This statistic shows the percentage of live births that were the result of unwanted pregnancy in the U.S. from 2013 to 2014, by ethnicity. During this time, almost 12 percent of live births among black women were the result of unwanted pregnancy, compared to 5 percent of recent live births among white women.
Percentage of live births that were the result of unwanted pregnancy in the U.S. from 2013 to 2014, by ethnicity*
* Defined as a pregnancy among women who reported that just before they got pregnant with their most recent live-born infant, they did not want to be pregnant
then or at any time in the future.
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CDC, & MMWR. (January 19, 2018). Percentage of live births that were the result of unwanted pregnancy in the U.S. from 2013 to 2014, by ethnicity* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/802773/unwanted-pregnancy-live-births-us-by-ethnicity/
CDC, und MMWR. "Percentage of live births that were the result of unwanted pregnancy in the U.S. from 2013 to 2014, by ethnicity*." Chart. January 19, 2018. Statista. Accessed February 18, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/802773/unwanted-pregnancy-live-births-us-by-ethnicity/
CDC, MMWR. (2018). Percentage of live births that were the result of unwanted pregnancy in the U.S. from 2013 to 2014, by ethnicity*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/802773/unwanted-pregnancy-live-births-us-by-ethnicity/
CDC, and MMWR. "Percentage of Live Births That Were The Result of Unwanted Pregnancy in The U.S. from 2013 to 2014, by Ethnicity*." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jan 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/802773/unwanted-pregnancy-live-births-us-by-ethnicity/
CDC & MMWR, Percentage of live births that were the result of unwanted pregnancy in the U.S. from 2013 to 2014, by ethnicity* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/802773/unwanted-pregnancy-live-births-us-by-ethnicity/ (last visited February 18, 2020)
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