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30. Juvenile Birthrates (Live Births 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	12.3	12.9	11.9	11.0	12.0	10.7	10.7	9.8	11.9	10.1	8.7
Hawai`i County	12.4	16.3	14.5	15.1	15.2	13.6	14.3	13.6	15.4	15.8	10.1
City & County of Honolulu	11.9	11.8	11.3	9.7	11.2	10.0	10.1	9.1	11.0	8.4	8.2
Kaua`i County	11.9	16.9	11.6	12.6	15.4	10.3	9.6	8.2	14.1	11.9	10.0
Maui County	15.2	14.0	12.3	14.3	12.3	12.0	10.7	11.1	12.5	12.7	9.5
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. Notes for Indicator 29 also apply to this indicator. Births are particularly rare among 10- to 14-year-olds. The highly erratic year-to-year changes on Kauai to some extent reflect small numbers of births there; small numbers are always subject to more statistical variation. Notes on data quality and data patterns for social indicators related to substance abuse.
Importance of the Indicator: According to the National Center of Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), 55% of teenagers say that having sex while drinking or on drugs is often a reason for unplanned pregnancies. Children born to teen mothers are much more likely to be living in poverty; experience higher rates of acute and chronic health problems; child abuse and neglect; and school failure. This is especially true for the babies of younger teens, those who have not completed high school. Teenage parenting, even with adequate financial, emotional, medical and educational support, can be tough work.
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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