- Births to adolescents continues to decline;
- More than one in five women who gave birth in the last 12 months reported at the time of the birth that they were living in someone else's home; and
- While the majority of first births occur in marriages (as they have for decades), first births to young mothers is more likely to occur in a cohabitation relationship than a married one.
To see some local fertility data for the two county region, click below.
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