Updated: July 06, 2017
THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY HAS UPDATED ITS ONLINE MAP ILLUSTRATING TEEN PREGNANCY RATES IN TENNESSEE. THE COLOR-CODED MAP SHOWS WHICH COUNTIES HAVE A PREGNANCY RATE EXCEEDING 19.5 PER 1,000 FEMALES, AGES 15 TO 17, BASED ON THE MOST CURRENT DATA PUBLISHED BY THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN 2015. STATE LAW REQUIRES ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES WITH HIGH TEEN PREGNANCY RATES TO IMPLEMENT A FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAM. CURRENTLY, 27 TENNESSEE COUNTIES HAVE RATES EXCEEDING 19.5, AFFECTING 42 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING GILES COUNTY. THE RATE IN GILES COUNTY IS 23.0. LAWRENCE COUNTY'S RATE IS 14.6, MAURY COUNTY'S 14.2 AND WAYNE COUNTY'S 19.3. TO VIEW THE UPDATED MAP, VISIT THE WEBSITE COMPTROLLER.TN.GOV AND SEARCH TEEN PREGNANCY MAP.