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Table 1
Fertility Rates for Teenagers 15-19 by Age Group and Percent Change
United States by State, 1998 and 2003

State 1998 2003 Percent Change 1998-2003
15-19
Years		 15-17
Years		 18-19
Years		 15-19
Years		 15-17
Years		 18-19
Years		 15-19
Years		 15-17
Years		 18-19
Years
Alabama 65.5 40.7 100.4 52.4 28.9 87.1 -20.0% -29.0% -13.2%
Alaska 42.4 24.8 68.6 38.6 19.3 68.2 -9.0% -22.2% -0.6%
Arizona 70.5 45.2 108.2 61.1 35.5 102.0 -13.3% -21.5% -5.7%
Arkansas 70.8 41.4 114.0 59.0 30.5 101.1 -16.7% -26.3% -11.3%
California 53.5 33.4 83.4 40.1 21.8 68.1 -25.0% -34.7% -18.3%
Colorado 48.7 29.0 79.0 43.9 24.9 73.2 -9.9% -14.1% -7.3%
Connecticut 35.8 21.4 58.6 24.8 12.9 43.6 -30.7% -39.7% -25.6%
Delaware 53.9 33.9 81.7 44.9 23.7 77.7 -16.7% -30.1% -4.9%
District of Columbia 86.7 65.5 110.8 60.3 39.4 84.9 -30.4% -39.8% -23.4%
Florida 55.5 33.3 90.8 42.5 22.2 74.2 -23.4% -33.3% -18.3%
Georgia 65.4 40.3 102.5 53.5 29.0 91.3 -18.2% -28.0% -10.9%
Hawaii 45.7 29.5 67.3 37.3 18.7 63.9 -18.4% -36.6% -5.1%
Idaho 44.8 24.5 73.1 39.3 17.4 70.7 -12.3% -29.0% -3.3%
Illinois 53.2 32.7 85.0 40.4 22.9 66.6 -24.1% -30.0% -21.6%
Indiana 53.3 28.9 89.5 43.5 21.6 77.2 -18.4% -25.3% -13.7%
Iowa 35.2 18.6 60.3 31.9 15.2 55.5 -9.4% -18.3% -8.0%
Kansas 47.0 24.8 81.1 41.2 20.2 71.3 -12.3% -18.5% -12.1%
Kentucky 57.0 31.5 94.2 49.6 24.7 86.5 -13.0% -21.6% -8.2%
Louisiana 65.4 40.4 100.6 56.0 30.1 92.9 -14.4% -25.5% -7.7%
Maine 30.4 14.9 54.5 24.9 12.4 43.6 -18.1% -16.8% -20.0%
Maryland 43.1 26.4 69.2 33.3 18.2 56.9 -22.7% -31.1% -17.8%
Massachusetts 30.8 18.2 49.5 23.0 12.0 39.9 -25.3% -34.1% -19.4%
Michigan 42.6 23.9 70.9 34.4 18.2 59.3 -19.2% -23.8% -16.4%
Minnesota 30.6 16.5 52.7 26.6 13.4 46.0 -13.1% -18.8% -12.7%
Mississippi 73.0 47.2 110.3 62.5 35.5 101.9 -14.4% -25.2% -7.6%
Missouri 51.2 28.6 85.7 43.2 21.5 75.4 -15.6% -24.8% -12.0%
Montana 37.1 19.8 63.3 35.0 16.5 61.4 -5.7% -16.7% -3.0%
Nebraska 37.0 20.5 61.6 36.0 18.5 61.0 -2.7% -9.8% -1.0%
Nevada 65.7 38.2 109.5 53.0 29.1 91.2 -19.3% -23.8% -16.7%
New Hampshire 27.1 13.1 50.0 18.2 7.1 35.9 -32.8% -45.8% -28.2%
New Jersey 34.6 20.2 56.9 25.5 13.8 44.1 -26.3% -31.7% -22.5%
New Mexico 69.0 44.2 107.5 62.7 37.4 100.5 -9.1% -15.4% -6.5%
New York 38.5 22.4 62.4 28.2 14.9 48.1 -26.8% -33.5% -22.9%
North Carolina 61.0 36.2 98.5 49.0 26.6 84.4 -19.7% -26.5% -14.3%
North Dakota 30.4 16.1 52.5 26.8 12.1 46.6 -11.8% -24.8% -11.2%
Ohio 48.1 26.7 80.3 39.4 20.2 68.1 -18.1% -24.3% -15.2%
Oklahoma 61.6 35.0 102.6 55.9 28.8 94.8 -9.3% -17.7% -7.6%
Oregon 47.4 26.3 80.0 34.4 17.1 60.4 -27.4% -35.0% -24.5%
Pennsylvania 36.9 21.8 60.2 31.2 17.5 52.3 -15.4% -19.7% -13.1%
Rhode Island 41.0 24.4 65.8 31.3 18.8 50.1 -23.7% -23.0% -23.9%
South Carolina 60.4 39.6 89.8 51.5 28.7 86.2 -14.7% -27.5% -4.0%
South Dakota 38.5 19.6 66.0 34.7 17.5 59.4 -9.9% -10.7% -10.0%
Tennessee 64.3 37.7 103.4 53.5 28.2 91.1 -16.8% -25.2% -11.9%
Texas 70.9 45.2 109.3 62.9 37.2 102.1 -11.3% -17.7% -6.6%
Utah 40.9 22.2 65.6 34.6 16.4 60.7 -15.4% -26.1% -7.5%
Vermont 24.4 11.4 44.6 18.9 6.7 37.1 -22.5% -41.2% -16.8%
Virginia 43.5 24.3 70.7 36.1 17.4 64.6 -17.0% -28.4% -8.6%
Washington 41.7 23.2 69.6 31.5 15.5 55.5 -24.5% -33.2% -20.3%
West Virginia 49.2 26.2 81.5 41.6 20.1 71.4 -15.4% -23.3% -12.4%
Wisconsin 34.8 19.6 58.1 31.3 15.7 54.5 -10.1% -19.9% -6.2%
Wyoming 47.8 22.8 86.5 40.8 19.3 71.1 -14.6% -15.4% -17.8%
US Total 51.1 30.4 82.0 41.7 22.4 70.9 -18.4% -26.3% -13.5%
State 15-19
Years		 15-17
Years		 18-19
Years		 15-19
Years		 15-17
Years		 18-19
Years		 15-19
Years		 15-17
Years		 18-19
Years
1998 2003 Percent Change 1998-2003

National Center for Health Statistics, 2005

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Last updated April 13, 2006.

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