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One objective of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is to lower the incidence of unintended pregnancy. Researchers at the Guttmacher Institute compiled updated information from multiple sources (e.g., National Survey of Family Growth, Abortion Patient Surveys) and calculated aggregate unintended pregnancy rates for all women of reproductive age (range, 15–44) in 2006. In addition, population subgroups by age, parity, income, race, ethnicity, relationship status, education, and religion were analyzed separately.
Unintended pregnancy rates rose slightly from 48% (3.1 million) in 2001 to 49% (3.2 million) in 2006. Of these pregnancies, 47% ended in abortion in 2001 versus 43% in 2006. Unintended birth rates were 23/1000 women of r…