2000年至2022年美国青少年第一次和第二次分娩的变化
概括
在2000年至2022年期间,青少年分娩显著下降,第一胎和高阶分娩均大幅下降. 这些趋势在所有种族和民族群体中都被观察到,这表明青少年生育的广泛变化.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 人口统计学 人口统计学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 青少年生育带来了重大的公共卫生和社会经济挑战.
- 了解青少年分娩的趋势对于制定有针对性的干预和政策至关重要.
- 以前的研究表明,青少年出生率普遍下降,但根据出生顺序和种族/族裔的详细分析是必不可少的.
研究的目的:
- 分析2000年至2022年青少年 (<20岁) 中第一和第二/更高阶分娩的数量,百分比和率的趋势.
- 根据年龄组 (15-17岁和18-19岁) 以及种族和西班牙裔起源来检查这些趋势.
- 为了比较不同的人口分组的青少年出生率随着时间的推移的变化.
主要方法:
- 利用国家生命统计系统2000年和2022年的出生数据文件.
- 分析的重点是20岁以下女性的分娩.
- 计算了青少年出生总数,第一,第二/更高阶的数字,百分比和率的变化,按种族和西班牙裔起源分层.
主要成果:
- 从2000年到2022年,青少年出生率出现了显著下降:尽管女性青少年人口增加了7%,但第一次出生率下降了67%,第二次/更高阶的出生率下降了79%.
- 第一阶段和第二阶段/更高阶段的出生率分别下降了69%和80%,年轻青少年的出生率下降更大.
- 在所有种族和西班牙裔群体中都注意到了类似的大幅下降,尽管具体的出生率模式有所不同,白人青少年的出生率通常是最低的,而西班牙裔/美国印第安人/阿拉斯加土著青少年的出生率通常是最高的.
结论:
- 在2000年至2022年期间,美国所有主要人口群体中,青少年生育率显著下降.
- 青少年第一次和随后分娩的减少,突出了青少年生殖行为的重大变化.
- 持续监测是必要的,以了解持续的差异和不断变化的趋势在青少年出生种族和种族.
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