Tulsa, Okla., Teen Pregnancy Ranks 12th in U.S.

Oklahoma's teen pregnancy rate is the 12th highest nationally, only a slight improvement from a decade earlier. CDC figures show that in 2000, the Oklahoma pregnancy rate of women ages 15 to 19 was 60.1 births per 1,000. For those 18 to 19 years old, the rate was 99.8 births per 1,000. In 1991, Oklahoma ranked 13th nationally with a rate of 72.1 births per 1,000 for women ages 15 to 19. For ages 18 to 19, it was 115.6 births per 1,000. The national rate in 2000 was 48.5 births per 1,000 for the 15 to 19 age group and 79.2 births per 1,000 for those 18 to 19, the CDC said. The state with the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation is Mississippi, which had 72.0 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 19. In Washington, D.C., the rate was 80.7 per 1,000 women in that same age bracket.

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