Community Assessment 2020-2025

Sacramento Employment and Training Agency 2020-2025
TEEN PREGNANCY RATES
According to the Birth Fact Sheet 2016, teen births of Sacramento County “the total number of
teen births for adolescents age 15 to 19 years declined from 2,122 in 2007 to 773 in 2016, a 63.6%
drop. Similarly, the overall teen birth rate decreased by 62.4% from 38.8 per 1,000 females age
15 to 19 in 2007 to 14.6 in 2016.” (DHS.saccounty.net, 2019)
The following charts show the birth rates among teens age 15-19 by Race/Ethnicity in Sacramento
County between 2010-2016.
Teen Birth Rates by Race/Ethnicity
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
50
40
30
20
10
0
Hispanic White Black Asian / PI Sacramento
The chart above shows that the birth rate among teens has decreased among all Races/Ethnicities
but the birth rate among Black/African American teens has surpassed all others to become the
highest.
Internal Data
According to the 2018-2019 Program Information Report (PIR) for Sacramento County, pregnant
women enrolled in the Early Head Start Program ranged between the ages of 15 and 38. With the
overall decline in teen pregnancies, SETA adjusted its Enrollment Selection Criteria in 2017 to
include pregnant women of any age as a high priority; not just mothers-to-be under the age of 21.
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