Table 16:
BIRTHS TO TEENS, AGE 15-17, RHODE ISLAND, 1989-1993

city/Town

# OF TEEN GIRLS
AGES 15-17

# BIRTHS TO TEENS
AGES 15-17

Rate/1000 TEENS

 

Rate/1000 TEENS
1988-1992

Barrington

282

11

7.8

 

7.1

Bristol

369

32

17.3

 

17.3

Burrillville

321

28

17.4

 

18.7

Central Falls

309

130

84.1

 

82.8

Charlestown

97

6

NA

 

NA

Coventry

613

42

13.7

 

15.3

Cranston

1,137

90

15.8

 

13.4

Cumberland

548

30

10.9

 

10.9

East Greenwich

272

4

2.9

 

5.1

East Providence

864

89

20.6

 

19.0

Exeter

117

8

13.7

 

8.5

Foster

90

2

NA

 

NA

Glocester

206

14

13.6

 

14.6

Hopkinton

134

11

16.4

 

19.4

Jamestown

80

6

NA

 

NA

Johnston

445

36

16.2

 

14.8

Lincoln

322

12

7.5

 

7.5

Little Compton

51

2

NA

 

NA

Middletown

294

27

18.4

 

18.4

Narragansett

204

5

4.9

 

7.8

Newport

390

95

48.7

 

42.6

New Shoreham

5

0

NA

 

NA

North Kingstown

477

42

17.6

 

15.1

North Providence

515

30

11.7

 

10.1

North Smithfield

233

7

6.0

 

4.3

Pawtucket

1,286

264

41.1

 

41.2

Portsmouth

342

11

6.4

 

7.0

Providence

2,679

1,032

77.0

 

74.3

Richmond

102

13

25.5

 

27.5

Scituate

216

6

5.6

 

5.6

Smithfield

286

8

5.6

 

7.0

South Kingstown

366

28

15.3

 

15.3

Tiverton

281

18

12.8

 

13.5

Warren

182

16

17.6

 

19.8

Warwick

1,455

129

17.7

 

17.7

Westerly

357

37

20.7

 

23.0

West Greenwich

73

8

NA

 

NA

West Warwick

480

68

28.3

 

26.3

Woonsocket

799

237

59.3

 

60.6

Core Cities

5,463

1,758

64.4

 

62.7

Remainder of State

11,816

876

14.8

 

14.6

Rhode Island

17,279

2,634

30.5

 

29.8

Source: Rhode Island Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health Database, Birth Files, 1989 to 1993, average. Core cities are Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Newport, and Central Falls.

NA: Rates are not calculated for cities and towns with less than 100 births, as rates for small denominators are statistically unreliable.

The denominator is the number of girls ages 15 through 17 according to the 1990 Census of Population, multiplied by five to compute a rate over five years, 1989 to 1993.

Last Update: 5/8/97 by JDC