Health Reports , Winter 1997, Vol. 9, No. 3, Statistics Canada. Relative rankings are therefore more valid than the specific values provided here. PEI, Newfoundland, Quebec, and Ontario were lower. Alberta's teen pregnancy rate of 54.2 was higher than B.C.'s. The live birth rate was lowest for Quebec at 17.4.
Rankings are more informative than specific values.
Japan, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Norway all had lower rates. Iceland, England and Wales, and New Zealand were slightly higher but comparable to Canada. Hungary and Czechoslovakia were significantly higher, and the U.S. topped the list. McCreary Centre Society . Highlights from the Adolescent Health Survey II, 1999.