Definition: Number of births to mothers ages 15-19, per 1,000 young women ages 15-19, by race/ethnicity (e.g., in California in 2021, the teen birth rate among Hispanic/Latina mothers was 13.8 births per 1,000 Hispanic/Latina young women ages 15-19).
Data Source: California Dept. of Public Health, Birth Statistical Master Files; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Births: Final Data (Aug. 2017); CDC WONDER, Natality; California Dept. of Finance, Population Estimates and Projections (Jun. 2023).
Footnote: Race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive. County-level data reflect the mother's county of residence, not the county in which the birth occurred. The notation S refers to rates that have been suppressed because there were fewer than 20 teen births in that group, and to numbers that have been suppressed because there were, depending on the year, fewer than 20 teen births in that group (2015 and earlier) or between 1 and 9 teen births in that group (2016 and later). N/A means that data are not available. Use caution when comparing data before 2000 (2016 for U.S. data) with later years, as race/ethnicity definitions changed.
