1997 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Teen Birth Rate - Total births to girls under 18 per 1,000 girls 12-17 1989-91 1994-96 % Change Kentucky 22.0 21.7 -1.4 Adair 21.9 24.9 13.7 Allen 27.5 21.3 -22.5 Anderson 10.2 16.3 59.8 Ballard 17.8 14.4 -19.1 Barren 18.1 19.0 5.0 Bath 25.6 23.9 -6.6 Bell 29.2 35.3 20.9 Boone 12.1 11.8 -2.5 Bourbon 21.8 16.3 -25.2 Boyd 15.7 22.8 45.2 Boyle 19.4 20.1 3.6 Bracken 21.8 22.6 3.7 Breathitt 27.7 32.0 15.5 Breckinridge 15.4 12.1 -21.4 Bullitt 19.3 15.0 -22.3 Butler 31.2 25.1 -19.6 Caldwell 25.9 22.1 -14.7 Calloway 11.3 14.4 27.4 Campbell 20.6 18.6 -9.7 Carlisle 14.3 16.7 16.8 Carroll 26.2 21.3 -18.7 Carter 16.9 20.7 22.5 Casey 20.7 26.9 30.0 Christian 34.1 35.2 3.2 Clark 18.1 21.9 21.0 Clay 27.6 30.5 10.5 Clinton 16.4 25.8 57.3 Crittenden 16.6 18.3 10.2 Cumberland 21.8 26.2 20.2 Daviess 18.1 15.7 -13.3 Edmonson 15.9 15.5 -2.5 Elliott 24.7 17.6 -28.7 Estill 18.7 22.0 17.6 Fayette 23.4 20.7 -11.5 Fleming 11.4 13.4 17.5 Floyd 29.3 22.4 -23.5 Franklin 20.3 19.2 -5.4 Fulton 34.7 34.5 -0.6 Gallatin 19.8 18.4 -7.1 Garrard 10.7 11.5 7.5 Grant 21.8 17.6 -19.3 Graves 22.8 23.4 2.6 Grayson 21.7 18.1 -16.6 Green 17.0 32.5 91.2 Greenup 12.8 16.3 27.3 Hancock 11.3 7.9 -30.1 Hardin 18.4 19.9 8.2 Harlan 28.4 23.5 -17.3 Harrison 19.5 16.1 -17.4 Hart 30.3 19.6 -35.3 Henderson 19.6 18.4 -6.1 Henry 23.2 16.8 -27.6 Hickman 20.3 26.8 32.0 Hopkins 20.0 25.8 29.0 Jackson 25.9 24.0 -7.3 Jefferson 27.3 26.1 -4.4 Jessamine 15.3 20.7 35.3 Johnson 18.4 24.4 32.6 Kenton 22.3 19.8 -11.2 Knott 18.6 19.8 6.5 Knox 28.2 39.0 38.3 Larue 20.4 23.6 15.7 Laurel 16.8 22.4 33.3 Lawrence 25.2 19.6 -22.2 Lee 21.0 28.3 34.8 Leslie 24.7 23.9 -3.2 Letcher 20.8 22.6 8.7 Lewis 20.9 21.7 3.8 Lincoln 23.7 25.6 8.0 Livingston 14.5 8.9 -38.6 Logan 20.2 23.5 16.3 Lyon 10.4 13.9 33.7 McCracken 20.7 21.3 2.9 McCreary 34.6 34.6 0.0 McLean 16.5 13.0 -21.2 Madison 21.1 21.3 0.9 Magoffin 27.7 24.8 -10.5 Marion 16.6 19.2 15.7 Marshall 16.8 12.7 -24.4 Martin 33.0 28.2 -14.5 Mason 17.1 23.7 38.6 Meade 16.5 11.1 -32.7 Menifee 24.9 22.7 -8.8 Mercer 21.1 24.2 14.7 Metcalfe 19.8 21.4 8.1 Monroe 22.8 16.0 -29.8 Montgomery 20.9 21.6 3.3 Morgan 28.4 20.5 -27.8 Muhlenberg 21.8 22.3 2.3 Nelson 19.6 16.0 -18.4 Nicholas 13.8 29.9 116.7 Ohio 21.6 22.5 4.2 Oldham 5.4 7.1 31.5 Owen 17.3 16.1 -6.9 Owsley 31.9 50.2 57.4 Pendleton 22.5 16.1 -28.4 Perry 24.5 26.7 9.0 Pike 19.3 22.7 17.6 Powell 27.5 22.4 -18.5 Pulaski 21.8 23.0 5.5 Robertson 7.8 24.2 210.3 Rockcastle 25.6 25.0 -2.3 Rowan 16.9 15.4 -8.9 Russell 28.6 25.4 -11.2 Scott 14.1 21.2 50.4 Shelby 19.4 15.0 -22.7 Simpson 31.0 26.1 -15.8 Spencer 24.1 11.5 -52.3 Taylor 21.1 19.5 -7.6 Todd 25.4 15.0 -40.9 Trigg 19.8 29.7 50.0 Trimble 15.2 4.6 -69.7 Union 16.0 16.1 0.6 Warren 22.6 22.5 -0.4 Washington 12.1 13.0 7.4 Wayne 29.0 21.4 -26.2 Webster 19.2 21.8 13.5 Whitley 24.0 25.6 6.7 Wolfe 23.9 34.8 45.6 Woodford 13.9 13.8 -0.7