Bar Chart: Birth Rates Among Adolescent Females, by Age and Race/Ethnicity of Mother: 2003

(Live Births per 1,000 Females)

Total
10-14 Years 0.6
15-17 Years 22.4
18-19 Years 70.8

Non-Hispanic White
10-14 Years 0.2
15-17 Years 12.4
18-19 Years 50.0

Non-Hispanic Black
10-14 Years 1.6
15-17 Years 38.8
18-19 Years 105.30

Hispanic
10-14 Years 1.3
15-17 Years 49.7
18-19 Years 131.9

Source: Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ, Menacker F, Munson ML. Births: final data for 2003. National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 54, No. 2; 2005 Sep.