Coping with the heat . Heat threatens children left in vehicles . The DuPage County Health Department would like the public to be aware that the month of May is Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. Statistics and other related information are listed below in recognition of the need for prevention and community education.
Teen Pregnancy is of concern to the community.
Parents, young people and community institutions need to collaborate to reduce teen pregnancy. The year 1999 was the first time in six years that the teen birth rate dropped in DuPage County. In 1998, the DuPage County Municipalities with highest rate of teen births were Addison and West Chicago with 80 teen births each. Glendale Heights had 41 teen births that year, and Carol Stream had 39 teen births. Nationwide Teen pregnancy rates are much higher in the United States than in many other developed countries - twice as high as in England, Wales or Canada, and nine times as high as in the Netherlands or Japan.