Change Indicator

Teen birth rate (age 15 to 19) in Louisiana

Teen birth rate (age 15 to 19)

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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.

Definition and Source

PROVIDER

Definition

Number - live births to women age 15 to 19.
Rate - live births to women age 15 to 19, per 1,000 females ages 15-19 years.

Data Source

Live births 1993-2021: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics, Louisiana Department of Health.

Population: 1993-1999: intercensal population estimates provided by the Research Division, College of Administration and Business of the Louisiana Tech University; 2000: United States Census Bureau 2000 census data, 2001-2004: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004. Release Date: August 11, 2005; 2005 and 2006: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007. Release Date: May 01, 2008; 2008 and 2009:  Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009. Release Date: June 2010, 2010: United States Census Bureau 2010 census data, 2011-2014: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, Vintage 2015 estimates, 2015: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, Vintage 2016 estimates, 2016-2018: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, Vintage 2019 estimates, 2019: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, Vintage 2020 estimate, 2020: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, Vintage 2020 estimate, 2021: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, Vintage 2021 estimate, and 2022: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, Vintage 2022 estimate

Notes

LNE (Low Number Event) - for data prior to 2010, a rate based on fewer than 20 events; for data from 2010 and later, a number or rate based on fewer than five events

Last Updated

September 2024