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Table 2

Births to younger teenagers ages 15–17, by live-birth order and race and Hispanic origin: United States, 2000 and 2022

Race and Hispanic origin	All births	1st births	2nd and higher-order births
Total¹	Number		Number	Percent
2000	156,362	139,256	17,106	10.9
2022	35,359	32,923	2,436	6.9
Percent decline	77	76	86	37
American Indian and Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
2000	2,614	2,314	300	11.5
2022	492	454	38	7.7
Percent decline	81	80	87	33
Black, non-Hispanic
2000	43,382	37,497	5,885	13.6
2022	7,810	7,170	640	8.2
Percent decline	82	81	89	40
White, non-Hispanic
2000	58,563	54,128	4,435	7.6
2022	9,867	9,274	593	6.0
Percent decline	83	83	87	21
Hispanic²
2000	47,977	41,929	6,048	12.6
2022	15,156	14,125	1,031	6.8
Percent decline	68	66	83	46

1: Includes all race and Hispanic-origin groups, including those not shown separately.
2: People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
: SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, natality data file.

From: 73 number 6, Changes in First and Second Births to U.S. Teenagers From 2000 to 2022

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