2012 | Santa Clara, California | Teen birth rate

Summary Information

Range in California (Min-Max):	13-72
Overall in California:	40
National Benchmark:	22 (90th percentile)

Ranking Methodology

Summary Measure:	Health Factors - Health Behaviors (Sexual Activity)
Weight in Health Factors:	2.5%
Years of Data Used:	2002-2008

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The counties are shaded with lighter counties having a better rank. Gray counties are not reported (NR).
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What It Is:

Teen births are reported as the number of births per 1,000 female population, ages 15-19.

Where It Comes From:

Teen birth rates were obtained from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) at the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Reason for Ranking:

Teen pregnancy is associated with poor prenatal care and pre-term delivery. Pregnant teens are more likely than older women to receive late or no prenatal care, have gestational hypertension and anemia, and achieve poor maternal weight gain. They are also more likely to have a pre-term delivery and low birth weight, increasing the risk of child developmental delay, illness, and mortality.

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Teen Births	Teen birth count, ages 15-19
Teen Population	Female population, ages 15-19
Teen Birth Rate	Teen births / females ages 15-19 * 1,000
Error Margin	95% confidence interval reported by National Center for Health Statistics
Z-Score	(Measure - Average of CA counties)/(Standard Deviation)

Place	Teen Births	Teen Population	Teen Birth Rate	Error Margin	Z-Score
Alameda	9,253	323,873	29	28-29	-0.65
Alpine					NR
Amador	184	7,007	26	23-30	-0.80
Butte	1,872	59,038	32	30-33	-0.44
Calaveras	243	10,603	23	20-26	-1.03
Colusa	285	5,857	49	43-54	0.69
Contra Costa	6,009	244,788	25	24-25	-0.92
Del Norte	332	6,643	50	45-55	0.78
El Dorado	856	43,446	20	18-21	-1.24
Fresno	15,360	251,014	61	60-62	1.52
Glenn	381	7,814	49	44-54	0.70
Humboldt	1,019	32,760	31	29-33	-0.48
Imperial	3,066	46,160	66	64-69	1.87
Inyo	167	4,222	40	34-46	0.08
Kern	14,323	208,909	69	67-70	2.02
Kings	2,483	34,717	72	69-74	2.21
Lake	645	15,462	42	39-45	0.22
Lassen	230	7,128	32	28-36	-0.40
Los Angeles	100,346	2,516,285	40	40-40	0.10
Madera	2,468	36,701	67	65-70	1.92
Marin	574	45,007	13	12-14	-1.71
Mariposa	89	4,009	22	18-27	-1.08
Mendocino	858	22,060	39	36-42	0.04
Merced	4,160	73,690	57	55-58	1.21
Modoc	83	2,240	37	29-45	-0.08
Mono	74	2,558	29	22-36	-0.63
Monterey	6,074	106,855	57	55-58	1.23
Napa	898	30,150	30	28-32	-0.57
Nevada	425	22,079	19	17-21	-1.28
Orange	21,636	704,581	31	30-31	-0.51
Placer	1,377	70,781	20	18-21	-1.26
Plumas	114	4,978	23	19-27	-1.03
Riverside	24,123	517,281	47	46-47	0.55
Sacramento	13,415	333,384	40	40-41	0.12
San Benito	592	15,019	39	36-43	0.07
San Bernardino	27,930	561,588	50	49-50	0.76
San Diego	26,385	709,916	37	37-38	-0.08
San Francisco	2,271	101,239	22	22-23	-1.06
San Joaquin	9,241	181,259	51	50-52	0.84
San Luis Obispo	1,501	68,234	22	21-23	-1.09
San Mateo	3,281	140,887	23	23-24	-1.00
Santa Barbara	4,549	112,747	40	39-42	0.13
Santa Clara	9,926	369,775	27	26-27	-0.77
Santa Cruz	2,144	69,511	31	30-32	-0.50
Shasta	1,793	45,522	39	38-41	0.07
Sierra					NR
Siskiyou	416	11,078	38	34-41	-0.05
Solano	3,479	106,097	33	32-34	-0.37
Sonoma	3,045	115,828	26	25-27	-0.80
Stanislaus	6,843	142,687	48	47-49	0.64
Sutter	1,031	22,354	46	43-49	0.52
Tehama	769	15,144	51	47-54	0.83
Trinity	78	3,084	25	20-31	-0.87
Tulare	8,303	120,728	69	67-70	2.03
Tuolumne	318	11,854	27	24-30	-0.77
Ventura	7,403	206,088	36	35-37	-0.16
Yolo	1,437	66,636	22	20-23	-1.12
Yuba	1,116	17,730	63	59-67	1.64

NR in Z-Score column indicates county "not ranked"

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2012 | Santa Clara, California | Teen birth rate

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