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Teen birthrate reaches all-time low, CDC report says
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of PBS
Posted: January 8th, 2017
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/teen-birthrate-reaches-all-ti...
The teenage birth rate in the United States has hit an all-time low, according to a report this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC says during the last 25 years, the teen birth rate has fallen from 62 births for every 1,000 teenage women to 24 per 1,000. The drop is steepest among minorities in the past decade, with pregnancies down 44 percent for black teens and down 51 percent among Hispanics. Dr. Wanda Barfield, the CDCs director of the Division of Reproductive Health [explains this dramatic] decrease: "What were seeing is that community-based interventions appear to be effective in preventing teen births. Were seeing declines in sexual activity among teens, as well as increases in the use of the most effective contraceptive methods available. Sexual health education plays an important role in the prevention of teen pregnancy. Even states that may have low rates of teen pregnancy may have areas where were seeing high rates of teen pregnancy within specific communities. So, as a result, its really important that we look locally, that we engage communities in teen pregnancy prevention."
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