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Teen Births by Race/Ethnicity, Ages 15-17 Years, New Jersey, 2000 to 2022
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Why Is This Important?
Teenage pregnancy and childbearing are ongoing public health concerns and the focus of considerable public policy debate. Babies born to teenage mothers are at elevated risk of poor birth outcomes, including higher rates of low birth weight, preterm birth, and infant death. The limited educational, social, and financial resources often available to teenage mothers add to their higher risk profile.
Definition
The number of live births to females in a specific age group per 1,000 females in the age group.
Data Notes
Data for White and Black do not include Hispanics. Hispanic ethnicity includes persons of any race. The number of births to Asian females aged 15-17 years is too small to calculate reliable rates. This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective MCH-10.Data Sources
- Birth Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health
(https://www.nj.gov/health/vital/) - Population Estimates, State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
(https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/demographics/population-household-estimates/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
The number of live births to females aged 15-17 yearsDenominator:
The number of females aged 15-17 years in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective FP-03
U.S. Target: Reduce pregnancies (live births, induced abortions, and fetal losses) in adolescents to 31.4 pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 by 2030.0
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/family-planning/reduce-pregnancies-adolescents-fp-03
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective FP-8.1
U.S. Target: Reduce the pregnancy (live births, induced abortions, and fetal losses) rate among adolescent females aged 15 to 17 years to 36.2 pregnancies per 1,000 females aged 15 to 17 years by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/family-planningHealthy People 2020 Objective FP-8.2
U.S. Target: Reduce the pregnancy (live births, induced abortions, and fetal losses) rate among adolescent females aged 18 to 19 years to 104.6 pregnancies per 1,000 by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/family-planning
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective MCH-10
NJ Target: Reduce births to teens aged 15-17 years to 3.6 per 1,000 females for the total population, 6.7 for Blacks, 9.2 for Hispanics, and 0.7 for Whites by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/maternal-child-health.shtml