Challenge 2005 Results

Challenge

2005

Reducing Teen

Pregnancy

in New Mexico

14 counties reduced teen births by 20% (1998-2003)

7 counties reduced teen births
by at least 10% (1998-2003)

Challenge 2005 asked counties to reduce their teen birth rate 20%, by 2005.

Click here to see the final results with five years of data, from 1998-2003.

County programs cannot do it alone. Promising approaches to preventing teen pregnancy include:

Strong connection between parents and teens
Comprehensive sexuality education
Male involvement
Service learning - programs combining classroom and community service

Now is not the time to lose interest in further reducing teen pregnancy. Policymakers, community leaders, parents, and youth need to continue to work together to provide our youth the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Teen births in New Mexico declined by 11% between 1998-2003

BIRTH RATES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY, New Mexico and the United States

	NM Population Girls 15-19	NM Births to 15-19 year olds	NM Birth Rate per 1000 Girls	US Birth Rate per 1000 Girls
Asian / Pacific Islander	1,257	20	16.2	18.3
American Indian / Alaska Native	10,168	607	59.7	53.8
Black / African-American	1,989	90	45.4	66.6
White Non-Hispanic	26,064	857	32.9	28.5
White Hispanic	33,994	2,941	86.5	83.4

NM Births and Birth Rates are yearly averages for period 2001-2003; Population is from 2002 (UNM-BBER); Birth numbers from NMDOH, BVRHS.

US Birth Rates are fro 2002; source: http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/reading/fact_sheets/default.asp

For more information contact:

NM Teen Pregnancy Coalition at 505-254-8737 or email to nmtpc@nmtpc.org

NM Department of Health Family Planning Program at 505-476-8882

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Funded by the NM Department of Health, PHD, Title X Family Planning Program, DHHS