Table 16. Live births, fetal deaths, reported abortions, total pregnancies, female population, and pregnancy rate*, for Galveston County, 1998-2002
			1998		1999		2000		2001		2002
Live Births			< 15	15-17	< 15	15-17	< 15	15-17	< 15	15-17	< 15	15-17
	All Teen Mothers		13	203	11	224	10	191	10	152	11	156
	Black Teen Mothers		8	62	3	64	6	56	5	37	4	48
	Hispanic Teen Mothers		3	57	4	76	3	81	3	63	7	63
	All Other Teen Mothers		2	84	4	84	1	54	2	52	0	45
Fetal Deaths (stillborns)
	All Teen Mothers		2	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4
	Black Teen Mothers		1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Hispanic Teen Mothers		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
	All Other Teen Mothers		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Reported Abortions
	All Teen Mothers		4	44	3	66	3	49	4	33	4	38
	Black Teen Mothers		2	18	1	8	2	15	2	9	0	9
	Hispanic Teen Mothers		0	12	1	7	0	7	1	9	4	8
	All Other Teen Mothers		1	36	1	29	1	27	1	15	0	21
Total Pregnancies
	All Teen Mothers		18	272	15	270	13	241	14	186	15	198
	Black Teen Mothers		11	80	4	74	8	71	7	47	4	57
	Hispanic Teen Mothers		3	69	5	83	3	89	4	72	11	73
	All Other Teen Mothers		4	123	5	113	2	81	3	67	0	68
Female Population
	All Teen Mothers		N/A	5,502	N/A	5,558	N/A	5,845	N/A	5,626	N/A	5,735
	Black Teen Mothers		N/A	1,158	N/A	1,150	N/A	1,079	N/A	1,071	N/A	1,034
	Hispanic Teen Mothers		N/A	1,085	N/A	1,092	N/A	1,299	N/A	1,182	N/A	1,262
	All Other Teen Mothers		N/A	3,259	N/A	3,316	N/A	3,467	N/A	3,373	N/A	3,439
Pregnancy Rate*
	All Teen Mothers		N/A	49.4	N/A	48.6	N/A	41.2	N/A	33.1	N/A	34.5
	Black Teen Mothers		N/A	69.1	N/A	64.3	N/A	65.8	N/A	43.9	N/A	55.1
	Hispanic Teen Mothers		N/A	63.6	N/A	76.0	N/A	68.5	N/A	60.9	N/A	57.8
	All Other Teen Mothers		N/A	37.7	N/A	34.1	N/A	23.4	N/A	19.9	N/A	19.8
N/A=Not Available
* A pregnancy rate is the number of pregnancies per 1,000 females in a specified age group.  A Healthy People Year 2010 Objective is for this rate not to exceed 43 pregnancies per 1,000 females age 15-17.  The numbers of births, fetal deaths (stillborns), and reported abortions are from the Texas Department of Health (TDH) Center for Health Statistics.
**Population estimates used in calculating the rates are from the U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Census  and the TDH Center for Health Statistics.