50-State and National Comparisons

Unplanned Pregnancies

Unplanned Pregnancies

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Prevalence of Unplanned Pregnancy Among Women who Have Delivered a Live Infant, 2007
(Percent)

 State
Value 
United States
N/A
Alabama
N/A
Alaska
39%
Arizona
N/A
Arkansas
48%
California
N/A
Colorado
37%
Connecticut
N/A
Delaware
47%
Florida
N/A
Georgia
50%
Hawaii
47%
Idaho
N/A
Illinois
43%
Indiana
N/A
Iowa
N/A
Kansas
N/A
Kentucky
N/A
Louisiana
N/A
Maine
37%
Maryland
43%
Massachusetts
31%
Michigan
N/A
Minnesota
36%
Mississippi
N/A
Missouri
46%
Montana
N/A
Nebraska
40%
Nevada
N/A
New Hampshire
N/A
New Jersey
36%
New Mexico
44%
New York
37%
North Carolina
40%
North Dakota
N/A
Ohio
45%
Oklahoma
48%
Oregon
39%
Pennsylvania
45%
Rhode Island
38%
South Carolina
45%
South Dakota
N/A
Tennessee
N/A
Texas
N/A
Utah
31%
Vermont
34%
Virginia
N/A
Washington
36%
Washington, DC
N/A
West Virginia
47%
Wisconsin
38%
Wyoming
45%
Last modified: December 2009

Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Division of Reproductive Health. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS): CPONDER. http://www.cdc.gov/prams/cponder.htm [December 2009].

Notes: Note that all state specific information on unplanned pregnancy are from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) which surveys only those women who have delivered a live infant. The PRAMS program is a surveillance project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health departments. PRAMS collects state-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy. Currently, 37 states, New York City, and South Dakota (Yankton Sioux Tribe) participate in PRAMS. More information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/prams/index.htm. Data for 2007 represents Delaware births from May 2007 to December 2007. Data for 2007 represents Pennsylvania births from June 2007 to December 2007.

Note that all state specific information on unplanned pregnancy are not comparable to the national level data on our website. National level data is among all women of childbearing age who report a pregnancy while state specific information surveys only those women who have a birth.

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