"Birth Rates for Teenagers 15-19 Years and Percentage of Births to Unmarried Teenagers, by Age and Race of Mother, 1950-2001" ALL RACES WHITE BLACK Year Birth rates Percent nonmarital 15-17 years 18-19 years Birth rates Percent nonmarital 15-17 years 18-19 years Birth rates Percent nonmarital 15-17 years 18-19 years Birth Rates 2001 45.8 78.9 25.2 75.5 41.4 73.1 21.9 69.7 73.2 95.6 45.6 113.2 2000 48.5 78.8 27.4 79.2 43.6 72.8 23.6 72.7 79.4 95.6 50.4 121.3 1999 49.6 78.7 28.7 80.3 44.6 72.6 24.8 73.5 81.0 95.5 52.0 122.8 1998 51.1 78.5 30.4 82.0 45.4 72.2 25.9 74.6 85.4 95.7 56.8 126.9 1997 52.3 77.8 32.1 83.6 46.3 71.1 27.1 75.9 88.2 95.7 60.8 130.1 1996 54.4 75.9 33.8 86.0 48.1 68.7 28.4 78.4 91.4 95.4 64.7 132.5 1995 56.8 75.2 36.0 89.1 50.1 67.7 30.0 81.2 96.1 95.2 69.7 137.1 1994 58.9 75.5 37.6 91.5 51.1 67.6 30.7 82.1 104.5 95.3 76.3 148.3 1993 59.6 71.3 37.8 92.1 51.1 62.3 30.3 82.1 108.6 92.9 79.8 151.9 1992 60.7 70.0 37.8 94.5 51.8 60.4 30.1 83.8 112.4 92.6 81.3 157.9 1991 62.1 68.8 38.7 94.4 52.8 58.8 30.7 83.5 115.5 92.3 84.1 158.6 1990 59.9 67.1 37.5 88.6 50.8 56.4 29.5 78.0 112.8 92.0 82.3 152.9 1989 57.3 66.6 36.4 84.2 47.9 55.3 28.1 72.9 111.5 92.1 81.9 151.9 1988 53.0 65.3 33.6 79.9 44.4 53.7 26.0 69.6 102.7 92.0 75.7 142.7 1987 50.6 63.4 31.7 78.5 42.5 51.4 24.6 68.9 97.6 91.4 72.1 135.8 1986 50.2 60.8 30.5 79.6 42.3 48.3 23.8 70.1 95.8 90.7 69.3 135.1 1985 51.0 58.0 31.0 79.6 43.3 44.8 24.4 70.4 95.4 90.2 69.3 132.4 1984 50.6 55.6 31.0 77.4 42.9 41.7 24.3 68.4 94.1 89.6 69.2 128.1 1983 51.4 53.4 31.8 77.4 43.9 39.3 25.0 68.8 93.9 89.0 69.6 127.1 1982 52.4 50.7 32.3 79.4 45.0 36.7 25.5 70.8 94.3 87.5 69.7 128.9 1981 52.2 49.2 32.0 80.0 44.9 35.0 25.4 71.5 94.5 86.7 69.3 131.0 1980 53.0 47.6 32.5 82.1 45.4 33.1 25.5 73.2 97.8 85.7 72.5 135.1 1979 52.3 46.1 32.3 81.3 43.7 30.3 24.7 71.0 101.7 85.1 75.7 140.4 1978 51.5 44.1 32.2 79.8 42.9 28.6 24.9 69.4 100.9 82.9 75.0 139.7 1977 52.8 42.9 33.9 80.9 44.1 27.3 26.1 70.5 104.7 82.0 79.6 142.9 1976 52.8 40.3 34.1 80.5 44.1 24.8 26.3 70.2 104.9 79.7 80.3 142.5 1975 55.6 38.2 36.1 85.0 46.4 22.9 28.0 74.0 111.8 76.9 85.6 152.4 1974 57.5 35.4 37.3 88.7 47.9 20.2 28.7 77.3 116.5 73.7 90.0 158.7 1973 59.3 33.9 38.5 91.2 49.0 19.1 29.2 79.3 123.1 71.0 96.0 166.6 1972 61.7 32.8 39.0 96.9 51.0 18.1 29.3 84.3 129.8 69.6 99.5 179.5 1971 64.5 30.9 38.2 105.3 53.6 17.0 28.5 92.3 134.5 66.9 99.4 192.6 1970 68.3 29.5 38.8 114.7 57.4 17.1 29.2 101.5 140.7 62.7 101.4 204.9 1969 65.5 27.8 35.7 112.4 54.7 16.2 26.4 99.2 137.0 58.7 96.9 202.5 1968 65.6 26.7 35.1 113.5 54.9 15.8 25.6 100.5 138.7 --- 98.2 206.1 1967 67.5 24.2 35.3 116.7 56.9 13.9 25.7 104.0 141.8 --- 99.5 213.4 1966 70.3 21.9 35.7 120.3 60.4 12.4 26.6 108.2 142.7 --- 97.9 219.2 1965 70.5 20.8 36.6 124.5 60.6 11.4 27.8 111.9 144.6 --- 99.3 227.6 1964 73.1 19.0 37.2 142.8 63.4 10.2 29.1 129.7 147.6 --- 98.7 242.4 1963 76.7 17.4 36.9 147.6 68.2 9.0 28.4 133.2 --- --- --- --- 1962 81.4 15.7 38.1 150.8 73.2 7.8 29.5 136.7 --- --- --- --- 1961 88.6 15.5 43.8 155.2 79.2 7.7 35.3 143.8 --- --- --- --- 1960 89.1 14.8 43.9 166.7 79.4 7.2 35.5 154.6 156.1 --- --- --- 1959 89.1 14.8 --- --- 79.2 6.9 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1958 91.4 14.3 --- --- 81.0 6.6 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1957 96.3 13.9 --- --- 85.2 6.3 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1956 94.6 14.0 --- --- 83.2 6.3 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1955 90.3 14.2 --- --- 79.2 6.4 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1954 90.6 14.1 --- --- 79.0 6.3 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1953 88.2 13.5 --- --- 77.2 5.9 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1952 86.1 13.4 --- --- 75.0 5.8 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1951 87.6 12.9 --- --- 75.9 5.8 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1950 81.6 13.4 --- --- 70.0 6.2 --- --- --- --- --- --- Sources: "National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1979, Volume I, Natality (Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and " "Human Services, 1984)." 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