Change Indicator

Number of teens (ages 15 to 19) who were pregnant in Washington

Number of teens (ages 15 to 19) who were pregnant

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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

Teenagers 15 through 19 years of age who were pregnant, regardless of marital status. Pregnancy outcomes could be live births, abortions, or fetal deaths. Therefore, total pregnancy equals the sum of live births, abortions, and fetal deaths.

Rates represent the number of pregnancies to 15-19 year old women per 1,000 women of this age group.

Data Source

Data for this measure come from the Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health (DOH). Data were retrieved on November 26, 2019 from: https://www.doh.wa.gov/DataandStatisticalReports/HealthStatistics/AbortionPregnancy/AbortionPregnancyTablesbyTopic (Induced Abortion/Pregnancy Data Tables 16 & 17).

S: Data estimate has been suppressed. When annual number of teen pregnancies was 10 or less the rates are suppressed.

Notes

Data last updated in November 2019 by Washington KIDS COUNT.

 

 

DOH technical notes are available at http://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/5300/TechnicalNotes.pdf.

Last Updated

November 2019