The number of teen pregnancies has reached its lowest point in nearly 40 years during 2008, according to a report from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

The report took statistics from the Guttmacher Institute, which showed a 42 percent decline in pregnancies from 1990, which was the statistic's peak. In 2008, the figure was 68 pregnancies per 1,000 girls between the ages of 15 and 19. This is down significantly from the 117 per 1,000 in 1990. Demographically, the report noted that the rate dropped 50 percent for whites, 48 percent for African-Americans and 37 percent for Hispanics.

"The declines in teen pregnancy have been nothing short of extraordinary," said Sarah Brown, CEO of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. "Make no mistake, the credit for this remarkable progress goes to teens themselves who have, over the past two decades, adopted a less sex, more contraception strategy - one that is clearly working."

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