# Teenage Sex in Northern Europe vs North America

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**Created:** [March 17, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-sex-in-northern-europe-vs-north-america/441695 "2008-03-17T20:56:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-sex-in-northern-europe-vs-north-america/441695/15 "2008-03-18T10:12:24Z")

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These [statistics](http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/8Comparison.htm) might be of interest:

**Percent who have not had intercourse by age 20:**

```
                                 Boys Girls

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Belgium 61 63  
Netherlands 58 62  
Germany 33 28  
Norway 33 25  
U K. 24 23  
France 9 25  
United States 12 16

**Percent of sexually active single 15 to 19-year olds using birth control:**  
Germany 95%  
United Kingdom 92  
Netherlands 88  
Norway 87  
Sweden 79  
Denmark 70  
United States 56

**Teen pregnancies per 1,000 teenagers:**

United States 98.0  
United Kingdom 46.6  
Norway 40.2  
Canada 38.6  
Finland 32.1  
Sweden 28.3  
Denmark 27.9  
Netherlands 12.1  
Japan 10.5

**Total teen abortions per 1,000 teenagers:**

United States 44.4  
Norway 21.1  
Sweden 19.6  
Denmark 18.2  
Finland 17.9  
United Kingdom 16.9  
Canada 16.2  
Japan 5.9  
Netherlands 5.5

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