1998 Kentucky KIDS COUNT KIDS COUNT Trends in the 1990's Teen Birth Rate Total births to girls under 18 per 1,000 girls 12-17 1989-91 1995-97 Change* Kentucky 22.0 20.3 7.7 Adair 21.9 20.2 7.8 Allen 27.5 25.1 8.7 Anderson 10.2 14.0 -37.3 Ballard 17.8 11.5 35.4 Barren 18.1 17.7 2.2 Bath 25.6 17.3 32.4 Bell 29.2 27.8 4.8 Boone 12.1 12.9 -6.6 Bourbon 21.8 19.7 9.6 Boyd 15.7 18.4 -17.2 Boyle 19.4 19.7 -1.5 Bracken 21.8 20.8 4.6 Breathitt 27.7 24.0 13.4 Breckinridge 15.4 10.2 33.8 Bullitt 19.3 14.3 25.9 Butler 31.2 22.6 27.6 Caldwell 25.9 25.0 3.5 Calloway 11.3 11.4 -0.9 Campbell 20.6 22.6 -9.7 Carlisle 14.3 20.0 -39.9 Carroll 26.2 15.6 40.5 Carter 16.9 19.5 -15.4 Casey 20.7 23.6 -14.0 Christian 34.1 29.5 13.5 Clark 18.1 23.0 -27.1 Clay 27.6 24.6 10.9 Clinton 16.4 19.6 -19.5 Crittenden 16.6 18.4 -10.8 Cumberland 21.8 20.5 6.0 Daviess 18.1 15.9 12.2 Edmonson 15.9 15.0 5.7 Elliott 24.7 19.6 20.6 Estill 18.7 19.7 -5.3 Fayette 23.4 21.0 10.3 Fleming 11.4 10.8 5.3 Floyd 29.2 21.6 26.0 Franklin 20.3 17.6 13.3 Fulton 34.7 29.2 15.9 Gallatin 19.8 22.5 -13.6 Garrard 10.7 12.4 -15.9 Grant 21.8 19.7 9.6 Graves 22.8 21.3 6.6 Grayson 21.7 13.0 40.1 Green 17.0 31.7 -86.5 Greenup 12.8 12.0 6.3 Hancock 11.3 9.6 15.0 Hardin 18.4 19.2 -4.3 Harlan 28.4 19.3 32.0 Harrison 19.5 14.5 25.6 Hart 30.3 20.8 31.4 Henderson 19.6 21.8 -11.2 Henry 23.2 19.2 17.2 Hickman 20.3 23.6 -16.3 Hopkins 20.0 22.0 -10.0 Jackson 25.9 24.1 6.9 Jefferson 27.3 25.9 5.1 Jessamine 15.3 21.0 -37.3 Johnson 18.4 21.1 -14.7 Kenton 22.3 20.1 9.9 Knott 18.6 15.5 16.7 Knox 28.2 35.7 -26.6 Larue 20.4 22.0 -7.8 Laurel 16.8 22.6 -34.5 Lawrence 25.2 15.5 38.5 Lee 21.0 18.5 11.9 Leslie 24.7 15.5 37.2 Letcher 20.8 17.5 15.9 Lewis 20.9 22.9 -9.6 Lincoln 23.7 19.9 16.0 Livingston 14.4 9.1 36.8 Logan 20.3 22.4 -10.3 Lyon 10.4 11.9 -14.4 McCracken 20.7 17.7 14.5 McCreary 34.6 26.7 22.8 McLean 16.5 9.5 42.4 Madison 21.1 17.6 16.6 Magoffin 27.7 16.7 39.7 Marion 16.6 18.5 -11.4 Marshall 16.8 10.8 35.7 Martin 33.0 23.2 29.7 Mason 17.1 19.6 -14.6 Meade 16.5 10.0 39.4 Menifee 24.9 28.1 -12.9 Mercer 21.1 21.0 0.5 Metcalfe 19.8 20.2 -2.0 Monroe 22.8 15.1 33.8 Montgomery 20.9 17.4 16.7 Morgan 28.4 26.3 7.4 Muhlenberg 21.8 20.5 6.0 Nelson 19.6 16.6 15.3 Nicholas 13.8 23.1 -67.4 Ohio 21.6 21.9 -1.4 Oldham 5.4 7.1 -31.5 Owen 17.3 14.7 15.0 Owsley 31.9 35.2 -10.3 Pendleton 22.5 15.7 30.2 Perry 24.5 20.8 15.1 Pike 19.3 14.8 23.3 Powell 27.5 22.4 18.5 Pulaski 21.8 21.5 1.4 Robertson 7.8 23.3 -198.7 Rockcastle 25.6 19.8 22.7 Rowan 16.9 12.7 24.9 Russell 28.6 23.7 17.1 Scott 14.1 17.8 -26.2 Shelby 19.4 17.5 9.8 Simpson 31.0 24.7 20.3 Spencer 24.1 16.3 32.4 Taylor 21.1 19.2 9.0 Todd 25.4 16.3 35.8 Trigg 19.8 20.8 -5.1 Trimble 15.1 6.0 60.3 Union 16.0 15.0 6.3 Warren 22.6 22.5 0.4 Washington 12.1 13.2 -9.1 Wayne 29.0 21.7 25.2 Webster 19.2 22.1 -15.1 Whitley 24.0 21.5 10.4 Wolfe 23.9 32.0 -33.9 Woodford 13.9 11.5 17.3 * A positive change is considered better.