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. |