Teen Birth Rates by Race/Ethnicity, Girls Aged 10-14 (number of births per 1,000 girls)
Just the Facts (October 2000) – Page 84
Teen birth rates vary substantially among the largest racial/ethnic subgroups. Between 1991 and 1999, the teen birth rate for all girls aged 10-14 declined 36 percent, the rate for African-American teens declined 46 percent, the rate for all White teens declined 25 percent and the rate for non-Hispanic White teens declined 40 percent, the rate for Hispanics decreased 17 percent, and the rate for Asian/Pacific Islanders declined 50 percent. Birth rates for Native Americans aged 10-14 increased 6 percent between 1991 and 1999.
Note: data for 1999 are preliminary. Curtin, S.C., & Martin, J.A. (2000). Births: Preliminary data for 1999. National Vital Statistics Reports 48(14). Ventura, S.J., Martin, J.A., Curtin, S.C., Mathews, T.J., & Park, M.M. (2000). Birth: Final data for 1998. National Vital Statistics Reports 48(3).
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