Please note: This website has recently moved from www.health.gov to odphp.health.gov. www.health.gov is now the official website of ODPHP’s parent organization, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH). Please update your bookmarks for easy access to all our resources. 

Reduce the proportion of pregnancies conceived within 18 months of a previous birth — FP‑02 Data

Status: Target met or exceeded

  Target met or exceeded

Most Recent Data:
26.6 percent (2017-19)

Target:
26.9 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
33.8 percent of pregnancies were conceived within 18 months of a previous birth, as reported in 2015-17

Disparities data are only available for some selections.

View CI in the chart by hovering over a data point.

View SE in the chart by hovering over a data point.

Confidence Interval (CI) not available Standard Error (SE) not available Confidence Interval (CI) and Standard Error (SE) are not available

Pregnancies conceived within 18 months of a previous birth, 2015-17 to 2017-19 
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2015-17 2017-19
Total
33.8
CI 28.9 / 39.1
SE 2.565
26.6
CI 23.2 / 30.3
SE 1.774