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Adolescent pregnancy is a pregnancy that occurs in young women aged 14-19 years which are almost three times more at risk because they are mentally immature resulting in a lack of fulfillment of nutritional requirements during pregnancy. The incidence of anemia in pregnant women is quite high because most have not realized the importance of prevention of anemia and the danger posed. This study was to determine the assosiation between adolescent pregnancies and the incidence of anemia. This research method uses an analytical survey design with a cross sectional time approach. The population in this study were all third trimester pregnant women at Kemalang Health Center. This study used total sampling technique with a sample of 192 trimester III pregnant women. The results showed that pregnant women who were not anemic were 11.4%, those with mild anemia were 1.1%, those with anemia were 0.5%. For pregnant women not teenagers, not anemia 78.6%, mild anemia 8.4%. The conclusion of this study is assosiation between the adolescence pregnancy and the incidence of anemia in third trimester pregnant women with p value 0.034. Teenagers take Health Counseling through Karang Taruna in their respective villages to avoid adolescent Pregnancy.