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Teen Births in DuPage County, Illinois
DuPage County Statistics
The birth rate for DuPage teenagers in 2000 was 19.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to
19 years. See figure 1 above. There were 609 births to DuPage teenagers in 2000.
In fact, the number of babies born to DuPage County teenagers has increased for
seven of the last eight years. Of the 13,528 births to DuPage County women, 4.5
percent were to mothers 19 years of age or younger. See table 1 below for DuPage
County birth numbers. DuPage compares favorably to Lake County where 7.7 percent
of all births are to teens and to Illinois where 11.4 percent of all births are
to teens. See table 2 below for a comparison of DuPage teen births to Lake
County, and Illinois.
Table 1. DuPage County Births
| |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| Total |
14,070 |
14,212 |
13,928 |
13,680 |
13,440 |
13,251 |
13,427 |
13,528 |
| Ages 15 - 19 |
514 |
515 |
529 |
547 |
549 |
585 |
576 |
609 |
| Ages 15 - 17 |
153 |
159 |
170 |
196 |
183 |
210 |
173 |
174 |
Table 2. Teen Births in DuPage County, Lake County, and Illinois
(as a
percent of all births)
| |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| DuPage |
3.7% |
3.7% |
3.8% |
4.0% |
4.1% |
4.5% |
4.3% |
4.5% |
| Lake |
8.3% |
8.4% |
8.7% |
8.2% |
7.7% |
8.1% |
8.3% |
7.7% |
| Illinois |
12.8% |
13.0% |
12.9% |
12.7% |
12.5% |
12.4% |
12.0% |
11.4% |
In DuPage County, seven percent of the babies born to teen
mothers weighed less than 5 pounds 9 ounces, which is considered low birth
weight (figure 2). Thirteen percent of teen mothers had no prenatal care or
began care in their third trimester. Teenage mothers are more likely to be less
educated and unmarried. Fifty-three percent of DuPage teenage mothers had less
than a high school education (figure 3). Seventy-two percent of these teen
mothers were unmarried.
Figure 2.
Figure 3.
In 2000, there were 174 births to girls age 15-17; and 435
births to teens aged 18-19. Typically we consider ages 15 to 19 for teenage
births. However, in 2000, there were also four births to girls under age 15.
From 1993 to 2000, birth rates for teens aged 15 to 17 minimally increased. In
1999 and 2000, teen births in ages 15 to 17 decreased to 1.3 percent of all
births. Figure 4 compares trends in teen births for ages 15 to 17 for DuPage
County, Lake County, and Illinois.
Figure 4.
When analyzing teen births for ages 15 to 17, year 2000
only, we also find:
• 19 percent of teen moms had no prenatal care or began care in their third
trimester
• 22 percent of the babies born to teen mothers were of low birth weight
• 83 percent of these teen moms were unmarried
• 14 percent were repeat teen births
DuPage County has experienced some fluctuations in teen births over the last ten
years, however, teen birth rates remain extremely low. DuPage County teen birth
rates are the lowest when compared with the five collar counties of Chicago.
DuPage County teen birth rates are well below National and State rates. The vast
majority of teen births are to women aged 18 to 19. Most are unmarried. Most are
White and not Latino. First births to single teens represents between fifty and
sixty percent of all teen births. The percent of first births to single teens
(as a percent of all births) has increased from 3.5 percent in 1990 to 4.5
percent in 2000 (figure 5).
Figure 5.
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