- Teen births lowest in years, By Jennifer Keefe, October 13, 2013, Foster’s Daily Democrat: “The Centers for Disease Control National Center for Health Statistics has reported teen births are at all-time lows — the lowest since World War II. In its National Vital Statistics Report of birth rate data for 2012, statisticians report a significant drop in births to teenagers 15-19 years old. Teen births were down 6 percent from 2011 to 29.4 births per 1,000 teenagers. The number of births dropped 7 percent to 305,420, the fewest since the end of World War II…”
- Forsyth teen pregnancy rate drops for fourth straight year, By Richard Craver, October 16, 2013, Winston-Salem Journal: “The number of pregnancies among Forsyth County teens dropped 8.4 percent during 2012 to 508 — the fourth consecutive yearly drop, according to data released Wednesday by the N.C. State Center for Health Statistics…”
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Teen Birthrate – Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee teen birthrate drops 50% in 7 years after city efforts, By Karen Herzog, October 23, 2013, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Milwaukee’s teen birthrate has dropped by 50% over the past seven years — surpassing by three years and 4 percentage points a goal set by one of the most ambitious teen pregnancy prevention initiatives in the nation, city officials announced Wednesday. The 2012 teen birthrate marks a historic low for the city: 25.76 births per 1,000 females ages 15 to 17, down 50% from seven years prior, when the rate was 52 births per 1,000 females in that age group. The initiative grew out of concerns that children born to teen mothers are more likely to become teen parents themselves and are more likely to drop out of school, tap into public assistance or go to jail. The city and a group of community partners set a goal in 2008 to reduce Milwaukee’s teen births by 46% over 10 years (2006-’15), to 30 births per 1,000 females ages 15 to 17…”
Teenage Pregnancy
Teenage pregnancy: High US rates due to poverty, not promiscuity, By Stephanie Hanes, May 22, 2012, Christian Science Monitor: “Why is a teenage girl in Mississippi four times as likely to give birth than a teenage girl in New Hampshire? (And 15 times more likely to give birth than a teen in Switzerland?) Or why is the teen birth rate in Massachusetts 19.6 per 1,000, while it’s 47.7 per 1,000 in Washington, D.C.? And why, despite a 40 percent drop over two decades, are teen moms still far more common in the US than elsewhere across the developed world? (And nope, it’s not that American teens have more sex. Many studies have found that US teenagers have less sex than compatriots in Europe.) The answer, according to a study published today in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, may well lie in social inequality…”