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Teen Births, 2000
(per 1,000 females
ages 15-19)

AIDS, 2001
(per 100,000 population)

Chlamydia, 2001
(per 100,000 population)

Gonorrhea, 2001
(per 100,000 population)

Rate

Rank

Rate

Rank

Rate

Rank

Rate

Rank

U.S. TOTAL

48.5

*

14.7

*

278.3

*

128.5

*

Alabama

62.9

44

9.8

29

326.6

39

251.4

47

Alaska

42.4

23

2.8

5

437.7

50

72.9

20

Arizona

69.1

48

10.2

31

279.6

32

76.4

23

Arkansas

68.5

47

7.4

22

272.3

28

172.2

38

California

48.5

30

12.5

37

301.0

34

68.8

18

Colorado

49.2

32

6.5

20

307.8

37

74.2

21

Connecticut

31.9

8

17.1

42

226.6

18

74.8

22

Delaware

51.6

35

31.1

47

356.4

45

221.2

45

Florida

52.6

36

31.3

48

235.4

21

134.7

33

Georgia

64.2

45

20.8

46

413.4

48

231.1

46

Hawaii

45.1

26

10.1

30

332.7

41

49.9

13

Idaho

43.1

24

1.4

3

156.3

6

5.9

1

Illinois

49.5

33

10.6

33

352.0

44

193.4

43

Indiana

50.3

34

6.2

19

250.9

26

114.7

30

Iowa

34.7

10

3.1

6

194.7

13

48.5

12

Kansas

45.3

27

3.6

10

225.0

17

99.3

27

Kentucky

55.3

37

8.2

26

219.7

16

88.8

26

Louisiana

62.1

42

19.3

44

399.2

47

274.2

50

Maine

28.7

5

3.7

12

104.9

2

11.1

4

Maryland

41.6

22

34.6

49

295.3

33

178.0

40

Massachusetts

27.1

3

12.0

35

163.8

7

50.6

14

Michigan

39.2

18

5.5

16

312.8

38

172.3

39

Minnesota

29.6

6

3.2

7

169.2

9

54.9

16

Mississippi

72.0

50

14.6

40

414.6

49

272.8

49

Missouri

48.8

31

7.9

25

249.3

25

155.9

36

Montana

35.8

13

1.7

4

212.7

14

11.5

5

Nebraska

37.2

14

4.3

14

187.3

11

69.5

19

Nevada

62.2

43

12.0

36

241.8

23

87.9

25

New Hampshire

23.4

1

3.2

8

111.9

3

14.2

7

New Jersey

31.7

7

20.7

45

193.9

12

106.0

28

New Mexico

66.2

46

7.8

24

343.8

43

57.2

17

New York

35.6

12

39.3

50

244.5

24

117.5

32

North Carolina

59.9

38

11.5

34

274.6

30

206.0

44

North Dakota

28.2

4

0.5

1

165.4

8

8.7

2

Ohio

45.6

28

5.1

15

331.7

40

186.4

42

Oklahoma

60.1

39

7.0

21

303.7

36

138.6

34

Oregon

43.2

25

7.5

23

217.9

15

33.4

9

Pennsylvania

35.2

11

15.0

41

231.0

19

116.0

31

Rhode Island

38.4

17

9.7

28

277.8

31

79.2

24

South Carolina

60.6

40

17.9

43

382.1

46

269.3

48

South Dakota

37.2

15

3.3

9

241.2

22

38.3

10

Tennessee

61.5

41

10.5

32

273.5

29

178.3

41

Texas

69.2

49

13.6

39

334.5

42

144.0

35

Utah

40.0

19

5.5

17

134.5

5

9.8

3

Vermont

24.1

2

4.1

13

104.8

1

12.5

6

Virginia

40.8

20

13.2

38

259.1

27

156.7

37

Washington

38.2

16

8.9

27

231.3

20

50.7

15

West Virginia

46.4

29

5.5

18

129.7

4

40.5

11

Wisconsin

34.5

9

3.6

11

303.6

35

112.1

29

Wyoming

40.8

21

1.0

2

169.9

10

15.6

8

 
Sources:

Teen Birth Rate, 2000—Ranked from 1 (best) to 50 (worst):

Ventura SJ et al. Teenage births in the United States: state trends, 1991-2000, an update. National Vital Statistics Reports 2002;50(9):1-4.

AIDS Rate, 2001—Ranked from 1 (best) to 50 (worst):

CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2001;13(2):1-47.

Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Rates, 2001—Ranked from 1 (best) to 50 (worst):

CDC. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2001. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2002.