Adolescent pregnancy in Israel

Teenage or adolescent pregnancy requires the extensive involvement of health care workers in respect to the medical and social aspects of pregnancy, delivery, and later care of both mother and child. Trends in adolescent pregnancy over the last few years from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom are presented and related to data from Israel. Adolescent pregnancy in Israel has been on the decline, but in 1999 it was still 3.4% of all live births (131,936 children) with more pregnancies in this group among the non-Jewish population (7.2%) than in the Jewish population (1.7%).