Teen pregnancy, by outcome of pregnancy and age group, count and rate per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, Canada, provinces and territories, 1998

Teen pregnancy 15-19 years 15-17 years 18-19 years
Count Rate Count Rate Count Rate
Total, outcome of teen pregnancy            
      Canada
 41,588 41.7 14,630 24.5 26,958 67.5
      Newfoundland and Labrador
 662 31.5 236 18.7 426 50.8
      Prince Edward Island
 181 36.4 67 22.2 114 58.3
      Nova Scotia
 1,236 39.7 441 23.7 795 63.2
      New Brunswick
 955 37.8 312 20.7 643 63.1
      Quebec
 9,619 40.0 3,155 22.3 6,464 65.4
      Ontario
 13,748 38.1 5,064 23.3 8,684 60.5
      Manitoba
 2,518 65.2 970 41.7 1,548 101.1
      Saskatchewan
 2,036 52.8 750 32.2 1,286 84.4
      Alberta
 5,246 50.9 1,918 30.5 3,328 82.6
      British Columbia
 5,000 38.8 1,561 20.2 3,439 66.6
      Yukon
 61 58.3 21 31.2 40 107.2
      Northwest Territories including Nunavut
 315 117.0 132 83.7 183 164.3
Live births            
      Canada
 19,721 19.8 6,453 10.8 13,268 33.2
      Newfoundland and Labrador
 429 20.4 136 10.8 293 35.0
      Prince Edward Island
 148 29.7 52 17.2 96 49.1
      Nova Scotia
 747 24.0 240 12.9 507 40.3
      New Brunswick
 668 26.4 195 12.9 473 46.4
      Quebec
 3,579 14.9 948 6.7 2,631 26.6
      Ontario
 6,218 17.2 2,110 9.7 4,108 28.6
      Manitoba
 1,492 38.7 548 23.5 944 61.6
      Saskatchewan
 1,464 38.0 526 22.6 938 61.5
      Alberta
 2,623 25.4 869 13.8 1,754 43.6
      British Columbia
 2,080 16.1 719 9.3 1,361 26.4
      Yukon
 30 28.7 10 14.8 20 53.6
      Northwest Territories including Nunavut
 243 90.3 100 63.4 143 128.4
Induced abortions            
      Canada
 20,859 20.9 7,741 13.0 13,118 32.8
      Newfoundland and Labrador
 204 9.7 89 7.1 115 13.7
      Prince Edward Island
 x 5.6 x 3.6 x 8.7
      Nova Scotia
 477 15.3 195 10.5 282 22.4
      New Brunswick
 253 10.0 98 6.5 155 15.2
      Quebec
 5,870 24.4 2,137 15.1 3,733 37.7
      Ontario
 7,310 20.3 2,866 13.2 4,444 31.0
      Manitoba
 894 23.2 361 15.5 533 34.8
      Saskatchewan
 515 13.4 198 8.5 317 20.8
      Alberta
 2,398 23.3r 954 15.2r 1,444 35.9r
      British Columbia
 2,801 21.7 788 10.2 2,013 39.0
      Yukon
 31 29.6 11 16.3 20 53.6
      Northwest Territories including Nunavut
 x 24.9 x 19.0 x 33.2
Fetal loss            
      Canada
 1,008 1.0 436 0.7 572 1.4
      Newfoundland and Labrador
 29 1.4 11 0.9 18 2.1
      Prince Edward Island
 x 1.0 x 1.3 x 0.5
      Nova Scotia
 12 0.4 6 0.3 6 0.5
      New Brunswick
 34 1.3 19 1.3 15 1.5
      Quebec
 170 0.7 70 0.4 100 1.0
      Ontario
 220 0.6 88 0.4 132 0.9
      Manitoba
 132 3.4 61 2.3 71 4.6
      Saskatchewan
 57 1.5 26 1.1 31 2.0
      Alberta
 225 2.2 95 1.5 130 3.2
      British Columbia
 119 0.9 54 0.7 65 1.3
      Yukon
 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
      Northwest Territories including Nunavut
 x 1.9 x 1.3 x 2.7

1. Data sources: Statistics Canada, Vital Statistics, Birth and Stillbirth Databases; Canadian Institute for Health Information, Hospital Morbidity Database and Therapeutic Abortions Survey
2. A pregnancy of a woman who was aged 15 to 19 when her pregnancy ended.
3. Total pregnancies equal the sum of live births, fetal losses and induced abortions.
4. Fetal loss includes stillbirths and hospitalized cases of spontaneous abortions (miscarriages), illegal abortions and unspecified abortions.
5. Induced terminations of pregnancy performed on Canadian residents in hospitals and clinics in Canada.
6. The following symbols are used in Statistics Canada publications: (..) for figures not available, (...) for figures not appropriate or not applicable, and (x) for figures suppressed for the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act.
7. For induced abortions in 1998, the Canada level includes 11 induced abortions for which the province of residence was unknown (3 cases in the 15 to 17 age group, and 8 cases in the 18 to 19 age group).
8. CANSIM table number 01069001.