NCHS - Teen Birth Rates for Females by Age Group, Race, and Hispanic Origin: United States

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Health Statistics

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United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Center for Health Statistics. NCHS - Teen Birth Rates for Females by Age Group, Race, and Hispanic Origin: United States. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-01-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/E243185V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title NCHS - Teen Birth Rates for Females by Age Group, Race, and Hispanic Origin: United States
Summary:  View help for Summary This dataset includes teen birth rates for females by age group, race, and Hispanic origin in the United States since 1960. Data availability varies by race and ethnicity groups. All birth data by race before 1980 are based on race of the child. Since 1980, birth data by race are based on race of the mother. For race, data are available for Black and White births since 1960, and for American Indians/Alaska Native and Asian/Pacific Islander births since 1980. Data on Hispanic origin are available since 1989. Teen birth rates for specific racial and ethnic categories are also available since 1989. From 2003 through 2015, the birth data by race were based on the “bridged” race categories (5). Starting in 2016, the race categories for reporting birth data changed; the new race and Hispanic origin categories are: Non-Hispanic, Single Race White; Non-Hispanic, Single Race Black; Non-Hispanic, Single Race American Indian/Alaska Native; Non-Hispanic, Single Race Asian; and, Non-Hispanic, Single Race Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (5,6). Birth data by the prior, “bridged” race (and Hispanic origin) categories are included through 2018 for comparison. National data on births by Hispanic origin exclude data for Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma in 1989; New Hampshire and Oklahoma in 1990; and New Hampshire in 1991 and 1992. Birth and fertility rates for the Central and South American population includes other and unknown Hispanic. Information on reporting Hispanic origin is detailed in the Technical Appendix for the 1999 public-use natality data file (see ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/DVS/natality/Nat1999doc.pdf). Read less
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://data.cdc.gov/National-Center-for-Health-Statistics/NCHS-Teen-Birth-Rates-for-Females-by-Age-Group-Rac/e8kx-wbww/about_data

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms birth rate; age; ethnicity; hispanic origin; race; united states; nchs
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes (Downloaded 1/9/2026)


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