Number of Hispanic Teen Births, 1998 (births to girls aged 15-19)

    Nearly three-quarters of all births to Hispanic teens (ages 15-19) were to Mexican-American girls. Teens of Puerto Rican descent accounted for 10 percent, Cuban-Americans for one percent, and teens of Central/South American and other Hispanic descent each accounted for 8 percent of teen births.

    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).

    (88,484)

    (9,911)

    Total: 121,388

    Just the Facts (October 2000) – Page 85

    (12,286)

    (9,821)

    (886)

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