Show Births to Adolescents Ages 15-19 Compiled by Doug Boudreaux pregnancies are unintended These pregnancies result in miscarriage abortion fetal death or live births to young women under 20 years of age The Health People 2000 Objective was to reduce pregnancies among females aged 15-17 Teenage mothers and their babies are at greater fisk of adverse health consequences Babies bon to teenage mothers are more likely to be born pre-term less than 37 completed weeks of gestation and more likely to be low birth weight less than 2500 grams Most teenage mothers and fathers are not prepared for the emotional psychological and financial challenges of parenthood to no more than 50 per000 adolescents The national teen birth rate has continued to decline for six years resulting in an overall 16 percent decline from 1991 to 1997 All states recorded decline in the birth rate of 15-19 year-olds The United States has the highest teenage pregnancy rate among developed countries About one million American teenagers become pregnant each year and 95 percent of these between 1991 and 1998 Table 93 Birth Rates for Fathers Under 20 S Birth Rates for Females Under 20 Years of Age US Utah 1519 years Year 1819 1547 Total 15-17 1819 Year Total -Ratesare live births per000 men 850 361 656 923 344 1267 1975 181980 821 325 530 1003 363 1366 1980 181985 796 31510 683 245 928 1985 171986 796 305 502 69251 947 1986 183 1987 785 317 506 664 262 926 1987 196 1988 799 336 530 655 273 928 1988 219 1989 842 364 673 737 270 1007 1989 235 1990 886 37599 782 258 1040 1990 241991 944 387 621 822 281 1103 1991 246 1992 945 378 607 787 277 1064 1992 241993 921 378 596 741 289 1030 1993 250 1994 915 376 589 761 283 1044 1994 241995 891 360 568 705 261 966 1995 230 1996 865 340 544 720 251 971 1996 222 1997 836 321 523 NA NA 885 1997 188 1998 820 304 656 NA NA NA 1998 80287 658A NA NA 1999 Source National Genter for Health Statistics Source National Center for Health Statistics National Vital Stalistics National Vital Statistics Report Vol 48 No Report Vol 48 No 37 Online Online www cdc govinchsww data nvs48 pdf www cde govinchswww data nvs48pd Figure 37 Birth Rates for Females Under 20 Years of Age Utah andS 1988-1998 Table 92 Utah s Rate per 100 000 Population 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Source National Center for Health Statistics National Vital Statistics Report Vol 48 No 37 Oniine govinchwww data nvs48 www cde Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |