The following are key points from the data in the tables and graphs found on the “Data” tab. The “Sources and Notes” tab provides additional information about the data.
- The percentage of all Franklin County
births that were to females age 10–17 years decreased from 4.2% (687 total) in 1998 to 2.9% (513 total) in 2007, increased to 3.2% (591 total) in 2006, and slightly decreased to 3.0% (549 total) in 2008.
- Franklin County births to mothers age
14 and under decreased 24.3% from 1995 to 2007; births to teens
aged 15–17 decreased 20.1% over the same time period. These
decreases in teen births occurred against an overall increase
in Franklin County births of 12.6%.
- There continues to be a disparity in
the percentage of teen births by race although it is lessening.
In Franklin County in 2008, 5.0% of all births to black mothers
were to mothers age 10-17. For whites, 2.4% of all births were
to mothers age 10-17.
 For
a printable PDF of the Analysis, Data, and Sources
and Notes for this indicator,
click here.
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