Teen Pregnancy Synopsis

Teen Pregnancy Synopsis

2007-12 IPLAN PRIORITY: 

Reduce the percentage of births to teens in Vermilion County

Teen Births
	Live Births	Mother < 20	% of births to teens VC	% of births to teens Illinois	Infant mortality cases	Infant mortality rate
2004	1079	177	16.4%	9.9%	6	**
2005	1112	180	16.2%	9.7%	11	**
2006	1176	166	14.1%	10.0%	7	**
2007	1117	151	13.5%	10.1%	8	**
2008	1094	164	15.0%	10.0%	9	**
2009	1100	172	15.6%	9.6%	Not avail	**

**number too low to calculate rate

Birth rate for VC teens (by age group)
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
< 15 yrs of age	3	2	0	4	1
15-17 yrs old	57	56	46	53	54
18-19 yrs old	120	108	105	107	117

COMMENT:  In 2007, teen birth rate was 13.5% which is the lowest it has been since keeping records beginning in 1970.  However, the rate then climbed back to 15.0% and 15.6% respectively in 2008, 2009.   The number of births to VC teens age 15-17 remains consistent (near 50/year) since 2005.  The percent of birth to teens in Vermilion County still remains well over the State rate which tends to remain fairly constant between 9-10%.

2007-12 IPLAN GOAL:

Reduce the percentage of youths reporting sexual intercourse before age 17.

Data below per: I Sing the Body Electric 2010 Survey

• Vermilion County students who have had sexual intercourse sometime in their life reached the highest percent since data was first collected in 2002. The 2010 number (55.7%) represents an increase of 4.5% from 2002 and an even greater increase of 6.5% from 2008.
• The 2010 survey shows that 8.5% of VC youth have had sexual intercourse before the age of 13.  This is a 13.3% increase from 2002 numbers (7.5%).
• In 9^th grade VC youth, male students (44.4%) were more likely than female students (37.4%) to have had sexual intercourse sometime in their life.  The reverse is true in 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th grades with female students reporting higher incidences of having had sexual intercourse than males.

ISBE 2010 Survey Data, con’t:

• Data further indicates that 12.2% of VC males (or one in eight) report having sex before the age of 13, while 4.7% of VC females (or one in 20) report having sex before they turned 13 years old.
• VC had developed a positive downward trend from 2004 to 2008 in youth reporting multiple partners.  Unfortunately, in 2010, that risk behavior escalated to the highest number (18.3%) since the survey process began in 2002.  In comparing 2010 VC and 2009 USA numbers, we see that a greater percent of VC youth (18.3%) report having had four or more sexual partners than USA youth at 13.8%.

PER:  (CDC: MMWR Jan 20, 2012 / 61(02);25-29)

• Approximately 400,000 teens aged 5-19 yrs give birth every year in the U.S.
• The U.S. teen birth rate remains the highest in the developed world
• Teen mothers are more likely to experience negative social outcomes, including school dropout.
• Infants of teen mothers are more likely to be low birth weight & have lower academic achievement
• Daughters of teen mothers are more likely to become teen mothers themselves.

Data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) collected in 19 states (Illinois participates in PRAMS), during 2004-2008, for teens aged 15-19, who became pregnant unintentionally & gave birth to a live infant indicated:

(CDC: MMWR Jan 20, 2012 / 61(02);25-29)

•         50.1% reported doing nothing to prevent pregnancy

•         Of these teens, 31.4% thought they could not get pregnant at the time 

•         23.6% did not use contraception because their partner did not want to use it

•         22.1% did not mind getting pregnant