County Health Indicators
Understand your county’s health profile compared to Ohio as a whole and the rest of the United States.
The Ohio Profile of Contraceptive Access and Use is compiling data on different health outcomes at the county level, starting with teen pregnancy and birth rates.
Teen Births
In 2016, Ohio ranked 24 out of 51 (50 states plus the District of Columbia) on teen birth rates defined as the number of live teen births per 1,000 among females aged 15-19.1
Comparing Counties
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) compiles pregnancy statistics for Ohio and counties.2 Unlike the national statistics that reflect the number of live births only, the number of teen pregnancies calculated by ODH includes the sum of live births, induced abortions, and estimated fetal loss. Live birth data were extracted from Ohio Vital Statistics births file3 induced abortions were obtained from Ohio Vital Statistics abortion file4 and fetal loss were estimated from the National Survey for Family Growth.5
Ohio Teen Pregnancy Rates by County, 2012
Ohio Teen Pregnancy Rates by County, 2016
[1] Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Osterman MJK, Driscoll AK, Drake P. (2018). Births: Final data for 2016. National Vital Statistics Reports, 67(1). Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.
[2] Ohio Department of Health. (2018, September 06). Teen Pregnancy Statistics. https://odh.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odh/explore-data-and-stats/published-reports/teen-pregnancy
[3] Ohio Department of Health (2020). Birth Resident Dataset. Ohio Public Health Information Warehouse. http://publicapps.odh.ohio.gov/EDW/DataBrowser/Browse/OhioLiveBirths.
[4] Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics (2017). Induced Abortions in Ohio. https://odh.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odh/know-our-programs/vital-statistics/resources/vs-abortionreport2017.
[5] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Survey of Family Growth. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg/nsfg_questionnaires.htm.