregnancy
• Child marriage.
• Peer pressure.
• Lack of knowledge.
• Drinking & Drugs.
• Low socio-economic status.
• Sexual abuse & Rape.
• Glamorization of pregnancy.
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4. Effects of teenage pregnancy
• On the mother:
– Medical complication.
– Lack of financial stability.
– Death rate at child birth is staggering. The
feeble teenage bodies cannot take the
pressure.
– Suffering from premature labour.
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5. Effects of teenage pregnancy
• On the child:
– Premature birth.
– Born under-weight
– As they are born pre-mature and under-weight
they stand the chance of dying within the first
month itself.
– It might also lead to mental retardation or other
disabilities
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1) Average global birth rate among 15 to 19-year-olds is 49
per 1000 girls.
2) In developing countries, 7.3 million females under the
age 18 give birth per year.
3) Africa has the highest teen pregnancy rates in the world.
4) In the global scenario, 3 in 10 teen American girls will get
pregnant at least once before the age of 20.
5) The number of teenage pregnancy rate in New Zealand is
51 per 1000 population & in UK 47 out of 1000.
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GLOBAL STATISTICS ON
TEENAGE PREGNANCY

8. Over past decade, India has successfully reduced the proportion of pregnancy
between 15-19 years to half (16% during NFHS 3 in 2005-06 and 7.9% during NFHS 4 in
2015-16).
• 11.8% FEMALE BETWEEN 15 TO 19
YEARS WERE MOTHER OR
PREGNANT.
• HIGHER IN RURAL AREAS
(13.2%)COMPARE TO URBAN
AREAS(8.8%).
• 62 PREGNANT TEENS OUT OF
EVERY 1000 FEMALES.
• 70000 TEEN GIRLS DIE EVERYYEAR
DUE TO PREGNANCY OR CHILDBIRTH.
INDIAN STATISTICS ON
TEENAGE PREGNANCY

9. PREVENTION
• Don’t give in peer pressure.
• Learn to say “NO”.
• Don’t make sex a taboo subject.
• Teach her to respect herself.
• Sex Education.
• Make sure you know which type of
contraceptives don’t work constantly.
• Know what to do when pregnancy occurs.
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10. Words spoken by a girl who never got
loved
Being a young parent means, WE met a little
early. But it also means I get to love you a
little longer. Some people said my life ended
when I had a baby but my life had just began.
“You didn’t take me away from my future,
you gave me a new one.”
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PPT By :- Harshit Lokhande