Table 3. Connecticut Communities that Consistently Exceed the Statewide Average for Births to Teen Mothers, 2002-2006.
|
Town |
Pop.** |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
mean |
|
1. Hartford |
121,578 |
18.8 |
18.8 |
20.1 |
17.9 |
18.1 |
18.7 |
|
2. New Britain |
71,538 |
17.4 |
16.2 |
16.0 |
14.6 |
17.7 |
16.4 |
|
3. Windham |
22,857 |
15.5 |
16.2 |
15.4 |
13.9 |
14.1 |
15.0 |
|
4. Waterbury |
107,271 |
14.7 |
15.3 |
14.5 |
14.9 |
15.0 |
14.9 |
|
5. New London |
25,671 |
15.3 |
16.3 |
14.0 |
13.8 |
13.8 |
14.6 |
|
6. Bridgeport |
139,529 |
16.0 |
14.2 |
13.2 |
13.2 |
14.3 |
14.2 |
|
7. New Haven |
123,626 |
15.1 |
13.5 |
13.6 |
13.1 |
13.1 |
13.7 |
|
8. Meriden |
58,244 |
12.9 |
9.8 |
13.7 |
10.7 |
12.6 |
11.9 |
|
9. Killingly |
16,472 |
11.8 |
10.6 |
13.6 |
8.8 |
7.9 |
10.5 |
|
10. East Hartford |
49,575 |
10.1 |
10.5 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
11.7 |
10.5 |
|
11. Norwich |
36,117 |
11.3 |
9.0 |
12.5 |
8.6 |
9.8 |
10.2 |
|
12. West Haven |
63,589 |
7.3 |
8.2 |
8.2 |
7.2 |
7.8 |
7.7 |
|
CONNECTICUT |
|
7.1 |
6.7 |
6.9 |
6.8 |
7.0 |
6.9 |
*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
Purple denotes a mean that does not exceed the statewide average for a given time period.