Repeat births to teens ages 15 to 19 in Kentucky

Definitions: Percent of babies born to females ages 15 to 19 who were already mothers.

Data Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Vital Statistics Branch, processed by the Kentucky State Data Center.

Footnotes: Data are reported by mother’s place of residence, not infant’s place of birth. For cases where the information for this variable was missing, the case was excluded from the total denominator. The numerator for the rate calculation is the sum of three years of data. 

* Rate not calculated for fewer than 6 events.

Updated 11/19/2019

Indicator will be updated soon.

Definitions: Percent of babies born to females ages 15 to 19 who were already mothers.

Data Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Vital Statistics Branch, processed by the Kentucky State Data Center.

Footnotes: Data are reported by mother’s place of residence, not infant’s place of birth. For cases where the information for this variable was missing, the case was excluded from the total denominator. The numerator for the rate calculation is the sum of three years of data. 

* Rate not calculated for fewer than 6 events.

Updated 11/19/2019

Indicator will be updated soon.