Adolescent births : a statistical profile, Massachusetts

468 Pages·1992·20.3 MB·English

by  Massachusetts. Bureau of Family and Community Health. Office of Statistics and Evaluation

Digitized by the Internet Archive
2014
in
https://archive.org/details/adolescentbirths1992mass

Adolescent
Births:
A
Statistical Profile
Massachusetts
1992
$
Massac
tesfc
;
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Bureau of Family and Community Health
Office of Statistics and Evaluation
April 1995
Hi
Adolescent Births:
A
Statistical Profile
Massachusetts
1992
William F. Weld, Governor
Argeo Paul Cellucci, Lieutenant Governor
Gerald Whitburn, Secretary, Executive Office of Health and Human Services
David H. Mulligan, Commissioner of Public Health
Deborah Klein Walker, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Family and Community Health
Marlene Anderka, Director, Office of Statistics and Evaluation
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Bureau of Family and Community Health
Office of Statistics and Evaluation
[phone]
April 1995
Acknowledgements
This report was prepared by Felix Ammah-Tagoe, Saul Franklin, Judith Weiss, Sion Kim
Harris, and Thomas Schaetzel of the Office of Statistics and Evaluation, Bureau of Family
and Community Health (BFCH). The report could not have been produced without assistance
and contributions by Deborah Klein Walker, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Family and
Community Health (BFCH); Marlene Anderka, Director, Office of Statistics and Evaluation,
BFCH; Katherine Messenger, Director, Policy Office, BFCH; Dianne Hagan, Director,
Adolescent Health Unit, Division of Prevention, BFCH; Daniel Friedman, Assistant
Commissioner, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research and Evaluation; Bruce Cohen and
Christine Payne of the Bureau of Health Statistics, Research and Evaluation; and Kathy
We
Atkinson, Director of Policy Development and Planning. also wish to give special thanks
to Lesley Cowan, Muriel Hodges, Joel Reisman, and Cynthia Wisniewski of BFCH.
To obtain additional copies of this report, contact Sion Kim Harris or Saul Franklin at:
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Bureau of Family and Community Health
Office of Statistics and Evaluation
150 Tremont Street, 4th Floor
MA
Boston, 02111
[phone]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents i
Executive Summary iii
I. Demographic and Birth Characteristics 1
Figure 1. Trend in Number of Births to Women under Age 20, 1980-1992 3
Figure 2. Trends in Percent of Births to Women under Age 20,
Massachusetts and United States, 1980-1992 4
Figure 3. Trend in Percent of Female Population Aged 12-19, 1960-1990 5
Figure 4. Trends in Birth Rates Among Women Ages 15-19,
Massachusetts and United States, 1980-1992 6
Table 1. Trend in Teenage Births by Mother's Age, 1987-1992 7
Figure 5. Births to Women Less Than Age 20 by Mother's Race
and Hispanic Ethnicity, 1992 8
Table 2. Trend in Teenage Births by Mother's Race
and Hispanic Ethnicity, 1987-1992 9
Table 3. Births by Mother's Race, Ethnicity and Age, 1992 10
Table 4. Births by Mother's Race, Hispanic Ethnicity, Age, and Prenatal Care
Payment Source, 1992 11
Figure 6. Births to Women Less Than Age 20 by Parity, 1992 12
II. Birthweight, Gestational Age, and Adequacy of Prenatal Care 13
Figure 7. Percent Low Birthweight Infants by Mother's Age,
within Race and Hispanic Ethnicity, 1992 15
Table 5. Birthweight and Prenatal Characteristics by
Mother's Race and Hispanic Ethnicity, 1992 16
Table 6. Low Birthweight by Mother's Age, Race and Hispanic Ethnicity, 1992 17
i
Table 7. Low Birthweight Among Teen Births by Level of Prenatal Care and
Mother's Race and Hispanic Ethnicity, 1992 18
Table 8. Teenage Births by Gestational Age,
Mother's Race and Hispanic Ethnicity, 1992 19
III. Birth Characteristics for Selected Communities 21
Figure 8. Map of 25 Communities with the Highest Number of Teen Births, 1992 .... 23
Table 9. Trends in Birth Rates Among Women Ages 15-19 for Selected
Communities, Ranked by 1992 Teen Birth Rate: 1992, 1990, 1985 25
Table 10. Births by Mother's Age, Race and Hispanic Ethnicity for
Selected Communities, 1992 26
Table 11. Birth Characteristics Among Teen Mothers for
Selected Communities, 1992 30
Table 12. Appropriate Grade Level Among Teen Mothers for
Selected Communities, 1992 31
IV. Birth Characteristics for All 351 Communities and the
27 Community Health Network Areas 33
Table 13. Number of Births by Mother's Age and Prenatal Care
Characteristics for 351 Massachusetts Communities, 1992 35
Table 14. Number of Births by Mother's Age and Prenatal Care
Characteristics for 27 Community Health Network Areas, 1992 51
Appendix 53
Glossary 55
1992 Population estimates of females aged 15 to 19 yrs living in 25
Massachusetts communities with the highest number of teen births in 1992 58
Massachusetts Cities, Towns, Counties, and Community Health Network Areas (CHNAs) ... 59
ii