50-State and National Comparisons

Teen Birth Rate

Teen Birth Rate

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Teen Birth Rate, Girls 15-19, 2006
(Rate per 1,000)

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Rank
 State
Value 
United States
41.9
Washington, DC
48.4
1
New Hampshire
18.7
2
Vermont
20.8
3
Massachusetts
21.3
4
Connecticut
23.5
5
New Jersey
24.9
6
New York
25.7
7
Maine
25.8
8
North Dakota
26.5
9
Rhode Island
27.8
10
Minnesota
27.9
11
Wisconsin
30.9
12
Pennsylvania
31.0
13
Iowa
32.9
14
Nebraska
33.4
15
Washington
33.4
16
Maryland
33.6
17
Michigan
33.8
18
Utah
34.0
19
Virginia
35.2
20
Oregon
35.7
21
Idaho
39.2
22
Illinois
39.5
23
Montana
39.6
24
California
39.9
25
Ohio
40.0
26
South Dakota
40.2
27
Hawaii
40.5
28
Delaware
41.9
29
Kansas
42.0
30
Indiana
43.5
31
Colorado
43.8
32
Alaska
44.3
33
West Virginia
44.9
34
Florida
45.2
35
Missouri
45.7
36
Wyoming
47.3
37
North Carolina
49.7
38
South Carolina
53.0
39
Alabama
53.5
40
Louisiana
53.9
41
Georgia
54.2
42
Kentucky
54.6
43
Tennessee
54.7
44
Nevada
55.8
45
Oklahoma
59.6
46
Arizona
62.0
47
Arkansas
62.3
48
Texas
63.1
49
New Mexico
64.1
50
Mississippi
68.4
Last modified: January 2009

Source: Martin, J.A., Hamilton, B.E., Sutton, P.D., Ventura, S.J., Menacker, F., Kirmeyer, S. & Matthews, T.J. (2009). Births: Final data for 2006. National Vital Statistics Reports,57 (7). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_07.pdf [January 2009]

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