Teen Birth Rate Dropped to Lowest Ever in 2010, CDC Report Finds
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The birth rate for teenagers in the U.S. dropped to the lowest ever, with the fewest number of babies born to the age group since 1946, as health-awareness efforts paid off, U.S. officials said.
The rate fell 9 percent in 2010 from a year earlier, and 44 percent since 1991, according to the report from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 34.3 births for every 1,000 15- to 19-year-old females in 2010.