Stupid NY liberal? Me? How could you say such a thing? I am deeply hurt. I looked it up. Texas was #4 when it came to teen pregnancy in 2016. Go Texas! As to Pelosi I would hope for someone else as she is a bit too polarizing. However if it makes the wingnuts apoplectic then its okay with me. Don't worry, you will #1 soon. I know it.
typical of you libs to bring up racist issues.
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Trends in Teen Pregnancy and Childbearing
Teen Births
In 2016, there were 20.3 births for every 1,000 adolescent females ages 15-19, or 209,809 babies born to females in this age group.1 Births to teens ages 15-19 account for 5.3 percent of all births in 2016. Nearly nine in ten (89 percent) of these births occurred outside of marriage.1 The 2016 teen birth rate (births per 1,000 females ages 15-19 in a given year) is down nine percent from 2015, when the birth rate was 22.3, and down 67 percent from 1991 when it was at a record high of 61.8.1 The teen birth rate has declined more or less continuously over the past quarter century, and is at the lowest level ever recorded. Still, the teen birth rate in the United States remains higher than that in many other developed countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom.2
Not all teen births are first births. In 2016, one in six (17 percent) births to 15- to 19-year-olds were to females who already had one or more births.1 Avoiding repeat teen births is one of the goals of OAH’s Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF) grant program to states and tribes. Grantees may use PAF Program funds to help expectant and parenting teens complete high school or earn postsecondary degrees, as well as to gain access to health care, child care, family housing, and other critical supports. The money can also be used to improve services for pregnant women who are victims of domestic violence and to increase public awareness and education efforts surrounding teen pregnancy prevention, among other activities. Through PAF Program grants, OAH also supports work with adolescent males who become young fathers. Find more information about the Pregnancy Assistance Fund.
Variations in Teen Birth Rates Across Populations
Teen birth rates differ substantially by age, racial and ethnic group, and region of the country. Most adolescents who give birth are 18 or older; in 2016, 74 percent of all teen births occurred to 18- to 19-year-olds.1 Birth rates are also higher among Hispanic and black adolescents than among their white counterparts. In 2016, Hispanic adolescent females ages 15-19 had a higher birth rate (31.9 births per 1,000 adolescent females) than black adolescent females (29.3) and white adolescent females (14.3) (see Figure 1).1 To help put these differences in perspective, estimates from 2013 show that eight percent of white adolescent females will give birth by their 20th birthday, as will 16 percent of black adolescent females and 17 percent of Hispanic adolescent females.3
Although Hispanics still have a higher teen birth rate than their black and white peers, the rate has declined substantially in recent years. Since 2007, the teen birth rate among Hispanics has declined by 58 percent, compared with declines of 53 percent for blacks and 47 percent for whites.1
Figure 1: Birth rates per 1,000 females ages 15-19, by race and Hispanic origin of mother, 1990-2016
Source: Martin, J.A., Hamilton, B.E., Osterman, M.J., Driscoll, A.K., & Drake, P. (2018). Births: Final data for 2016. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.
Table 1: Birth rates per 1,000 females ages 15-19, by race and Hispanic origin of mother, 1990-2016
Year Collected
Total
White
Black
Hispanic
1990
59.9
42.5
116.2
100.3
1991
61.8
43.4
118.2
104.6
1992
60.3
41.7
114.7
103.3
1993
59.0
40.7
110.5
101.8
1994
58.2
40.4
105.7
101.3
1995
56.0
39.3
97.2
99.3
1996
53.5
37.6
91.9
94.6
1997
51.3
36.0
88.3
89.6
1998
50.3
35.3
85.7
87.9
1999
48.8
34.1
81.0
86.8
2000
47.7
32.6
79.2
87.3
2001
45.0
30.3
73.1
84.4
2002
42.6
28.6
67.7
80.6
2003
41.1
27.4
63.7
78.4
2004
40.5
26.7
61.8
78.1
2005
39.7
26.0
59.4
76.5
2006
41.1
26.7
61.9
77.4
2007
41.5
27.2
62.0
75.3
2008
40.2
26.7
60.4
70.3
2009
37.9
25.7
56.7
63.6
2010
34.3
23.5
51.5
55.7
2011
31.3
21.7
47.3
49.6
2012
29.4
20.5
43.9
46.3
2013
26.5
18.6
39.0
41.7
2014
24.2
17.3
34.9
38.0
2015
22.3
16.0
31.8
34.9
2016
20.3
14.3
29.3
31.9
