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Teen Birth Rate

Shows the birth rate in live births to females aged under 20 per 1,000 females aged 15-19 years. In 2012, a total of 305,388 babies were born to women aged 15“19 years, for a live birth rate of 29.4 per 1,000 women in this age group. This is a record low for U.S. teens in this age group, and a drop of 6% from 2011. Birth rates fell 8% for women aged 15“17 years, and 5% for women aged 18“19 years. While reasons for the declines are not clear, teens seem to be less sexually active, and more of those who are sexually active seem to be using birth control than in previous years.

  • Barnstable.ma
  • Measurement Period: 2015
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Teen Birth Rate
2.9
MA VALUE
(9.4)
TREND
RANGE: 1.1<10.5

Understanding the color Range

Each Health Indicator includes five-color range indexes. The color range index compares all counties in the state that have the same indicator in the same timeframe. It then calculates where the selected county falls in that range and displays the color that best reflects how the county is doing in comparison to the other counties in the filtered group. The range displays the highest and lowest county values within the state that have the same indicator for the same measurement period.

Current county values will be compared to State and National values if they are available.

Green and red arrows indicate that the county value is better or worse than the state or national value. The arrows will change directions and colors based on which end of the range is positive.
This icon simply means that the county value is equal to the state or national value.
Some indicators display blue, which means the data is not meant for health-status comparison, but is intended simply to provide information.
If history data is available the trend icon will point up or down based on its relationship to the last county value.
History
Dimensions 2015
Dimension Low Value High Number of Counties Compared
Interventions
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Source
Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile (MassCHIP)