Table 21. Number of live births per 1,000 females 15 to 19 years old, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980–2004

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Table 21.

Number of live births per 1,000 females 15 to 19 years old, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980–2004

Year	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
1980	53.0	45.4	97.8	—	26.2	82.2
1985	51.0	43.3	95.4	—	23.8	79.2
1990	59.9	50.8	112.8	100.3	26.4	81.1
1991	61.8	52.6	114.8	104.6	27.3	84.1
1992	60.3	51.4	111.3	103.3	26.5	82.4
1993	59.0	50.6	107.3	101.8	26.5	79.8
1994	58.2	50.5	102.9	101.3	26.6	76.4
1995	56.0	49.5	94.4	99.3	25.5	72.9
1996	53.5	47.5	89.6	94.6	23.5	68.2
1997	51.3	45.5	86.3	89.6	22.3	65.2
1998	50.3	44.9	83.5	87.9	22.2	64.7
1999	48.8	44.0	79.1	86.8	21.4	59.9
2000	47.7	43.2	77.4	87.3	20.5	58.3
2001	45.3	41.2	71.8	86.4	19.8	56.3
2002	43.0	39.4	66.6	83.4	18.3	53.8
2003	41.6	38.3	63.8	82.3	17.4	53.1
2004	41.1	37.7	63.3	82.6	17.3	52.5
— Not available. NOTE: Race categories include persons of Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 55, no. 1, Births: Final Data for 2004, National Center for Health Statistics, Final Natality Statistics, 2006.