TEEN PREGNANCY IN BEXAR COUNTY - San Antonio

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO

METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT

2012

TEEN PREGNANCY IN BEXAR COUNTY

TEEN PREGNANCY and childbearing among adolescents is a complex problem that is closely linked to many critical issues including educational failure, risky behavior, poor health, poverty, and single parenthood. Those at risk include not only the babies and the mothers, but also the fathers, the families, and the whole community. Teen pregnancy is not just about girls, it includes guys too.

21%

TEEN BIRTHS IN BEXAR COUNTY

TEEN BIRTH RATES FOR FEMALES AGES 15-19 IN BEXAR COUNTY BY ZIP CODE & SCHOOL DISTRICT

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Comal

RATES PER 1,000

88.3 - 117.6 58.9 - 88.2 29.5 - 58.8 2.4 - 29.4

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< 5 births not included

* Based on all live births to females ages 15-19 reporting an address within school district boundaries

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2012 COUNTY, STATE & NATIONAL BIRTH RATES RATES PER 1,000 FEMALES AGES 15-19

KEY MESSAGES

Teen Pregnancy is the number one reason girls drop out of high school.1

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One of Five teen dads stay with the teen mothers.2 Teen dads have the least amount of fatherhood involvement of any other group in the U.S.3

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Children of teen parents are more likely to be born prematurely, die before their first birthday, be abused or neglected, live in poverty, be teen parents, be incarcerated or do poorly in school.4

TEXAS BEXAR

U.S

80 68.9

70

60 68.8

50

40 47.7

30

20

10

0 2000

43.9 42.8 29.4

2012

$59.6 MILLION*

WAS THE ESTIMATED COST OF TEEN CHILDBEARING IN BEXAR COUNTY IN 2012.

*This includes the costs of childwelfare, healthcare, lost revenue & incarceration.

METRO HEALTH: TEEN PREGNANCY IN BEXAR COUNTY

21%

TEEN BIRTHS IN BEXAR COUNTY

IN 2012, THERE WERE

2,755 BIRTHS TO

FEMALES AGES 10 TO 19

(YEAR : BIRTHS) 2000 : 3,818 | 2005 : 3,641 | 2010 : 3,298

BY THE YEAR 2017, 125

KINDERGARTEN CLASSES

WILL BE FILLED WITH THE

CHILDREN OF TEEN PARENTS.

PERCENTAGE OF TEENAGE BIRTHS BY AGE IN BEXAR COUNTY IN 2012

44 BIRTHS

2%

AGES 10-14 0

833 BIRTHS

30%

100%

2012 TEEN MOTHERS (AGES 10-19) WITH MORE THAN ONE CHILD

78 %

22%

ONE CHILD

MORE THAN ONE CHILD

610 IN 2012,

TEEN MOTHERS WHO GAVE BIRTH

ALREADY HAD AT LEAST ONE PREVIOUS CHILD

AGES 15-17 0

100%

1,878 BIRTHS

68%

AGES 18-19 0

100%

% BASED ON TOTAL OF 2,755 BIRTHS

21%

RESOURCES FOR TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION

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ME NOW...BABY LATER

THE TEXAS CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY

OFFICE OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH ash/oah



DATA SOURCES: 1 The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002/ 2004, The National Center for Education Statistics: Washington, DC. Retrieved July 2010, from .).

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO

METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT

2 One of Five teen dads stay with the teen mothers (Brien, MJ, Willis RJ (1997). Costs and Consequences for the Fathers. In Maynard RA (ed.), Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy (pp. 95143), Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press.).

3 Erikson, R. J., & Gecas, V. (1991). Social class and fatherhood. In F. W. Bozett & S. M. H. Hanson (Eds.),

Focus on men: Vol. 6. Fatherhood and families in cultural context (pp. 114?137). New York: Springer).

4 National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Teen Pregnancy: Not Just Another Single Issue. Washington, DC: November, 2002.)

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