International comparisons

Based on data from the Alan Guttmacher Institute, Canada.s
teenage pregnancy rate is ranked as moderate, compared with
other western industrialized countries.¹⁴ The Alan Guttmacher
Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organization in the United
States, whose mandate is to .inform individual decision-making,
encourage scientific inquiry and enlightened public debate, and
promote the formation of sound public- and private-sector
programs and policies. related to .sexual behaviour, reproduction
and family formation..¹⁵

International comparisons of teenage pregnancy rates, 1994, 1995 or 1996



Data sources: Alan Guttmacher Institute and Reference 14
Note: These rates do not include fetal loss; pregnancies are calculated here as the sum of live births and abortions.