Pat's Statistics On Teen Births

[MrRager]

(01-17-2016, 03:31 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: I'll just leave this here.

https://thenationalcampaign.org/data/state/kentucky

Good link. I liked this part:

"Teen pregnancy and birth rates are at historic lows and there has been impressive progress on both fronts in all 50 states. As of 2014, the Kentucky teen birth rate was 35.3 births per 1,000 teen girls (age 15-19). Since 1991, the teen birth rate has declined by 49%. In the past year alone, the decline was 11%. In 2010, public spending on teen childbearing in Kentucky totaled $158 million.

The teen pregnancy rate, which includes all pregnancies rather than just those that resulted in a birth, has also fallen steeply. As of 2010 (the most recent data available), the rate was 62 pregnancies per 1,000 teen girls (age 15-19); some 8,990 teen pregnancies. The teen pregnancy rate has declined by 35% since 1988. Since 2008, the teen pregnancy rate has changed by -13%."