Birth rates (per 1,000) among adolescents ages 10-19, by age and race/ethnicity of the mother, 2002 (vertical bar chart): Ages 10-14: Total, 0.7; non-Hispanic White, 0.2; non-Hispanic Black, 1.9; Hispanic, 1.4. Ages 15-17: Total, 23.2; non-Hispanic White, 13.1; non-Hispanic Black, 41.0; Hispanic, 50.7. Ages 18-19: Total, 72.8; non-Hispanic White, 51.9; non-Hispanic Black, 110.3; Hispanic, 133.0.

Source: Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ, Menacker F, Munson ML. Births: Final Data for 2002. National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 52, No. 10. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.