2020 Teen Pregnancies
| Number of pregnancies among 15-19-year-old girls: | 7,749 | ||||||
| Teen pregnancy rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls: | 22.9 | ||||||
Teen pregnancy rates by race/ethnicity
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Teen pregnancy rates by age
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| Number of pregnancies among 15-17-year-old girls: | 1,841 | ||||||
| Number of pregnancies among 18-19-year-old girls: | 4,480 | ||||||
| Percent of Repeat Pregnancies: | 23.7 | ||||||
| Teen birth rate per 1,000 15-19-year-old girls: | 17.3 | ||||||
| Latest National Ranking (out of 50 states): | 22 | ||||||
| Change since 2017: | tba | ||||||
Sources: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. National ranking calculated by the Guttmacher Institute.
Updated January 2022. See Archived Statistics.
County Comparisons
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2019 Pregnancies (15-19-year-olds) by County and Race/Ethnicity
2019 Pregnancies Ranked by County, Ages 15-19
2019 Repeat Pregnancies, Ages 15-19
By Age:
2019 15-17-Year-Old Pregnancies
2019 18-19-Year-Old Pregnancies
Historical Comparisons
30-Year Teen Pregnancy Trends, 1989-2018
Visit our Archived State Statistics for past years' data sheets.
Sexual Health
Number of Chlamydia Cases (2020, 10-19-year-olds): 17,706*
Number of Gonorrhea Cases (2020, 10-19-year-olds): 4,797*
HIV Cases (2020, 15-19-year-olds): 69*
*2020 data should be treated with caution due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on accessing HIV/STD testing, treatment, and surveillance activities in North Carolina.
Data Sources: 2020 North Carolina STD Surveillance Report and 2020 North Carolina HIV Surveillance Report - HIV/STD/Hepatitis Surveillance Unit, North Carolina DHHS, Division of Public Health, Communicable Disease Branch (2019)
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