Teen Birth Rate in U.S. Declined to All-Time Low in 2011
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Teen birth rates dropped 25 percent in the U.S. in a five-year period to an all-time low in 2011, as pregnancy prevention measures paid off, according to a health agency report.
In all U.S. states except North Dakota and West Virginia, the rate of teen mothers dropped 15 percent in 2011 from 2007, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today in a report. In seven states, rates fell 30 percent or more.