2012 | Duval, Texas | Teen birth rate

Summary Information

Range in Texas (Min-Max):	24-126
Overall in Texas:	63
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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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 TX counties)/(Standard Deviation)

Place	Teen Births	Teen Population	Teen Birth Rate	Error Margin	Z-Score
Anderson	816	10,253	80	74-85	0.66
Andrews	312	3,887	80	71-89	0.70
Angelina	1,553	20,198	77	73-81	0.52
Aransas	345	5,266	66	59-72	-0.08
Archer	80	2,330	34	27-42	-1.72
Armstrong					NR
Atascosa	876	12,094	72	68-77	0.29
Austin	306	6,489	47	42-52	-1.04
Bailey	199	1,807	110	95-125	2.27
Bandera	179	4,883	37	31-42	-1.60
Bastrop	874	16,323	54	50-57	-0.71
Baylor	68	945	72	55-89	0.26
Bee	554	7,302	76	70-82	0.47
Bell	4,888	61,719	79	77-81	0.64
Bexar	25,985	400,164	65	64-66	-0.11
Blanco	90	2,125	42	34-51	-1.30
Borden					NR
Bosque	231	4,257	54	47-61	-0.67
Bowie	1,392	20,075	69	66-73	0.12
Brazoria	3,550	67,580	53	51-54	-0.76
Brazos	2,227	59,449	38	36-39	-1.55
Brewster	114	2,889	40	32-47	-1.45
Briscoe	23	419	55	33-77	NR
Brooks	261	2,204	118	104-133	2.71
Brown	660	10,294	64	59-69	-0.15
Burleson	273	4,224	65	57-72	-0.13
Burnet	502	8,662	58	53-63	-0.47
Caldwell	652	8,720	75	69-81	0.41
Calhoun	416	5,140	81	73-89	0.73
Callahan	150	3,431	44	37-51	-1.23
Cameron	9,612	109,073	88	86-90	1.11
Camp	263	2,812	94	82-105	1.40
Carson	41	1,733	24	16-31	-2.28
Cass	401	6,871	58	53-64	-0.45
Castro	187	2,314	81	69-92	0.73
Chambers	308	7,634	40	36-45	-1.41
Cherokee	913	11,504	79	74-85	0.65
Childress	115	1,326	87	71-103	1.04
Clay	111	2,814	39	32-47	-1.45
Cochran	93	1,497	62	50-75	-0.26
Coke	26	840	31	19-43	NR
Coleman	160	1,959	82	69-94	0.78
Collin	3,485	145,770	24	23-25	-2.27
Collingsworth	73	885	83	64-101	0.82
Colorado	301	5,910	51	45-57	-0.85
Comal	998	22,105	45	42-48	-1.15
Comanche	238	3,404	70	61-79	0.15
Concho	41	608	67	47-88	NR
Cooke	644	9,789	66	61-71	-0.06
Coryell	808	18,513	44	41-47	-1.23
Cottle	20	438	46	26-66	NR
Crane	74	1,236	60	46-74	-0.37
Crockett	77	1,076	72	56-88	0.24
Crosby	183	1,873	98	84-112	1.62
Culberson	78	736	106	83-130	NR
Dallam	155	1,659	93	79-108	1.39
Dallas	41,120	543,418	76	75-76	0.46
Dawson	331	3,383	98	87-108	1.62
Deaf Smith	522	5,510	95	87-103	1.46
Delta	69	1,211	57	44-70	-0.53
Denton	4,022	137,540	29	28-30	-1.99
DeWitt	304	4,632	66	58-73	-0.07
Dickens	23	508	45	27-64	NR
Dimmit	269	3,167	85	75-95	0.94
Donley	40	1,296	31	21-40	-1.90
Duval	310	3,631	85	76-95	0.97
Eastland	280	4,880	57	51-64	-0.51
Ector	3,520	35,651	99	96-102	1.67
Edwards	32	555	58	38-78	-0.49
El Paso	16,143	207,796	78	77-79	0.56
Ellis	2,068	36,063	57	55-60	-0.51
Erath	464	11,568	40	37-44	-1.42
Falls	285	5,086	56	50-63	-0.58
Fannin	451	7,167	63	57-69	-0.22
Fayette	224	5,167	43	38-49	-1.24
Fisher	48	941	51	37-65	NR
Floyd	170	2,049	83	71-95	0.84
Foard	22	412	53	31-76	NR
Fort Bend	3,519	129,091	27	26-28	-2.09
Franklin	153	2,323	66	55-76	-0.06
Freestone	268	4,201	64	56-71	-0.17
Frio	413	4,121	100	91-110	1.75
Gaines	344	4,729	73	65-80	0.30
Galveston	3,358	66,923	50	49-52	-0.88
Garza	100	1,272	79	63-94	0.61
Gillespie	223	4,799	47	40-53	-1.08
Glasscock					NR
Goliad	86	1,666	52	41-63	-0.81
Gonzales	483	4,841	100	91-109	1.73
Gray	351	4,858	72	65-80	0.28
Grayson	1,819	28,844	63	60-66	-0.20
Gregg	2,227	28,397	78	75-82	0.60
Grimes	380	5,731	66	60-73	-0.04
Guadalupe	1,340	28,080	48	45-50	-1.02
Hale	1,017	10,134	100	94-107	1.76
Hall	62	915	68	51-85	0.04
Hamilton	82	1,718	48	37-58	-1.02
Hansford	83	1,463	57	45-69	-0.54
Hardeman	77	1,118	69	54-84	0.10
Hardin	622	12,318	51	47-55	-0.87
Harris	57,462	912,336	63	63-64	-0.21
Harrison	974	18,016	54	51-58	-0.68
Hartley	44	976	45	32-58	-1.15
Haskell	94	1,356	69	55-83	0.12
Hays	1,347	42,757	32	30-33	-1.87
Hemphill	45	768	59	42-76	NR
Henderson	1,260	17,533	72	68-76	0.26
Hidalgo	18,534	196,177	95	93-96	1.45
Hill	595	8,493	70	64-76	0.16
Hockley	550	7,423	74	68-80	0.37
Hood	552	10,425	53	49-57	-0.74
Hopkins	484	7,753	62	57-68	-0.24
Houston	343	5,085	68	60-75	0.03
Howard	703	7,658	92	85-99	1.31
Hudspeth	74	905	82	63-100	0.78
Hunt	1,287	21,656	59	56-63	-0.40
Hutchinson	386	6,117	63	57-69	-0.20
Irion					NR
Jack	131	1,938	68	56-79	0.03
Jackson	262	3,764	70	61-78	0.14
Jasper	569	8,440	67	62-73	0.02
Jeff Davis	22	747	30	17-42	-1.98
Jefferson	3,567	60,135	59	57-61	-0.41
Jim Hogg	144	1,574	92	77-106	1.29
Jim Wells	988	11,821	84	78-89	0.88
Johnson	2,153	37,161	58	56-60	-0.48
Jones	239	3,854	62	54-70	-0.26
Karnes	259	3,209	81	71-91	0.72
Kaufman	1,278	22,216	58	54-61	-0.50
Kendall	193	7,108	27	23-31	-2.10
Kenedy					NR
Kent					NR
Kerr	696	10,370	67	62-72	0.01
Kimble	73	1,004	73	56-89	0.30
King					NR
Kinney	53	799	66	49-84	NR
Kleberg	617	9,248	67	62-72	-0.02
Knox	63	1,148	55	41-68	-0.64
La Salle	142	1,588	89	75-104	1.18
Lamar	801	11,911	67	63-72	0.01
Lamb	384	3,874	99	89-109	1.69
Lampasas	277	5,159	54	47-60	-0.70
Lavaca	210	4,281	49	42-56	-0.94
Lee	185	4,525	41	35-47	-1.37
Leon	226	3,620	62	54-71	-0.24
Liberty	1,298	18,391	71	67-74	0.19
Limestone	386	5,185	74	67-82	0.39
Lipscomb	59	782	75	56-95	NR
Live Oak	135	2,637	51	43-60	-0.83
Llano	189	2,843	67	57-76	-0.03
Loving					NR
Lubbock	4,769	70,895	67	65-69	0.02
Lynn	121	1,860	65	54-77	-0.10
Madison	161	2,556	63	53-73	-0.21
Marion	153	2,187	70	59-81	0.16
Martin	98	1,529	64	51-77	-0.15
Mason	27	721	37	23-52	NR
Matagorda	746	10,441	71	66-77	0.23
Maverick	1,288	16,554	78	74-82	0.57
McCulloch	153	1,967	78	66-90	0.57
McLennan	4,038	68,357	59	57-61	-0.42
McMullen					NR
Medina	620	11,342	55	50-59	-0.65
Menard	32	497	64	42-87	NR
Midland	2,498	34,864	72	69-75	0.24
Milam	415	6,097	68	62-75	0.06
Mills	51	1,269	40	29-51	NR
Mitchell	124	1,740	71	59-84	0.23
Montague	312	4,289	73	65-81	0.30
Montgomery	4,108	92,313	45	43-46	-1.18
Moore	556	5,668	98	90-106	1.64
Morris	217	3,257	67	58-76	-0.02
Motley					NR
Nacogdoches	1,075	22,231	48	46-51	-0.98
Navarro	881	12,681	70	65-74	0.13
Newton	196	3,442	57	49-65	-0.53
Nolan	379	3,880	98	88-108	1.62
Nueces	5,547	83,438	67	65-68	-0.03
Ochiltree	237	2,576	92	80-104	1.32
Oldham					NR
Orange	1,225	20,426	60	57-63	-0.37
Palo Pinto	502	6,161	82	74-89	0.76
Panola	336	5,758	58	52-65	-0.45
Parker	1,163	26,234	44	42-47	-1.20
Parmer	189	2,953	64	55-73	-0.16
Pecos	341	4,393	78	69-86	0.56
Polk	709	9,326	76	70-82	0.47
Potter	3,013	28,055	107	104-111	2.13
Presidio	201	2,497	81	69-92	0.71
Rains	127	2,383	53	44-63	-0.72
Randall	1,139	29,815	38	36-40	-1.52
Reagan	75	1,004	75	58-92	0.41
Real	48	712	67	48-87	0.02
Red River	185	2,990	62	53-71	-0.27
Reeves	313	3,372	93	83-103	1.36
Refugio	121	1,999	61	50-71	-0.34
Roberts					NR
Robertson	292	4,154	70	62-78	0.17
Rockwall	398	15,469	26	23-28	-2.18
Runnels	176	2,736	64	55-74	-0.14
Rusk	697	10,961	64	59-68	-0.18
Sabine	161	2,072	78	66-90	0.56
San Augustine	140	1,801	78	65-91	0.56
San Jacinto	338	5,441	62	56-69	-0.26
San Patricio	1,417	19,073	74	70-78	0.39
San Saba	81	1,412	57	45-70	-0.51
Schleicher	57	767	74	55-94	NR
Scurry	350	4,093	86	77-95	0.98
Shackelford	24	820	29	18-41	NR
Shelby	545	6,141	89	81-96	1.14
Sherman	44	914	48	34-62	NR
Smith	2,839	49,180	58	56-60	-0.49
Somervell	88	1,950	45	36-55	-1.15
Starr	2,026	18,767	108	103-113	2.16
Stephens	153	2,233	69	58-79	0.08
Sterling					NR
Stonewall					NR
Sutton	72	1,094	66	51-81	-0.06
Swisher	169	2,001	85	72-97	0.92
Tarrant	23,553	395,967	60	59-60	-0.39
Taylor	2,439	36,958	66	63-69	-0.05
Terrell					NR
Terry	356	3,446	103	93-114	1.91
Throckmorton					NR
Titus	715	7,656	93	87-100	1.39
Tom Green	1,836	29,237	63	60-66	-0.22
Travis	10,918	202,487	54	53-55	-0.69
Trinity	191	3,074	62	53-71	-0.26
Tyler	310	4,363	71	63-79	0.22
Upshur	537	9,226	58	53-63	-0.46
Upton	66	1,000	66	50-82	-0.05
Uvalde	626	8,061	78	72-84	0.56
Val Verde	1,158	13,225	88	83-93	1.09
Van Zandt	678	12,210	56	51-60	-0.61
Victoria	1,743	22,891	76	73-80	0.48
Walker	531	17,740	30	27-33	-1.95
Waller	576	12,363	47	43-50	-1.07
Ward	228	2,854	80	70-90	0.68
Washington	434	10,081	43	39-47	-1.26
Webb	7,024	66,426	106	103-108	2.04
Wharton	787	11,322	70	65-74	0.13
Wheeler	88	1,114	79	63-96	0.63
Wichita	2,142	33,513	64	61-67	-0.16
Wilbarger	351	3,879	91	81-100	1.24
Willacy	492	5,837	84	77-92	0.91
Williamson	2,880	81,236	36	34-37	-1.66
Wilson	380	9,965	38	34-42	-1.52
Winkler	140	1,908	73	61-86	0.34
Wise	686	14,199	48	45-52	-0.98
Wood	485	8,921	54	50-59	-0.66
Yoakum	182	2,285	80	68-91	0.66
Young	319	4,289	74	66-83	0.39
Zapata ^{^}	470	3,745	126	114-137	3.00
Zavala	400	3,661	109	99-120	2.23

NR in Z-Score column indicates county "not ranked"
^Z-Score was capped at -3.0/3.0 due to population < 20,000

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2012 | Duval, Texas | Teen birth rate

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