Table 1. Pregnancy, birth and abortion rates per 1,000 women aged 15-19, and abortion ratio, by race and ethnicity, 1986-1996 | |||||||||||
Race and measure | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
TOTAL | |||||||||||
Pregnancy rate* | |||||||||||
All women | 106.7 | 106.6 | 111.4 | 114.9 | 117.1 | 115.8 | 111.9 | 109.3 | 106.1 | 101.1 | 97.3 |
Sexually experienced women | 210.5 | 206.4 | 211.8 | 219.2 | 224.2 | 222.5 | 215.8 | 211.5 | 206.1 | 197.1 | 190.4 |
Birthrate | 50.2 | 50.6 | 53.0 | 57.3 | 60.4 | 62.1 | 60.7 | 59.6 | 58.9 | 56.8 | 54.4 |
Abortion rate | 42.3 | 41.8 | 43.5 | 42.0 | 40.6 | 37.6 | 35.5 | 34.3 | 32.2 | 30.0 | 29.2 |
Abortion ratio | 45.7 | 45.2 | 45.1 | 42.3 | 40.2 | 37.7 | 36.9 | 36.5 | 35.3 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
WHITE | |||||||||||
All | |||||||||||
Pregnancy rate* | 90.0 | 89.6 | 93.0 | 95.8 | 98.3 | 97.0 | 93.0 | 90.9 | 88.9 | 86.0 | 82.6 |
Birthrate | 42.3 | 42.5 | 44.4 | 47.9 | 50.8 | 52.8 | 51.8 | 51.1 | 51.1 | 50.1 | 48.1 |
Abortion rate | 35.6 | 35.1 | 36.1 | 34.8 | 33.9 | 30.5 | 28.1 | 26.9 | 25.1 | 23.5 | 22.6 |
Abortion ratio | 45.7 | 45.2 | 44.9 | 42.1 | 40.1 | 36.6 | 35.2 | 34.5 | 33.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 |
Non-Hispanic | |||||||||||
Pregnancy rate* | u | u | u | u | 87.3 | 83.3 | 77.5 | 75.0 | 72.4 | 69.5 | 66.1 |
Birthrate | u | u | u | 39.9 | 42.9 | 43.4 | 41.7 | 40.7 | 40.4 | 39.3 | 37.6 |
Abortion rate | u | u | u | u | 32.6 | 28.4 | 25.0 | 23.8 | 21.7 | 20.3 | 19.1 |
Abortion ratio | u | u | u | u | 43.2 | 39.6 | 37.5 | 36.9 | 34.9 | 34.1 | 33.7 |
NONWHITE | |||||||||||
All | |||||||||||
Pregnancy rate* | 180.7 | 180.1 | 189.1 | 193.4 | 189.6 | 189.6 | 185.2 | 180.4 | 172.5 | 158.7 | 153.3 |
Birthrate | 84.8 | 85.5 | 89.2 | 95.9 | 96.5 | 98.4 | 95.5 | 92.5 | 89.1 | 82.2 | 78.1 |
Abortion rate | 71.8 | 70.4 | 74.6 | 71.3 | 67.1 | 65.1 | 64.2 | 63.1 | 59.6 | 54.6 | 54.2 |
Abortion ratio | 45.8 | 45.2 | 45.5 | 42.6 | 41.0 | 39.8 | 40.2 | 40.6 | 40.1 | 39.9 | 41.0 |
Black | |||||||||||
Pregnancy rate* | u | u | u | u | 224.3 | 223.7 | 218.7 | 212.7 | 202.1 | 184.8 | 178.9 |
Birthrate | 95.8 | 97.6 | 102.7 | 111.5 | 113.1 | 115.5 | 112.4 | 108.6 | 104.5 | 96.1 | 91.4 |
Abortion rate | u | u | u | u | 80.5 | 77.4 | 76.2 | 74.9 | 69.7 | 63.2 | 62.9 |
Abortion ratio | u | u | u | u | 41.6 | 40.1 | 40.4 | 40.8 | 40.0 | 39.7 | 40.8 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||
Pregnancy rate* | u | u | u | u | 163.2 | 172.5 | 175.9 | 174.0 | 175.1 | 170.5 | 164.6 |
Birthrate | u | u | u | 100.8 | 100.2 | 106.7 | 107.1 | 106.8 | 107.7 | 106.7 | 101.8 |
Abortion rate | u | u | u | u | 39.1 | 40.4 | 43.1 | 41.7 | 41.7 | 38.6 | 38.6 |
Abortion ratio | u | u | u | u | 28.1 | 27.5 | 28.7 | 28.1 | 27.9 | 26.6 | 27.5 |
*Includes estimated number of pregnancies ending in miscarriages and stillbirths.Abortions per 100 pregnancies ending in abortion or live birth. Notes: The pregnancy rates per 1,000 sexually experienced women for 1986-1992 differ from those published earlier because of changes in the way age and sexual experience have been computed from the National Survey of Family Growth. See: Singh S and Darroch JE, 1999 (reference 18). In this and subsequent tables, data are tabulated according to the woman's age at the pregnancy outcome and, for births, according to the mother's race (not the child's). u=unavailable. |
Table 2. Numbers of pregnancies, births and abortions among women aged 15-19, and rates of these events among women aged 15-19, by age-group, 1996; and pregnancy rates among women aged 15-19, 1988 and 1992; all according to state | ||||||||||||||
State | Pregnancies | Births | Abortions | Pregnancy rate | ||||||||||
No.* | Rate | No. | Rate | No.* | Rate | 1988 | 1992 | |||||||
15-19 | 15-17 | 18-19 | 15-19 | 15-17 | 18-19 | 15-19 | 15-17 | 18-19 | ||||||
U.S. total | 880,170 | 97 | 62 | 153 | 491,577 | 54 | 34 | 86 | 263,890 | 29 | 19 | 45 | 111 | 112 |
AL | 16,520 | 106 | 69 | 160 | 10,807 | 69 | 45 | 104 | 3,230 | 21 | 13 | 32 | 110 | 117 |
AK | 1,770 | 75 | 46 | 117 | 1,096 | 46 | 26 | 75 | 420 | 18 | 13 | 25 | 111 | 109 |
AZ | 17,650 | 118 | 80 | 176 | 11,009 | 74 | 49 | 111 | 4,030 | 27 | 19 | 39 | 127 | 133 |
AR | 10,090 | 108 | 65 | 174 | 7,026 | 75 | 45 | 122 | 1,510 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 115 | 116 |
CA | 126,300 | 125 | 80 | 196 | 63,222 | 63 | 39 | 99 | 45,850 | 45 | 30 | 70 | 154 | 159 |
CO | 11,930 | 90 | 58 | 141 | 6,541 | 50 | 30 | 80 | 3,710 | 28 | 20 | 41 | 102 | 111 |
CT | 8,220 | 86 | 58 | 131 | 3,578 | 37 | 24 | 58 | 3,570 | 37 | 26 | 55 | 107 | 96 |
DE | 2,220 | 95 | 65 | 137 | 1,334 | 57 | 41 | 80 | 560 | 24 | 15 | 37 | 117 | 121 |
DC | 3,390 | 256 | 185 | 349 | 1,354 | 102 | 79 | 133 | 1,610 | 121 | 82 | 173 | 209 | 277 |
FL | 48,290 | 115 | 71 | 185 | 24,806 | 59 | 37 | 94 | 16,840 | 40 | 24 | 65 | 133 | 127 |
GA | 28,220 | 109 | 72 | 167 | 17,648 | 68 | 45 | 103 | 6,400 | 25 | 16 | 39 | 122 | 127 |
HI | 3,950 | 101 | 66 | 149 | 1,884 | 48 | 28 | 76 | 1,540 | 39 | 30 | 53 | 134 | 138 |
ID | 3,680 | 70 | 40 | 114 | 2,486 | 47 | 26 | 78 | 630 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 73 | 77 |
IL | 42,510 | 106 | 70 | 164 | 22,831 | 57 | 36 | 91 | 13,740 | 34 | 25 | 50 | 112 | 112 |
IN | 18,670 | 88 | 52 | 143 | 11,875 | 56 | 33 | 91 | 4,020 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 89 | 95 |
IA | 6,220 | 58 | 34 | 96 | 4,047 | 38 | 21 | 64 | 1,240 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 69 | 67 |
KS | 7,490 | 79 | 47 | 130 | 4,714 | 50 | 28 | 84 | 1,660 | 18 | 12 | 26 | 88 | 90 |
KY | 12,670 | 89 | 54 | 140 | 8,786 | 61 | 37 | 98 | 1,930 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 96 | 99 |
LA | 17,350 | 97 | 62 | 148 | 11,945 | 67 | 43 | 102 | 2,750 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 107 | 109 |
ME | 2,420 | 57 | 32 | 96 | 1,333 | 31 | 17 | 55 | 750 | 18 | 11 | 28 | 82 | 70 |
MD | 16,480 | 106 | 68 | 165 | 7,186 | 46 | 30 | 72 | 7,150 | 46 | 30 | 71 | 129 | 118 |
MA | 14,170 | 79 | 48 | 126 | 5,761 | 32 | 20 | 51 | 6,600 | 37 | 22 | 59 | 97 | 87 |
MI | 29,840 | 87 | 54 | 140 | 15,909 | 46 | 28 | 75 | 9,770 | 29 | 18 | 45 | 111 | 108 |
MN | 9,440 | 56 | 33 | 93 | 5,417 | 32 | 19 | 54 | 2,670 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 69 | 64 |
MS | 12,090 | 108 | 74 | 160 | 8,451 | 75 | 52 | 110 | 1,770 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 106 | 122 |
MO | 16,410 | 86 | 52 | 140 | 10,262 | 54 | 31 | 90 | 3,730 | 19 | 13 | 30 | 99 | 100 |
MT | 2,230 | 65 | 38 | 107 | 1,326 | 39 | 21 | 66 | 580 | 17 | 11 | 26 | 74 | 81 |
NE | 3,870 | 62 | 36 | 101 | 2,434 | 39 | 22 | 64 | 870 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 75 | 71 |
NV | 6,840 | 140 | 90 | 220 | 3,402 | 70 | 42 | 114 | 2,510 | 51 | 36 | 76 | 142 | 145 |
NH | 2,130 | 57 | 31 | 100 | 1,072 | 29 | 15 | 51 | 770 | 20 | 12 | 35 | 87 | 62 |
NJ | 23,700 | 97 | 63 | 152 | 8,639 | 35 | 23 | 55 | 12,120 | 50 | 32 | 78 | 112 | 97 |
NM | 7,400 | 110 | 73 | 168 | 4,775 | 71 | 46 | 111 | 1,510 | 22 | 16 | 32 | 124 | 129 |
NY | 61,700 | 108 | 70 | 166 | 23,876 | 42 | 26 | 66 | 30,040 | 53 | 36 | 78 | 116 | 120 |
NC | 25,230 | 105 | 68 | 161 | 15,296 | 63 | 41 | 97 | 6,250 | 26 | 17 | 40 | 122 | 121 |
ND | 1,220 | 50 | 26 | 88 | 793 | 32 | 16 | 58 | 250 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 57 | 59 |
OH | 31,780 | 81 | 48 | 131 | 19,851 | 50 | 30 | 83 | 7,240 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 96 | 93 |
OK | 11,030 | 90 | 53 | 149 | 7,780 | 63 | 37 | 105 | 1,540 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 105 | 100 |
OR | 10,060 | 90 | 55 | 146 | 5,681 | 51 | 29 | 85 | 2,950 | 26 | 18 | 40 | 105 | 99 |
PA | 27,130 | 70 | 42 | 112 | 15,330 | 39 | 24 | 63 | 7,940 | 20 | 12 | 34 | 87 | 84 |
RI | 2,620 | 87 | 51 | 142 | 1,285 | 42 | 27 | 66 | 980 | 32 | 16 | 57 | 86 | 96 |
SC | 12,990 | 98 | 65 | 145 | 8,362 | 63 | 41 | 94 | 2,690 | 20 | 14 | 29 | 114 | 110 |
SD | 1,760 | 59 | 35 | 95 | 1,189 | 39 | 22 | 66 | 310 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 69 | 74 |
TN | 18,160 | 100 | 62 | 158 | 12,061 | 66 | 40 | 106 | 3,350 | 18 | 12 | 28 | 110 | 112 |
TX | 80,490 | 113 | 74 | 174 | 52,273 | 73 | 49 | 111 | 16,150 | 23 | 14 | 36 | 117 | 123 |
UT | 6,210 | 60 | 34 | 95 | 4,438 | 43 | 24 | 69 | 800 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 69 | 65 |
VT | 1,210 | 60 | 34 | 103 | 601 | 30 | 15 | 54 | 440 | 22 | 14 | 35 | 81 | 71 |
VA | 19,040 | 87 | 54 | 136 | 9,912 | 46 | 28 | 72 | 6,500 | 30 | 19 | 46 | 106 | 101 |
WA | 16,340 | 85 | 54 | 135 | 8,609 | 45 | 26 | 74 | 5,460 | 29 | 20 | 42 | 109 | 107 |
WV | 4,960 | 73 | 43 | 117 | 3,420 | 50 | 29 | 82 | 780 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 78 | 85 |
WI | 11,560 | 61 | 37 | 100 | 6,965 | 37 | 22 | 61 | 2,910 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 74 | 73 |
WY | 1,520 | 74 | 47 | 118 | 899 | 44 | 25 | 75 | 400 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 82 | 81 |
*Rounded to the nearest 10. Abortion estimates are based on the proportion of abortions obtained by women of the same age in neighboring or similar states. The partitioning of abortions among teenagers into age-groups 15-17 and 18-19 is based on the proportion among all black teenagers nationally. Notes: Numbers of pregnancies and pregnancy rates include estimates of the number of miscarriages and stillbirths. In states with parental notification or consent requirements for minors, pregnancy and abortion rates may be too low because minors may have traveled to other states for abortion services. |
Table 3. Number of pregnancies and pregnancy, birth and abortion rates among women aged 15-19, by race and ethnicity, according to state of residence, 1996 | ||||||||||||
State | White non-Hispanic | Black | Hispanic | |||||||||
No. of pregnancies* | Rate per 1,000 | No. of pregnancies* | Rate per 1,000 | No. of pregnancies* | Rate per 1,000 | |||||||
Pregnancy | Birth | Abortion | Pregnancy | Birth | Abortion | Pregnancy | Birth | Abortion | ||||
U.S. total | 404,840 | 66 | 38 | 19 | 255,570 | 179 | 91 | 63 | 192,232 | 165 | 102 | 39 |
AL | (8,500) | (85) | 54 | (18) | 7,770 | 147 | 98 | 27 | u | u | 96 | u |
AK | u | u | 34 | u | 110 | 111 | 61 | 35 | u | u | 86 | u |
AZ | 7,420 | 84 | 45 | 27 | 820 | 126 | 75 | 33 | 8,010 | 189 | 133 | 27 |
AR | 6,470 | 93 | 64 | 15 | 3,240 | 154 | 108 | 22 | 290 | 150 | 121 | 4 |
CA | u | u | 32 | u | u | u | 77 | u | u | u | 104 | u |
CO | u | u | 32 | u | 880 | 130 | 75 | 37 | u | u | 112 | u |
CT | u | u | 19 | u | u | u | 79 | u | u | u | 114 | u |
DE | u | u | 35 | u | u | u | 109 | u | u | u | 120 | u |
DC | u | u | 9 | u | u | u | 149 | u | u | u | 104 | u |
FL | u | u | 44 | u | u | u | 96 | u | u | u | 67 | u |
GA | 12,700 | 82 | 51 | 18 | 14,030 | 154 | 95 | 37 | 1,270 | 173 | 132 | 13 |
HI | u | u | 22 | u | 90 | 66 | 36 | 21 | u | u | 105 | u |
ID | 2,960 | 63 | 42 | 12 | 20 | § | § | § | 580 | 138 | 103 | 13 |
IL | u | u | 32 | u | u | u | 118 | u | u | u | 111 | u |
IN | (13,990) | (77) | 49 | (16) | 3,890 | 177 | 105 | 46 | u | u | 94 | u |
IA | u | u | 34 | u | u | u | 108 | u | u | u | 108 | u |
KS | 5,310 | 66 | 41 | 16 | 1,120 | 169 | 106 | 38 | 870 | 150 | 111 | 15 |
KY | (10,530) | (82) | 57 | (12) | 1,920 | 157 | 103 | 30 | u | u | 89 | u |
LA | (7,300) | (72) | 47 | (14) | 9,710 | 137 | 97 | 19 | u | u | 41 | u |
ME | (2,320) | (56) | 31 | (17) | 30 | § | § | § | u | u | § | u |
MD | u | u | 30 | u | 8,610 | 170 | 79 | 68 | u | u | 59 | u |
MA | u | u | 21 | u | u | u | 72 | u | u | u | 109 | u |
MI | u | u | 35 | u | u | u | 94 | u | u | u | 95 | u |
MN | 6,680 | 44 | 24 | 14 | 1,220 | 207 | 121 | 56 | 620 | 184 | 132 | 23 |
MS | 4,390 | 76 | 52 | 12 | 7,550 | 145 | 102 | 21 | 40 | 49 | 36 | 5 |
MO | (11,160) | (70) | 45 | (15) | 4,720 | 180 | 106 | 48 | u | u | 84 | u |
MT | (1,730) | (57) | 31 | (17) | 10 | § | § | § | u | u | 97 | u |
NE | u | u | 31 | u | u | u | 100 | u | u | u | 104 | u |
NV | u | u | 50 | u | 800 | 175 | 100 | 49 | u | u | 127 | u |
NH | u | u | 28 | u | u | u | § | u | u | u | 69 | u |
NJ | 5,140 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 10,860 | 239 | 81 | 129 | 5,960 | 169 | 79 | 68 |
NM | 2,010 | 74 | 43 | 20 | 180 | 97 | 55 | 28 | 4,390 | 141 | 94 | 25 |
NY | 20,750 | 62 | 24 | 30 | 24,960 | 194 | 66 | 104 | 16,410 | 165 | 78 | 64 |
NC | u | u | 47 | u | 10,250 | 148 | 91 | 35 | u | u | 175 | u |
ND | u | u | 26 | u | u | u | § | u | u | u | § | u |
OH | (21,670) | (66) | 42 | (14) | 8,910 | 168 | 101 | 43 | u | u | 89 | u |
OK | u | u | 55 | u | u | u | 93 | u | u | u | 102 | u |
OR | 7,650 | 80 | 43 | 25 | 500 | 186 | 86 | 76 | 1,440 | 180 | 128 | 23 |
PA | 15,490 | 48 | 28 | 13 | 9,110 | 199 | 101 | 72 | 2,310 | 178 | 127 | 24 |
RI | 1,750 | 70 | 28 | 33 | 330 | 155 | 82 | 52 | 400 | 157 | 127 | 4 |
SC | 6,180 | 79 | 48 | 19 | 6,530 | 125 | 85 | 22 | 200 | 124 | 91 | 13 |
SD | (1,250) | (48) | 30 | (11) | 20 | § | § | § | u | u | § | u |
TN | 11,640 | 83 | 56 | 15 | 6,040 | 156 | 102 | 31 | 290 | 140 | 104 | 13 |
TX | 26,930 | 78 | 45 | 21 | 14,270 | 141 | 88 | 32 | 38,490 | 154 | 109 | 20 |
UT | 4,860 | 52 | 37 | 7 | 90 | 128 | 88 | 20 | 1,010 | 167 | 126 | 15 |
VT | 1,180 | 62 | 31 | 22 | 10 | § | § | § | 0 | § | § | § |
VA | (10,330) | (69) | 35 | (25) | 7,570 | 145 | 78 | 47 | u | u | 67 | u |
WA | u | u | 37 | u | 1,200 | 150 | 72 | 58 | u | u | 112 | u |
WV | (4,620) | (71) | 50 | (11) | 310 | 128 | 81 | 28 | u | u | § | u |
WI | u | u | 25 | u | 2,780 | 200 | 130 | 41 | u | u | 113 | u |
WY | u | u | 39 | u | u | u | § | u | u | u | 80 | u |
*Rounded to the nearest 10. Includes estimates for states not shown separately. Number of pregnancies and abortion and pregnancy rates shown may be too low because parental notification or consent was required during all or part of 1996 and minors may have obtained abortions in other states; rates in neighboring states may be too high. §Rate not calculated because population base of women aged 15-19 was less than 500. Notes: Numbers of pregnancies and pregnancy rates include estimates of the number of miscarriages and stillbirths. Race and ethnicity are not mutually exclusive. Numbers of pregnancies, pregnancy rates and abortion rates in parentheses include abortions obtained by Hispanic women; in these states, 10% or fewer of births to white women 15-19 are to Hispanics. u=unavailable. |
Figure 1. Teenage pregnancy, birth and abortion rates, by state, 1996 |
Pregnancy Rate |
Birthrate |
Abortion Rate |
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