The secret is out. We confess. Here at SafeTeens, we love data. We love to look at our website analytics and see what are the most popular pages, then see how we can expand or improve them. We look at the types of questions being asked on SafeTeens Answers! and look for ways to incorporate those questions on our site and social media. The ways to use data are never-ending, which is why we are excited to share an excellent online resource that is useful to educators and anyone interested in tracking health data. All of the below data is available through the Pennsylvania Department of Health Enterprise Data Dissemination Informatics Exchange.
While the data is overall positive, with pregnancy and STD rates declining across the state over the past several years, there are still many areas that need to be worked on, as is evidence in the map at the end. Teen birth rates remain high in pockets throughout the country, along with some demographics. Our goal here at SafeTeens is to do further analysis of this data and share it here on our site for educators and health care professionals. Stay tuned for more information and take a moment to view the Health Enterprise Data Dissemination Informatics Exchange for yourself.
Pennsylvania Teen Birth Rates in 2015
