Social Indicators Related to Drug Abuse-Drug Prevention SIG , Data Center : Center on the Family

29. Adolescent Pregnancies Per 1,000 Females 10-17
	Time Series
	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Apr.
Location	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
State of Hawai`i	21.4	22.9	22.5	21.4	22.8	20.3	19.7	18.1	20.1	17.7	14.6
Hawai`i County	18.4	23.5	22.0	25.4	23.9	22.6	24.7	24.5	24.2	23.5	15.0
City & County of Honolulu	21.7	23.1	23.1	19.8	22.3	19.2	18.8	17.0	19.3	15.9	14.2
Kaua`i County	20.7	22.0	20.2	25.1	23.6	23.0	20.4	15.7	22.4	19.7	16.8
Maui County	23.3	21.0	20.0	25.8	24.3	22.9	18.8	18.0	19.3	20.4	16.0


Technical Notes: The source of the numerator is Hawaii State Dept. of Health, Office of Health Status Monitoring, Research & Statistics Sec. The source of the denominator is U.S. Census Bureau -- 1990-99 County Population Estimates and 2000 Census data. The federal definition requires attention to the 10-17 age range, which results in a lower rate than the typical Hawaii practice of looking at the 15-17 range. Also, any pregnancy statistic depends on REPORTED births, abortions, and miscarriages. A few births and and, probably, more terminated pregnancies will always go unreported. Notes on data quality and data patterns for social indicators related to substance abuse.
Importance of the Indicator: Drinking alcohol and using drugs has been associated with unplanned and unprotected sex among sexually active youth age 15-24 according to a national survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The costs of teen pregnancy are great for the young woman, her child if the pregnancy outcome is a live birth, and the community. Pregnancy interrupts the ideal psychological and social development of adolescent girls, especially those under the age of 18. Research has shown that a teenage girl who becomes pregnant often enters a cycle of school failure, poverty, and delinquency. The pregnancy may disrupt relationships with peers or partners and strain family ties.
Data collected by UH - Social Science Institute (SSRI) and Center on the Family (COF) Under Contract to the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD), Department of Health
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