Term: Teenage Pregnancy

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2010-10-25

Definition:

Teenage pregnancy includes live births, stillbirths, abortions and ectopic pregnancies of women under the age of twenty. Rates of teenage pregnancy are usualluy calculated for females aged 15-19 due to the small number of events in females aged 10-14.

See the Teenage Pregnancy concept for more information.

Related concepts 

• Teenage Pregnancy / Teen Pregnancy

Related terms 

• Ectopic Pregnancy
• Teen Birth
• Teen Birth Rate
• Teenage Pregnancy Rate

References 

• Martens P, Brownell M, Au W, MacWiliam L, Prior H, Schultz J, Guenette W, Elliott L, Buchan S, Anderson M, Caetano P, Metge C, Santos R, Serwonka K. Health Inequities in Manitoba: Is the Socioeconomic Gap in Health Widening or Narrowing Over Time? Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2010. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)

Term used in 

• Brownell M, Chartier M, Santos R, Ekuma O, Au W, Sarkar J, MacWilliam L, Burland E, Koseva I, Guenette W. How are Manitoba's Children Doing? Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Chartier M, Finlayson G, Prior H, McGowan K, Chen H, de Rocquigny J, Walld R, Gousseau M. Health and Healthcare Utilization of Francophones in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] (View)