2000
Here are some statistics for your consumption on the issue of teen pregnancy. I include it here because it has a fine list of INDICATORS that we might use in our Community Systems Change process. Of course, our needs include having numbers on this for Quay County, but we can get those, too.
I tire of the somewhat futile numbers that say that we are the worst state for both Percent of total births to teens and Percent of total births to mothers receiving late or no prenatal care. It is not a terribly userful stat, except if you want to depress people that we stink above and beyond other states. One trend that grabbed me was the steady rise in the percentage of births to Hispanics compared with the drop among whites. We are becoming a truly Hispanic state!
I produced this abstract using time paid for by the Quay County Maternal Child and Community Health Council with funds from the New Mexico Department of Health.Profile of New Mexico
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Trends In Key Indicators, 1990-2000 | |||||||||||||
Indicator* | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | ||
Percent of total births to teens | New Mexico | 16.3 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.4 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 17.9 | 17.4 | |
U.S. Average | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 11.8 | ||
Percent of teen births to women who were already mothers | New Mexico | 22.9 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 21.9 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 19.8 | 20.5 | 21.6 | |
U.S. Average | 24.3 | 24.6 | 25.0 | 23.4 | 21.8 | 21.0 | 21.4 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 21.1 | ||
Percent of total births to unmarried women | New Mexico | 35.4 | 37.6 | 39.5 | 41.4 | 41.7 | 42.6 | 42.1 | 43.5 | 44.0 | 45.1 | 45.6 | |
U.S. Average | 28.0 | 29.5 | 30.1 | 31.0 | 32.6 | 32.2 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 32.8 | 33.0 | 33.2 | ||
Percent of total births to mothers with less than 12 years of education | New Mexico | 27.2 | 27.6 | 29.0 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 27.1 | 28.2 | 28.3 | 28.3 | |
U.S. Average | 23.8 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.4 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 21.7 | 21.7 | ||
Percent of total births to mothers receiving late or no prenatal care | New Mexico | 12.8 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 9.4 | |
U.S. Average | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
Percent of total births to mothers who smoked during pregnancy | New Mexico | 11.3 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 9.8 | |
U.S. Average | 18.4 | 17.8 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.2 | ||
Percent low-birthweight births (less than 5.5 lbs) | New Mexico | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.0 | |
U.S. Average | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | ||
Percent preterm births (less than 37 completed weeks of gestation) | New Mexico | 11.0 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 12.3 | |
U.S. Average | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.6 | ||
Number of births by Race and Ethnicity of mother | New Mexico** | White non-Hispanic | 10,527 | 10,563 | 10,331 | 10,155 | 10,185 | 9,914 | 10,085 | 9,545 | 9,453 | 9,168 | 9,055 |
Black non-Hispanic | 512 | 550 | 489 | 525 | 505 | 473 | 439 | 477 | 468 | 465 | 477 | ||
Hispanic | 12,193 | 12,592 | 12,957 | 13,054 | 12,984 | 12,900 | 13,255 | 13,322 | 13,714 | 13,827 | 13,941 | ||
Other | 4,170 | 4,095 | 4,145 | 4,118 | 3,917 | 3,633 | 3,449 | 3,527 | 3,683 | 3,731 | 3,750 | ||
Total | 27,402 | 27,800 | 27,922 | 27,852 | 27,591 | 26,920 | 27,228 | 26,871 | 27,318 | 27,191 | 27,223 |