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Teen Pregnancy and Birth Trends in King County, Washington Eva Wong Assessment, Policy Development & Evaluation Unit, Public Health-Seattle & King County.

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1 Teen Pregnancy and Birth Trends in King County, Washington Eva Wong Assessment, Policy Development & Evaluation Unit, Public Health-Seattle & King County eva.wong@kingcounty.gov 206-263-8785 September 2, 2010

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3 1,695 pregnancies, 874 births in 2008 820 pregnancies, 366 births in 2008 43 pregnancies, 8 births in 2008 among teens <15

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12 Conclusions: Teen Ages 15-17 Trends King County meeting Healthy People 2010 objectives, but live birth trends through 2008: King County American Indian/AN Asian/PI African American White Hispanics

13 Conclusions  Increasing teen birth rates in South Region  Race/Ethnic disparities: 4-12 times higher than white non-Hispanics  Geographic disparities: 18 times greater comparing South King County vs. lowest rate area  Economic-linked changes?


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