{"id":7245,"date":"2023-01-20T16:04:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T16:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/?p=7245"},"modified":"2023-01-20T16:04:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T16:04:33","slug":"quickstats-birth-rates-for-females-aged-15-19-years-by-age-group-national-vital-statistics-system-united-states-1991-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/2023\/01\/20\/7245\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickStats: Birth Rates for Females Aged 15\u201319 Years, by Age Group \u2014 National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1991\u20132021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/mm7203a8-F.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7246 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/mm7203a8-F-300x189.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The birth rate for females aged 15\u201319 years declined from a 1991 peak of 61.8 per 1,000 females to a record low of 13.9 in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>From 1991 to 2021, the rate for females aged 15\u201317 years declined from 38.6 to 5.6 and from 94.0 to 26.6 for those aged 18\u201319 years.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the decline occurred during 2007\u20132021, with rates down 67% for females aged 15\u201319 years, 74% for females aged 15\u201317 years, and 63% for females aged 18\u201319 years. During 1991\u20132021, decreases in birth rates for females aged 15\u201317 years were larger than the decreases for those aged 18\u201319 years.<\/p>\n<p>Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality Data, 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/nvss\/births.htm\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/nvss\/births.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/72\/wr\/mm7203a8.htm\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/72\/wr\/mm7203a8.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The birth rate for females aged 15\u201319 years declined from a 1991 peak of 61.8 per 1,000 females to a record low of 13.9 in 2021. From 1991 to 2021, the rate for females aged 15\u201317 years declined from 38.6 to 5.6 and from 94.0 to 26.6 for those aged 18\u201319 years. Most of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":277,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47309,63673,47317,54842,53751],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/277"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7245"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7250,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7245\/revisions\/7250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}