Table 2.
Communities Exceeding the Statewide Average for Percentage of All Births to Teen Mothers, 2000-2004*
|
Town |
Pop.** |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
mean |
|
1. Hartford |
121,578 |
22.00% |
20.00% |
18.76% |
18.73% |
20.10% |
19.87% |
|
2. New Britain |
71,538 |
17.82% |
18.30% |
17.36% |
16.21% |
15.99% |
17.42% |
|
3. Windham |
22,857 |
18.44% |
19.00% |
15.41% |
16.24% |
15.43% |
17.27% |
|
4. New Haven |
123,626 |
18.26% |
16.20% |
15.04% |
13.42% |
13.65% |
15.73% |
|
5. Bridgeport |
139,529 |
16.12% |
16.20% |
15.94% |
14.16% |
13.16% |
15.61% |
|
6. Waterbury |
107,271 |
16.22% |
14.80% |
14.73% |
15.34% |
14.48% |
15.27% |
|
7. New London |
25,671 |
11.89% |
13.70% |
15.31% |
16.27% |
14.10% |
14.29% |
|
8. Meriden |
58,244 |
12.76% |
13.70% |
12.94% |
9.85% |
13.67% |
12.31% |
|
9. Killingly |
16,472 |
12.68% |
10.70% |
11.84% |
10.64% |
13.71% |
11.47% |
|
10. Norwich |
36,117 |
12.39% |
10.00% |
11.23% |
9.00% |
12.45% |
10.66% |
|
11. East Hartford |
49,575 |
12.15% |
9.40% |
10.07% |
10.53% |
10.00% |
10.54% |
|
12. Ansonia |
18,554 |
9.90% |
8.10% |
10.80% |
8.80% |
10.23% |
9.57% |
|
13. Thompson |
8,878 |
8.20% |
9.20% |
9.60% |
11.20% |
9.18% |
9.55% |
|
14. Griswold |
10,807 |
8.60% |
7.80% |
9.20% |
9.70% |
12.16% |
9.49% |
|
Connecticut |
|
7.59% |
7.40% |
7.60% |
7.26% |
6.96% |
7.46% |
*All data for this analysis by the Family Planning Program, Dept of OB/GYN at the UCHC are provided courtesy of the Connecticut Department of Public Health.
**Population estimates derived from city-data.com
Blue denotes population estimates less than 15,000.