Teenage pregnancy levels at lowest since 1966

Teenage pregnancy in Ireland has dropped to levels not seen since the 1960s, figures reveal.

There were 2,043 births to women under the age of 20 in the Republic during 2010, the CSO said in its Vital Statistics Annual 2010 report, released yesterday.

The figure represents less than 3% of all babies born that year, the lowest recorded percentage since 1966.