teenage pregnancy statistics

one of the surveys conducted by a leading international organization called SAVE THE CHILDREN stated that annually 13 million children are born to women under the age of twenty more than 90% in developing countries. it also said that the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in the world was found in the sub-saharan africa. the united states has the highest teenage birth rate and a very high teenage abortion rate as well.
until 2006 there had been a declining trend in the teenage pregnancy numbers, especially since the early nineties.however, as of 2007 the teenage pregnancy rates have begun to rise again reversing the positive trends seen in the previous years.