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Show Births to Adolescents (Ages 15-19) Pregnant teenagers are less likely to receive early prenatal care than other pregnant women and are more likely to give birth to low birth weight babies. While the U.S. percentage of births to adolescents has decreased since 1980, the Utah percentage has remained fairly constant. Thus, the ratio between the two has narrowed significantly. Table 92. Births to Adolescents* Utah:U.S. Year Utah U.S. (Ratio) 1980 10.9 15.3 0.71:1 1981 10.6 14.5 0.73:1 1982 10.1 14.0 0.72:1 1983 9.2 13.4 0.69:1 1984 8.6 12.8 0.67:1 1985 8.8 12.4 0.71:1 1986 9.3 12.3 0.76:1 1987 9.4 12.1 0.78:1 1988 9.2 12.2 0.75:1 1989 9.8 12.5 0.78:1 1990 10.1 12.5 0.81:1 1991 10.6 12.6 0.84:1 1992 10.4 12.4 0.84:1 1993 10.6 12.7 0.83:1 1994 10.6 12.8 0.83:1 1995 10.7 12.8 0.84:1 Figure 55 *Percentages were obtained by dividing live births for ages 15-19 by total live births for each specific year. Births to Adolescents (15-19 yrs) CO CO CD O H CD O> CO c CD O u. CD CL 16 T 15 -!-, 14 -- 13 -- 12 -- 11 10 -- 9 -- 8 -- 7 -- 6 -- 5 -- 4 -- 3 -- 2 -- 1 -- 0 -- ¦Utah --------U.S. 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 94 Risk Factors |
