TABLE 1—

Number of Total and Unintended Pregnancies, Percentage of Pregnancies That Were Unintended, and Pregnancy Rate by Intention for All US Women, by Demographic Characteristics: 2001 and 2008

					Pregnancy Ratea
	No. of Pregnancies (Thousands), 2008		% of Pregnancies Unintended		Total		Intended		Unintended
Characteristic	Total	Unintended	2001	2008	2001	2008	2001	2008	2001	2008
All women	6583	3367	48	51	103	106	54	51	49	54
Age group,b y
15–19	750	612	83	82	80	69	14	13	66	57
15–17	249	227	89	91	46	39	5	4	41	35
18–19	501	385	79	77	131	114	27	26	103	88
20–24	1683	1075	59	64	173	163	72	59	102	104
25–29	1748	788	40	45	170	168	101	92	68	76
30–34	1360	479	33	35	132	141	89	92	44	50
≥ 35	1025	397	33	39	42	48	28	30	14	19
Relationship status
Currently married	3243	1002	28	31	119	119	86	83	33	36
Never-married and not cohabiting	1339	1093	79	82	63	54	14	10	49	43
Formerly married and not cohabiting	341	233	60	68	73	67	30	22	43	46
Cohabiting	1661	1040	66	63	254	320	89	122	165	198
Income as a % of federal poverty level
< 100	2077	1347	61	65	197	209	77	72	120	137
100–199	1768	981	55	55	145	152	66	67	79	85
≥ 200	2737	1039	37	38	74	67	46	41	28	26
Educational attainmentc
Not a HS graduate	986	532	49	54	148	188	75	86	73	101
HS graduate or GED	1534	796	47	52	113	116	60	56	53	60
Some college or associate’s degree	1780	935	52	53	90	105	43	50	47	55
College graduate	1517	476	25	31	104	94	79	64	26	29
Race/ethnicityd
White, non-Hispanic	3364	1426	40	42	86	89	52	51	34	38
Black, non-Hispanic	1172	815	67	69	137	132	45	40	92	92
Hispanic	1568	882	54	56	145	140	66	61	79	79
Religious affiliation
Protestant	3071	1545		50		103		51		52
Mainstream Protestant	1457	775		53		106		49		57
Evangelical Protestant	1614	770		48		101		52		48
Catholic	1699	830		49		109		55		54
Other	549	240		44		94		53		42
None	1264	752		59		113		45		68

Note. GED = general educational development; HS = high school. Numbers may not sum to group totals because of rounding.

^aRates are per 1000 women aged 15–44 years.

^bFemales aged < 15 years were excluded because of insufficient data. The population denominator for women aged ≥ 35 years is women aged 35–44 years.

^cAmong women aged ≥ 20 years.

^dExcludes women who self-identify as other non-Hispanic racial/ethnic groups.