Births to mothers with less than high school education is based on data from the birth certificate where the mother's level of education at the time of the birth was 8th grade or less or 9th-12th grade, no diploma. Mothers with unknown education are excluded from the denominator in calculating the percentage.Higher rates of low birth weight are observed among mothers with less than high school education.
In 2021, in Alachua County, the percent of births with mother’s education known that were Births to Mothers With Less Than High School Education (All) was 7.3 compared to Florida at 9.9. Since the oldest age of the mother at birth varies, an ending age of 999 is used to retrieve all records up to and including the oldest age.
Alachua County is in the first quartile for this measure. This means that relative to other counties in Florida, the situation occurs more often in about three quarters of the counties. The map illustrates county data by quartile. It is shown when there are at least 51 counties with data for this measure.
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Births to Mothers With Less Than High School Education, Percent of Births with Mother’s Education Known, 2021
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Alachua | AL |
Baker | BA |
Bay | BY |
Bradford | BF |
Brevard | BV |
Broward | BW |
Calhoun | CA |
Charlotte | CH |
Citrus | CI |
Clay | CL |
Collier | CO |
Columbia | CU |
Desoto | DE |
Dixie | DI |
Duval | DU |
Escambia | ES |
Flagler | FL |
Franklin | FR |
Gadsden | GA |
Gilchrist | GI |
Glades | GL |
Gulf | GU |
Hamilton | HT |
Hardee | HA |
Hendry | HE |
Hernando | HN |
Highlands | HL |
Hillsborough | HB |
Holmes | HM |
Indian river | IR |
Jackson | JS |
Jefferson | JE |
Lafayette | LY |
Lake | LA |
Lee | LE |
Leon | LO |
Levy | LV |
Liberty | LI |
Madison | MS |
Manatee | MN |
Marion | MR |
Martin | MA |
Miami-Dade | DA |
Monroe | MO |
Nassau | NA |
Okaloosa | OL |
Okeechobee | OK |
Orange | OR |
Osceola | OS |
Palm beach | PB |
Pasco | PA |
Pinellas | PL |
Polk | PO |
Putnam | PN |
Santa rosa | SR |
Sarasota | SS |
Seminole | SO |
St. Johns | SJ |
St. Lucie | SL |
Sumter | ST |
Suwannee | SN |
Taylor | TA |
Union | UN |
Volusia | VO |
Wakulla | WK |
Walton | WT |
Washington | WG |
Births to Mothers With Less Than High School Education, Single Year|
2021 | 186 | 2,561 | 7.3* | 1.0 | 21,202 | 213,362 | 9.9 | 0.1 |
2020 | 213 | 2,511 | 8.5* | 1.1 | 22,143 | 207,370 | 10.7 | 0.1 |
2019 | 215 | 2,685 | 8.0* | 1.0 | 23,915 | 217,341 | 11.0 | 0.1 |
2018 | 226 | 2,710 | 8.3* | 1.0 | 25,323 | 218,313 | 11.6 | 0.1 |
2017 | 259 | 2,803 | 9.2* | 1.1 | 26,775 | 220,475 | 12.1 | 0.1 |
2016 | 286 | 2,836 | 10.1* | 1.1 | 27,556 | 221,848 | 12.4 | 0.1 |
2015 | 282 | 2,865 | 9.8* | 1.1 | 28,816 | 221,939 | 13.0 | 0.1 |
2014 | 262 | 2,906 | 9.0* | 1.0 | 29,097 | 217,606 | 13.4 | 0.1 |
2013 | 282 | 2,814 | 10.0* | 1.1 | 30,766 | 212,842 | 14.5 | 0.1 |
2012 | 300 | 2,876 | 10.4* | 1.1 | 32,409 | 211,653 | 15.3 | 0.2 |
2011 | 305 | 2,959 | 10.3* | 1.1 | 34,088 | 212,127 | 16.1 | 0.2 |
2010 | 347 | 2,866 | 12.1* | 1.2 | 36,712 | 213,567 | 17.2 | 0.2 |
2009 | 402 | 2,922 | 13.8* | 1.2 | 41,291 | 220,207 | 18.8 | 0.2 |
2008 | 426 | 2,979 | 14.3* | 1.3 | 45,472 | 229,855 | 19.8 | 0.2 |
2007 | 411 | 2,846 | 14.4* | 1.3 | 49,625 | 238,007 | 20.9 | 0.2 |
2006 | 420 | 2,835 | 14.8* | 1.3 | 49,859 | 235,705 | 21.2 | 0.2 |
2005 | 359 | 2,689 | 13.4* | 1.3 | 47,339 | 223,888 | 21.1 | 0.2 |
2004 | 369 | 2,607 | 14.2* | 1.3 | 45,287 | 215,792 | 21.0 | 0.2 |
2003 | 379 | 2,472 | 15.3* | 1.4 | 42,038 | 210,363 | 20.0 | 0.2 |
2002 | 383 | 2,409 | 15.9* | 1.5 | 41,395 | 204,056 | 20.3 | 0.2 |