Teen Pregnancy Prevention

In Florida, resident live births to mothers aged 18 years and under accounted for 8% of the total births in 2000.
State birth rates to teen girls aged 15-19 dropped from 85.7 per 1,000 in 1970 to 51.61 in 2000.
Both nationally and statewide, the steepest declines in teen birth rates were recorded for black teens. The state birth rate for black teens aged 15-19 has declined 26% since 1991.
Despite these declines, Florida birth rates in 2000 to mothers aged 18 years and under continue to be higher in percentage of teen births to nonwhite mothers (12.3%) than the percentage to white mothers (6.4%).
The birth rates for Hispanic teens have not mirrored the decrease in overall teen birth rates. The state birth rate for Hispanic teen girls aged 15-19 has increased 9% since 1991.
The birth rates for the youngest mothers in Florida aged 10-14 dropped from 2.0 in 1991 to 1.1 in 2000.
Of teen births in 1999 to girls aged 10-14, 59% were to black teens, 30% were to Hispanic teens, and 11% were to white teens.

Of the mothers aged 15-19 years giving birth in 2000, 21% of them had one or more previous live births.

Of the births to unwed mothers, 18.1% were to mothers aged 18 years and younger.

Sources: 2000 Florida Vital Statistics and PHIDS System