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TEEN BIRTH AND TEEN PREGNANCY STATISTICS
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In Rochester, teen birth rates (ages 15 to 19) have declined significantly between 1990 and 2006.
Area	1990 birth rate per 1,000 girls, ages 15-19	2006 birth rate per 1,000 girls, ages 15-19	Percent Decline
United States	60	42	30%
New York State	44	26	41%
City of Rochester	128	76	41%
Source: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and NYS Health Department

But we have not solved the problem: Zip Code Areas with the Highest Teen Birth Rates in NYS 2005-2007 Births per 1,000 females, ages 15-19
Zip Code	Primary County	Number of Births	Birth Rates
13204	Onondaga	268	124
13202	Onondaga	62	122
14621	Monroe	448	109
13208	Onondaga	180	102
14301	Niagara	112	101
14611	Monroe	223	101
14613	Monroe	175	99
14608	Monroe	130	98
13205	Onondaga	208	93
14201	Erie	109	92
14207	Erie	201	88
14212	Erie	123	87
14605	Monroe	175	87
12206	Albany	130	86
11237	Kings	389	76
10454	Bronx	359	74
11232	Kings	169	69
10451	Bronx	336	67
10455	Bronx	322	67
11692	Queens	115	66
Source: NYS Health Department
During this time period, twenty zip code areas in NYS had birth rates above 66 per 1,000 girls, ages 15 to 19. Five of those zip code areas are in Monroe County.

Teen Birth Rates – City of Rochester (per thousand population) Ages 15-19
.	1990	.	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of Births, Ages 15-19	987	.	729	715	711	711	681	678	602	627	559	548	558	594	656
Total Female Population	7730	.	7723	7721	7720	7718	7717	7814	7814	7814	7814	7814	7814	7814	7814
Birth Rate per 1000 females	128	.	94	92	92	92	88	87	77	80	72	70	71	76	84

Teen Birth Rates – Suburbs of Monroe County (per thousand population) Ages 15-19
	1990		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of Births, Ages 15-19	254	.	241	230	246	243	262	240	244	188	210	179	182	186	193
Total Female Population	16,119	.	16,646	16,753	16,863	16,971	17,077	17,634	17,634	17,634	17,634	17,634	17,634	17,634	17,634
Birth Rate per 1000 females	16	.	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	11	12	10	10	11	11

Teen Birth Rates – Total City and Suburbs, County of Monroe (per thousand population) Ages 15-19
	1990	.	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of Births, Ages 15-19	1,255	.	989	979	964	960	953	928	851	823	777	744	750	795	849
Total Female Population	23,849	.	24,369	24,474	24,583	24,689	24,794	25,448	25,448	25,448	25,448	25,448	25,448	25,448	25,448
Birth Rate per 1000 females	53	.	40	40	39	39	38	36	33	32	31	28	29	31	33

Repeat Teen Birth Rates – City of Rochester (per thousand population) Ages 15-19
.	1990	.	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Repeat Births	333	.	198	202	192	164	192	158	143	149	136	101	103	126	141
Total Births, Ages 15-19	987	.	729	715	711	711	681	678	602	627	559	548	529	594	656
Percentage of teen births that are repeat births	34	.	27	28	27	23	28	23	24	24	24	18	18	21	22

Repeat Teen Birth Rates – Monroe County Suburbs (per thousand population) Ages 15-19
	1990	.	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Repeat Births	49	.	40	31	22	32	32	20	36	24	24	24	25	20	19
Total Births, Ages 15-19	254	.	241	230	246	243	262	240	244	188	210	160	182	186	193
Percentage of teen births that are repeat births	19	.	17	14	9	13	12	8	15	13	11	16	14	11	10

Repeat Teen Birth Rates – Monroe County (per thousand population) Ages 15-19
	1990	.	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Repeat Births	382	.	238	233	214	196	224	178	180	176	161	128	128	146	160
Total Births, Ages 15-19	1255	.	989	979	964	960	953	928	851	823	777	744	750	795	849
Percentage of teen births that are repeat births	30	.	24	24	22	20	24	19	21	21	21	17	17	18	19

Rates per 1000 females
Source: Vital Records, Monroe County Health Department
Rates for the years 1990 to 2000 are based on 1990 census data and CGR population estimates.
Rates for the years 2001 and 2002 are based on 2000 census data

Teen Birth Rates – City of Rochester (per thousand population) For Girls, Ages 10-14
.	1990	.	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
No. of Births, Ages 10-14	51	.	23	17	15	26	15	22	16	12	17	15	13	16
Total Female Population	6735	.	7812	7991	8172	8350	8432	8432	8432	8432	8432	8432	8432	8432
Birth Rate per 1000 females	8	.	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	2

Source: Monroe County Health Department, NYS Department of Health

Teen Birth Rates by City of Rochester Neighborhood sectors, ages 15-19 (per thousand population)
SECTOR	Rate per 1000 Girls, 1998-2000	Rate per 1000 Girls, 2000-2002
Sector 1	43	48
Sector 2	84	80
Sector 3	125	108
Sector 4	88	89
Sector 5	21	11
Sector 6	17	15
Sector 7	38	34
Sector 8	87	66
Sector 9	115	113
Sector 10	141	118
Total 3 Year Reate for City of Rochester	—	81

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TEEN PREGNANCY RATES for Girls, ages 15 to 19

Selected Zip Code Areas, low and moderate income neighborhoods
Source: NYS Health Department (includes teen births, abortions and miscarriages)

ZIP CODE	1995 to 1998	1998 to 2000	2000 to 2002	2002 to 2004
14605	220 girls per thousand	226 girls per thousand	216 girls per thousand	148 girls per thousand
14621	212	198	217	153
14611	194	201	210	147
14613	183	186	190	135
14619	181	164	168	105
14608	175	179	184	159
14609	143	147	135	119
14615	114	112	108	109
14606	113	111	110	86
14607	102	76	98	136



		Rates per 1000 women, ages 15 to 19
		Note: 19% of total births in the City of Rochester in 2007 were to teen mothers. These 672 children will fill 30 kindergarten classrooms in our City School District in September, 2012.


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