Complete Indicator Profile of Teen Birth Rate

Definition

Teen Birth Rate is the number of births to females in the age group per 1,000 of the age group female population.

Numerator

The number of births to females in the age group per year.

Denominator

The population of females in the age group per year.

Data Interpretation Issues

The teen birth rate includes live births to teen-aged mothers. It does not include all pregnancies, only those that resulted in a live birth.

Why Is This Important?

Early pregnancy and childbearing is closely linked to a host of other critical social issues, including poverty and income disparity, overall child well-being, out-of-wedlock births, and education, to name just a few. Simply put, if more children in this country were born to parents who are ready and able to care for them, we would see a significant reduction in a host of social problems afflicting children in the United States, from school failure and crime to child abuse and neglect.

Teen childbearing is costly to the public sector - federal, state, and local governments and the taxpayers who support them. Reducing teen pregnancy will enhance overall child well-being. The children of teen mothers bear the greatest burden of teen pregnancy and childbearing, and are at significantly increased risk for a number of economic, social, and health problems.

Preventing teen pregnancy is critical to improving not only the lives of today's young women and men but also to enhancing the future prospects of their children. Indeed, one of the surest ways to improve overall child well-being is to reduce the proportion of children born to teen mothers.

Linking Teen Pregnancy Prevention to Other Critical Social Issues, March 2010, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Washington DC.

Healthy People 2010 Objective 9.7:

Adolescent pregnancy (per 1,000 population, ages 15 to 17 years)
U.S. Target for 2010: 43

Other Objectives

New Mexico's Community Health Status Indicators, Healthy People 2010 Obj. 9.10 - Increase the proportion of sexually active, unmarried adolescents aged 15-17 who use contraception that effectively prevents pregnancy and protect against disease.

Healthy People 2010 Obj. 25.1 - Reduce the proportion of adolescents and young adults with Chlamydia.

How Are We Doing?

The rate of births to 15-17 year old girls in New Mexico has decreased steadily from 46.4/1,000 girls in 1990 to 29.2 in 2010. Northern New Mexico health regions consistently had the lowest teen birth rates, while the southeastern region had the highest rates. Hispanic teens have the highest birth rates both in New Mexico and nationally. Almost half of the population of females ages 15-17 years in New Mexico is Hispanic, yet they account for 70% of the births to this age group. (The State of Health in New Mexico 2011).

Birth rates to NM teens 15-17 years by race/ethnicity 2000-2010:

Birth rates for American Indian teens decreased by 31%
Birth rates for Hispanic teens decreased by 31%
Birth rates for African American teens decreased by 44%
Birth rates for White teens decreased by 48%

How Do We Compare With U.S.?

The New Mexico teen birth rates are more than 50% higher than the comparable U.S. rates. There was a slight increase in the middle of the last decade, but rates appear to have dropped off again. The most recent teen birth rates (2010 in NM and 2009 for the U.S.) are the lowest on record.

What Is Being Done?

Clinical reproductive health services are provided at all local health offices, and some community health centers and school-based health centers and a detention center. Services are also provided with a network of medical care providers through provider agreements where the Program provides medical supplies and contraceptives and the clinician provides medical care and oversight.

NM DOH Family Planning Program funds the Teen Outreach Program (TOP) at 27 sites in 10 counties. TOP is a service learning program designed to prevent teen pregnancy and academic failure while promoting positive youth development. TOP sites are in Taos county, San Miguel county, Bernalillo county, Dona Ana county, Luna county, Sierra county, Chaves county, Valencia county, Cibola county, and Torrance county. These sites also implement Raices y Alas parent-teen communication workshops. The workshops are designed to increase parents' confidence in talking with their children about sex and sexual health topics.

In addition to this programming, these State agencies provide teen pregnancy prevention programming:

Office of School and Adolescent Health provides primary care and behavioral health care at School Based Health Centers. Family planning services are provided where approved by the school district.

Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD) in collaboration with New Mexico Teen Pregnancy Coalition, supports the Young Father's Program, which is a network of mentorship and support services for high-risk young males 26 years of age or younger. CYFD also supports other fatherhood programs statewide.

Public Education Department supports the Graduation, Reality and Dual-Role Skills (GRADS) Program a vocational, in-school drop out recovery and intervention program for pregnant and parenting adolescent families, pregnancy prevention programs for traditional students, Career Readiness, Youth Development and on-site childcare.

Effective June 1, 2011 the Human Services Department changed the family planning waiver to a state plan service, which expands Medicaid coverage to: 1) cover men whose income is below 185 percent of the federal income poverty level; and 2) cover men and women without age restriction.

Evidence-based Practices

The New Mexico Department of Health and the New Mexico Teen Pregnancy Coalition recommend these strategies to reduce teen pregnancy:

Family Planning Services offer access to confidential reproductive health services at low or no cost. In NM, services are provided at all local public health offices, and some community health centers and school-based health centers.

Service learning programs engage youth in constructive activities to build on their strengths and interests, and increase their motivation to delay childbearing by providing positive alternatives and leadership opportunities. The Teen Outreach Program (TOP) decreases teen pregnancy and increases school success, with curriculum-guided activities and community based volunteer service throughout the school year.

Adult-teen communication programs give adults information and skills to communicate effectively with young people about reducing risky sexual behavior. Parents influence teen decisions about sex more than their friends, the media, or their siblings. Raices y Alas, a two-hour workshop for parents of adolescents, is designed to increase parents' confidence in talking with their children about sex and sexual health topics.

Comprehensive sex education like Cuidate! teach that abstinence is the best method for avoiding sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy, and also teach about the use of condoms and contraception. These programs help youth to make responsible decisions and to develop healthy life skills and healthy relationships.

Male clinical and educational services provide access to reproductive health care for men and promote the importance of men's role in teen pregnancy prevention.

More Information

New Mexico Teen Pregnancy Coalition
505-254-8737
http://www.nmtpc.org

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
http://thenationalcampaign.org/default.aspx

Other Program Information

New Mexico Teen Pregnancy Coalition
505-254-8737
http://www.nmtpc.org

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
http://thenationalcampaign.org/default.aspx

New Mexico Department of Health Family Planning Program
505-476-8882
http://www.nmhealth.org/phd/fp/index.htm



Related Indicators

Related Relevant Population Characteristics Indicator Profiles:




Graphical Data Views

Teen Birth Rate Girls Age 15-17 and 18-19 by Year and Mother's Age Group 1990-2010

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Ages Teen Births 15-17 vs 18-19 Year Births per 1,000 Girls Lower Limit Upper Limit Numerator Denominator
NM Mothers Age 18-19 1990 124.0 119.7 128.4 2,795 22,532
NM Mothers Age 18-19 1991 124.3 120.0 128.6 2,822 22,695
NM Mothers Age 18-19 1992 124.1 119.8 128.3 2,860 23,053
NM Mothers Age 18-19 1993 123.9 119.7 128.1 2,915 23,530
NM Mothers Age 18-19 1994 118.0 113.9 122.0 2,850 24,162
NM Mothers Age 18-19 1995 115.6 111.7 119.6 2,891 24,998
NM Mothers Age 18-19 1996 111.4 107.6 115.3 2,874 25,792
NM Mothers Age 18-19 1997 108.3 104.6 112.1 2,828 26,107
NM Mothers Age 18-19 1998 108.7 105.0 112.4 2,955 27,183
NM Mothers Age 18-19 1999 105.9 102.3 109.6 2,921 27,577
NM Mothers Age 18-19 2000 104.3 100.7 107.8 2,943 28,229
NM Mothers Age 18-19 2001 101.2 97.6 104.7 2,864 28,311
NM Mothers Age 18-19 2002 100.8 97.3 104.3 2,862 28,392
NM Mothers Age 18-19 2003 101.3 97.8 104.8 2,884 28,472
NM Mothers Age 18-19 2004 96.2 92.8 99.6 2,746 28,553
NM Mothers Age 18-19 2005 99.2 95.8 102.7 2,841 28,634
NM Mothers Age 18-19 2006 105.7 102.1 109.2 3,035 28,714
NM Mothers Age 18-19 2007 108.2 104.6 111.8 3,116 28,795
NM Mothers Age 18-19 2008 101.8 98.3 105.3 2,940 28,876
NM Mothers Age 18-19 2009 101.2 97.7 104.7 2,930 28,956
NM Mothers Age 18-19 2010 88.7 85.4 92.0 2,578 29,059
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 1990 88.6
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 1991 94.0
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 1992 93.7
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 1993 91.1
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 1994 90.3
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 1995 87.7
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 1996 84.7
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 1997 82.1
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 1998 80.9
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 1999 79.0
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 2000 78.1
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 2001 76.1
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 2002 72.8
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 2003 70.7
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 2004 70.0
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 2005 69.9
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 2006 73.0
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 2007 73.9
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 2008 70.6
U.S. Mothers Age 18-19 2009 66.2
NM Mothers Age 15-17 1990 46.4 44.2 48.7 1,558 33,544
NM Mothers Age 15-17 1991 49.7 47.4 52.0 1,695 34,110
NM Mothers Age 15-17 1992 50.9 48.6 53.2 1,808 35,535
NM Mothers Age 15-17 1993 52.9 50.6 55.2 1,955 36,933
NM Mothers Age 15-17 1994 51.4 49.2 53.6 1,989 38,725
NM Mothers Age 15-17 1995 48.2 46.1 50.3 1,949 40,452
NM Mothers Age 15-17 1996 45.1 43.1 47.1 1,892 41,965
NM Mothers Age 15-17 1997 43.1 41.2 45.0 1,868 43,329
NM Mothers Age 15-17 1998 43.3 41.4 45.2 1,891 43,654
NM Mothers Age 15-17 1999 41.4 39.5 43.3 1,802 43,537
NM Mothers Age 15-17 2000 39.4 37.5 41.2 1,686 42,807
NM Mothers Age 15-17 2001 38.2 36.4 40.0 1,641 42,932
NM Mothers Age 15-17 2002 37.9 36.1 39.7 1,631 43,054
NM Mothers Age 15-17 2003 37.2 35.4 39.0 1,606 43,176
NM Mothers Age 15-17 2004 37.8 36.0 39.6 1,637 43,299
NM Mothers Age 15-17 2005 37.2 35.5 39.0 1,617 43,421
NM Mothers Age 15-17 2006 36.6 34.8 38.3 1,592 43,543
NM Mothers Age 15-17 2007 36.8 35.0 38.5 1,605 43,666
NM Mothers Age 15-17 2008 36.5 34.7 38.2 1,597 43,788
NM Mothers Age 15-17 2009 33.7 32.0 35.4 1,479 43,910
NM Mothers Age 15-17 2010 29.2 27.6 30.8 1,287 44,066
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 1990 37.5
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 1991 38.5
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 1992 37.5
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 1993 37.4
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 1994 37.2
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 1995 35.5
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 1996 33.3
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 1997 31.4
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 1998 29.9
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 1999 28.2
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 2000 26.9
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 2001 24.7
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 2002 23.2
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 2003 22.4
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 2004 22.1
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 2005 21.4
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 2006 22.0
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 2007 22.2
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 2008 21.7
U.S. Mothers Age 15-17 2009 20.1
Record Count: 82

Data Sources

Birth Certificate Data, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) public use data file.



Teen Birth Rate - Girls Age 15-17, by County 2008-2010

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County Births per 1,000 Girls, Age 15-17 Lower Limit Upper Limit Note Numerator Denominator
Bernalillo 25.8 24.2 27.3 1,034 40,136
Catron 0.0 WARNING: Data not stable. 0 11,154
Chaves 42.6 36.8 48.4 198 4,648
Cibola 44.3 34.8 53.9 79 1,783
Colfax 34.0 20.6 47.4 24 705
Curry 53.8 45.8 61.8 164 3,050
De Baca 9.8 0.0 29.0 WARNING: Data not stable. 1 102
Dona Ana 39.5 36.5 42.5 640 16,215
Eddy 43.5 36.6 50.3 149 3,428
Grant 46.8 36.6 57.0 77 1,644
Guadalupe 44.0 17.3 70.6 WARNING: Data not stable. 10 227
Harding 34.8 0.0 101.7 WARNING: Data not stable. 1 29
Hidalgo 42.8 21.6 64.0 15 350
Lea 56.7 49.9 63.6 248 4,370
Lincoln 37.3 25.4 49.3 36 965
Los Alamos 5.2 0.6 9.7 WARNING: Data not stable. 5 970
Luna 65.5 54.0 77.0 116 1,771
McKinley 35.0 30.5 39.6 218 6,221
Mora 29.3 9.3 49.4 WARNING: Data not stable. 8 273
Otero 28.7 23.3 34.0 107 3,732
Quay 58.3 38.0 78.5 30 515
Rio Arriba 42.4 34.5 50.3 105 2,477
Roosevelt 31.7 23.4 40.0 54 1,705
Sandoval 22.1 18.9 25.4 177 7,999
San Juan 35.3 31.4 39.1 317 8,989
San Miguel 25.8 19.2 32.4 57 2,207
Santa Fe 27.8 24.1 31.5 208 7,479
Sierra 36.3 19.8 52.7 18 496
Socorro 43.4 32.0 54.8 53 1,221
Taos 27.5 19.6 35.5 45 1,633
Torrance 20.1 11.4 28.8 20 997
Union 25.1 5.3 44.9 WARNING: Data not stable. 6 239
Valencia 28.4 23.8 33.0 143 5,039
NM 33.1 32.2 34.1 4,363 131,764
US 20.1
Record Count: 35

Births to Adolescent Girls Age 15-17 per 1,000 Girls Age 15-17 in the Population by County, New Mexico, 2008-2010


The counties are shaded according to whether the county rate is lower, higher, or the same as the New Mexico statewide overall rate. A county rate is considered statistically higher than the state overall if the lower limit of the county rate 95% confidence interval was higher than the state rate. A county rate is considered statistically lower than the state overall if the upper limit of the county rate 95% confidence interval was lower than the state rate.

Data Notes

U.S. data are for 2009.

Data Sources

Birth Certificate Data, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) public use data file.




Births to Adolescent Girls Age 15-17 per 1,000 Girls Age 15-17 in the Population by Small Area, New Mexico, 2008-2010


A "Quartile" map assigns areas to four groups. Each group includes the SAME NUMBER of areas. Group membership and map color are based on the rank order of area rates, from the lowest rate to the highest. The bottom 25% (bottom quartile) of areas has the lowest rates, the next 25% has the second lowest rates, the next 25% has the second highest rates and the top 25% of areas has the highest rates. Areas with the darkest color have the highest rates. Percentile maps such as this assign areas to different groups regardless of how close the rates actually are. In other words, just because two areas are in different groups doesn't necessarily mean that their rates are significantly different. For small area background information and reference maps, please visit: http://ibis.health.state.nm.us/resources/SmallAreaMethods.html



Teen Birth Rate Girls Age 15-17, by Race and Ethnicity 2008-2010

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Race Births per 1,000 Girls Age 15-17 Lower Limit Upper Limit Numerator Denominator
American Indian/Alaska Native 34.9 32.2 37.5 650 18,631
Asian/Pacific Islander 11.4 7.0 15.7 26 2,285
Black/African American 21.0 16.7 25.2 91 4,343
Hispanic 48.5 46.8 50.2 3,014 62,197
White 12.8 11.7 13.8 565 44,308
New Mexico 33.1 32.2 34.1 4,363 131,764
United States 20.1
Record Count: 7

Data Notes

U.S. data are for 2009.

Data Sources

Birth Certificate Data, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) public use data file.



Teen Birth Rate by County 1990-2010

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Race/Ethnicity (Am. Indian, Asian/PI, Black, Hispanic, White) Year Births per 1,000 Girls Age 15-17 Lower Limit Upper Limit Note Numerator Denominator
American Indian/Alaska Native 1990 56.6 49.6 63.6 236 4,170
American Indian/Alaska Native 1991 53.6 46.7 60.4 223 4,164
American Indian/Alaska Native 1992 61.3 54.1 68.6 259 4,223
American Indian/Alaska Native 1993 58.8 51.7 65.8 252 4,289
American Indian/Alaska Native 1994 55.7 49.0 62.5 248 4,450
American Indian/Alaska Native 1995 56.9 50.3 63.6 266 4,674
American Indian/Alaska Native 1996 47.6 41.7 53.6 235 4,933
American Indian/Alaska Native 1997 43.1 37.5 48.6 221 5,130
American Indian/Alaska Native 1998 42.4 37.0 47.8 228 5,381
American Indian/Alaska Native 1999 40.4 35.2 45.6 223 5,524
American Indian/Alaska Native 2000 36.9 31.9 41.8 204 5,536
American Indian/Alaska Native 2001 34.9 30.1 39.8 193 5,525
American Indian/Alaska Native 2002 36.1 31.2 41.0 200 5,545
American Indian/Alaska Native 2003 39.1 34.0 44.2 217 5,547
American Indian/Alaska Native 2004 39.8 34.8 44.8 234 5,872
American Indian/Alaska Native 2005 33.8 29.3 38.4 204 6,033
American Indian/Alaska Native 2006 35.4 30.8 40.0 218 6,157
American Indian/Alaska Native 2007 36.6 31.9 41.3 226 6,170
American Indian/Alaska Native 2008 37.9 33.1 42.7 234 6,174
American Indian/Alaska Native 2009 36.8 32.1 41.5 229 6,224
American Indian/Alaska Native 2010 30.0 25.8 34.2 187 6,233
Asian/Pacific Islander 1990 10.1 0.2 19.8 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 4 398
Asian/Pacific Islander 1991 6.9 0.0 14.7 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 3 435
Asian/Pacific Islander 1992 16.1 4.3 28.0 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 7 434
Asian/Pacific Islander 1993 11.3 1.4 21.1 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 5 443
Asian/Pacific Islander 1994 17.4 5.4 29.3 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 8 460
Asian/Pacific Islander 1995 12.7 2.6 22.7 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 6 474
Asian/Pacific Islander 1996 8.2 0.2 16.2 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 4 487
Asian/Pacific Islander 1997 12.2 2.5 21.9 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 6 491
Asian/Pacific Islander 1998 17.2 6.1 28.4 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 9 522
Asian/Pacific Islander 1999 7.2 0.2 14.3 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 4 553
Asian/Pacific Islander 2000 9.7 2.5 16.8 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 7 723
Asian/Pacific Islander 2001 5.6 0.1 11.0 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 4 718
Asian/Pacific Islander 2002 8.3 1.7 14.9 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 6 724
Asian/Pacific Islander 2003 9.4 2.5 16.2 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 7 748
Asian/Pacific Islander 2004 5.4 0.1 10.8 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 4 735
Asian/Pacific Islander 2005 4.2 0.0 8.9 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 3 720
Asian/Pacific Islander 2006 8.1 1.6 14.6 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 6 740
Asian/Pacific Islander 2007 5.4 0.1 10.6 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 4 746
Asian/Pacific Islander 2008 13.4 5.1 21.6 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 10 748
Asian/Pacific Islander 2009 10.5 3.2 17.7 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 8 765
Asian/Pacific Islander 2010 10.4 3.2 17.5 Warning, small numbers, statistic not stable 8 772
Black 1990 67.7 49.9 85.5 52 768
Black 1991 64.4 47.5 81.4 52 807
Black 1992 52.3 37.4 67.2 45 860
Black 1993 63.7 47.8 79.5 58 911
Black 1994 55.8 41.4 70.3 54 967
Black 1995 52.5 38.9 66.2 54 1,028
Black 1996 38.9 27.2 50.5 41 1,055
Black 1997 41.8 29.9 53.8 45 1,076
Black 1998 47.3 34.5 60.0 50 1,058
Black 1999 36.1 25.0 47.2 39 1,080
Black 2000 35.2 24.3 46.0 39 1,109
Black 2001 31.6 21.5 41.8 36 1,138
Black 2002 21.3 13.0 29.5 25 1,176
Black 2003 18.0 10.6 25.5 22 1,222
Black 2004 18.2 11.0 25.4 24 1,321
Black 2005 24.1 16.1 32.1 34 1,409
Black 2006 22.4 14.7 30.1 32 1,427
Black 2007 24.5 16.5 32.5 35 1,429
Black 2008 16.7 10.1 23.3 24 1,437
Black 2009 24.9 16.8 32.9 36 1,449
Black 2010 21.3 13.9 28.7 31 1,457
Hispanic 1990 63.1 59.2 67.0 937 14,840
Hispanic 1991 69.5 65.4 73.5 1,066 15,347
Hispanic 1992 70.9 67.0 74.9 1,142 16,101
Hispanic 1993 75.5 71.5 79.4 1,281 16,972
Hispanic 1994 73.9 70.0 77.8 1,300 17,591
Hispanic 1995 67.8 64.2 71.5 1,254 18,487
Hispanic 1996 64.3 60.8 67.8 1,238 19,249
Hispanic 1997 60.7 57.4 64.0 1,218 20,056
Hispanic 1998 62.8 59.5 66.2 1,273 20,255
Hispanic 1999 61.6 58.3 64.9 1,244 20,204
Hispanic 2000 56.2 53.0 59.4 1,128 20,069
Hispanic 2001 57.0 53.8 60.2 1,147 20,122
Hispanic 2002 57.6 54.4 60.8 1,171 20,329
Hispanic 2003 56.5 53.4 59.7 1,161 20,537
Hispanic 2004 56.2 53.1 59.4 1,160 20,636
Hispanic 2005 57.0 53.9 60.2 1,175 20,597
Hispanic 2006 55.4 52.3 58.5 1,139 20,562
Hispanic 2007 53.7 50.7 56.8 1,108 20,619
Hispanic 2008 53.6 50.6 56.7 1,109 20,683
Hispanic 2009 49.0 46.1 52.0 1,016 20,719
Hispanic 2010 42.8 40.0 45.5 889 20,795
White 1990 24.6 22.0 27.2 329 13,368
White 1991 26.2 23.5 28.9 350 13,357
White 1992 25.5 22.9 28.1 355 13,917
White 1993 25.1 22.5 27.6 359 14,318
White 1994 24.8 22.3 27.2 378 15,257
White 1995 23.4 21.0 25.7 369 15,789
White 1996 23.0 20.7 25.3 374 16,241
White 1997 22.8 20.5 25.1 378 16,576
White 1998 20.1 18.0 22.3 331 16,438
White 1999 18.1 16.0 20.1 292 16,176
White 2000 20.0 17.8 22.2 308 15,371
White 2001 16.9 14.8 18.9 260 15,429
White 2002 14.9 12.9 16.8 227 15,280
White 2003 13.2 11.3 15.0 199 15,122
White 2004 14.6 12.6 16.5 215 14,736
White 2005 13.7 11.8 15.6 201 14,662
White 2006 13.4 11.6 15.3 197 14,657
White 2007 15.4 13.4 17.4 226 14,701
White 2008 14.2 12.3 16.1 209 14,746
White 2009 12.7 10.9 14.5 187 14,753
White 2010 11.4 9.7 13.1 169 14,809
Record Count: 105


Teen Birth Rate Girls Age 15-19, by County 2008-2010

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County Births per 1,000 Girls, Ages 15-19 Lower Limit Upper Limit Note Numerator Denominator
Bernalillo 47.6 46.0 49.2 3,170 66,604
Catron 20.1 2.7 37.6 WARNING: Data not stable. 5 249
Chaves 74.4 68.6 80.3 574 7,713
Cibola 84.8 74.8 94.9 251 2,958
Colfax 58.1 44.7 71.5 68 1,171
Curry 90.7 82.8 98.6 459 5,061
De Baca 59.2 23.6 94.8 WARNING: Data not stable. 10 169
Dona Ana 64.6 61.6 67.5 1,737 26,908
Eddy 77.0 70.1 83.9 438 5,688
Grant 76.2 66.3 86.2 208 2,728
Guadalupe 58.3 34.7 82.0 22 377
Harding 20.9 0.0 61.6 WARNING: Data not stable. 1 48
Hidalgo 70.6 49.7 91.4 41 581
Lea 91.4 84.8 98.0 663 7,253
Lincoln 65.6 53.5 77.7 105 1,601
Los Alamos 10.6 5.6 15.6 17 1,610
Luna 102.1 91.2 113.0 300 2,938
McKinley 63.0 58.3 67.6 650 10,323
Mora 42.0 23.5 60.5 19 452
Otero 57.2 51.4 63.0 354 6,193
Quay 103.0 82.6 123.4 88 854
Rio Arriba 74.5 66.4 82.5 306 4,110
Roosevelt 56.2 47.7 64.7 159 2,830
Sandoval 38.5 35.2 41.8 511 13,274
San Juan 67.2 63.2 71.2 1,002 14,916
San Miguel 48.3 41.4 55.3 177 3,662
Santa Fe 48.3 44.6 52.1 600 12,411
Sierra 69.2 51.9 86.5 57 824
Socorro 78.0 66.3 89.6 158 2,026
Taos 49.1 40.9 57.2 133 2,711
Torrance 40.5 31.0 50.0 67 1,654
Union 52.9 30.9 74.9 21 397
Valencia 52.4 47.6 57.2 438 8,362
NM 58.6 57.6 59.6 12,811 218,656
Record Count: 34

Data Sources

Birth Certificate Data, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.


Page Content Updated On 04/17/2012, Published on 06/14/2012
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