This dataset includes annual counts and rates of live births to girls ages 10-19 who are residents of St. Louis County. Data is collected, maintained and published by the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services (HSS). Information on each birth and the mothers is gathered from birth certificates. HSS only reports the number of live births along with other health, social and demographic variables through the Missouri Information for Community Assessment (MICA) system. Rates of live births is calculated using both MICA and U.S. Census data. Live Births Per 1,000 Teen Girls for a specified time period is calculated as: (# Live Births to Girls Ages 10-19/Total Population of Girls Ages 10-19) x 1,000.
This dataset has the following 10 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | calendar_date | 2013-01-01T00:00:00 2012-01-01T00:00:00 2011-01-01T00:00:00 2010-01-01T00:00:00 2009-01-01T00:00:00 view top 100 |
| Geography | geography | text | Missouri St. Louis County view top 100 |
| Total Female Pop | total_female_pop | number | 3083769 527343 3068397 526996 3064932 view top 100 |
| % 10-19 Female Pop | _10_19_female_pop | percent | 12.7 12.8 12.9 13 13.1 view top 100 |
| Total 10-19 Female Pop | total_10_19_female_pop | number | 391639 66973 392755 67455 392311 view top 100 |
| 10-14 Births | _10_14_births | number | 43 6 69 10 61 view top 100 |
| 15-17 Births | _15_17_births | number | 1456 157 1612 172 1870 view top 100 |
| 18-19 Births | _18_19_births | number | 4356 469 4702 476 5067 view top 100 |
| Total 10-19 Births | total_10_19_births | number | 5855 632 6383 658 6998 view top 100 |
| Births Per 1,000 Teen Girls | births_per_1_000_teen_girls | number | 15.0 9.4 16.3 9.8 17.8 view top 100 |