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 | 2010-01-01T00:00:00.000 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000 2011-01-01T00:00:00.000 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Geography | geography | text | St. Louis County Missouri view top 100 |
| Total Female Pop | total_female_pop | number | 3059117 526415 527343 519733 3063848 view top 100 |
| % 10-19 Female Pop | _10_19_female_pop | number | 12.8 12.7 12.9 13.1 13 view top 100 |
| Total 10-19 Female Pop | total_10_19_female_pop | number | 67287 392755 391639 67908 67046 view top 100 |
| 10-14 Births | _10_14_births | number | 6 76 43 69 74 view top 100 |
| 15-17 Births | _15_17_births | number | 1870 172 157 258 2371 view top 100 |
| 18-19 Births | _18_19_births | number | 650 4702 5067 4356 5616 view top 100 |
| Total 10-19 Births | total_10_19_births | number | 937 8570 804 632 6998 view top 100 |
| Births Per 1,000 Teen Girls | births_per_1_000_teen_girls | number | 11.8 13.7 13.9 9.8 15.0 view top 100 |