Teen pregnancy rate drops to a record low, CDC reports, By Linda Shrieves, April 5, 2011, Orlando Sentinel: “The teen pregnancy rate in the United States fell in 2009 to a record low – part of a 37 percent decline over the past 20 years. And though that sounds like cause for celebration, here’s the more depressing side of those statistics: Teen pregnancy rates here are as much as nine times higher than in other developed countries, according to the latest CDC Vital Signs report. The report, which covers teen pregnancy rates from 1991 to 2009, found that more than 400,000 teen girls give birth each year in the U.S…”
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Teen Birthrates – Kentucky, Indiana
Indiana, Kentucky teen birthrates top national averages; Kentucky in top 10, By Bill Straub, October 31, 2010, Evansville Courier and Press: “The number of teen births in Indiana is significantly higher than the U.S. rate, according to a report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while Kentucky’s totals are even higher, placing the commonwealth in the top 10. The report, released Wednesday, placed the Hoosier teen rate at 43.7 births for every 1,000 young women from the ages of 15 to 19, compared to a national rate of 41.5. Kentucky, meanwhile, had a rate of 55.6, tied with Tennessee for the nation’s seventh highest. Regardless, the number of teen births in Indiana fell by 3.3 percent from 2007, when a rate of 45.2 per 1,000 was recorded, a greater decline than the 2.4 percent dip reported nationally. Kentucky experienced a modest increase from a rate of 55.1…”
Teen Birthrate – Milwaukee, WI
City’s teen birthrate heading downward, By Karen Herzog, October 28, 2010, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Milwaukee’s teen birthrate – the second highest in the nation less than a decade ago- is dropping at a pace that could put it near the much lower state average by 2015, according to data released Wednesday by public health officials.
‘We know there’s much work to get done, but we should all feel encouraged this trend is going in the right direction,’ said Bevan Baker, Milwaukee’s health commissioner. Baker is co-chair of a United Way of Greater Milwaukee advisory committee that set a goal in 2008 of reducing the city’s teen birthrate, which hovered in 2006 at 52 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 17. By 2015, the goal is 30 births per 1,000 teens in that age group. The committee targeted new pregnancy prevention efforts starting with fourth-graders because they would turn 17 in 2015…”