Unintended Pregnancy Rate Falls to 30-Year Low

Guttmacher Institute (Mar. 2, 2016): U.S. Unintended Pregnancy Rate Falls to 30-Year Low; Declines Seen in Almost all Groups, but Disparities Remain, by Rebecca Wind:

A new analysis from the Guttmacher Institute, just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that the U.S. unintended pregnancy rate declined substantially between 2008 and 2011. According to “Declines in Unintended Pregnancy in the United States, 2008–2011,” by Lawrence B. Finer and Mia R. Zolna, there were 45 unintended pregnancies for every 1,000 women aged 15–44 in 2011, down from 54 per 1,000 in 2008. The 2011 rate was the lowest observed in three decades. Although unintended pregnancy rates have declined among nearly all demographic groups examined, disparities still remain, particularly for poor women and women of color.

The study, released last week, can be found here.