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Trends in Teen Pregnancy Rates for CO Medicaid Population 2009-2014

September 2017

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Consumers, Providers, Researchers, Population Health, Medicaid

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Quality, Health, Medicaid

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Jonathan Mathieu
jmathieu@civhc.org

The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) analyzed Colorado All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) data from 2009-2014 to examine trends in teen pregnancy rates for Colorado Medicaid recipients. In 2009 there were 76.7 deliveries per 1,000 females age 13-19. By 2014, this rate had decreased to 26.5 deliveries per 1,000 teenage girls. The pregnancy rate steadily declined for all years analyzed.