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Tag: Teen pregnancy

US Teen Birth Rate

Teen birth rate hits all-time low, led by 50 percent decline among Hispanics and blacks, By Ariana Eunjung Cha, April 28, 2016, Washington Post: “The birth rate among American teenagers, at crisis levels in the 1990s, has fallen to an all-time low, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The decline of the past decade has occurred in all regions in the country and among all races. But the most radical changes have been among Hispanic and black teens, whose birth rates have dropped nearly 50 percent since 2006…”

Teenage Pregnancy – Baltimore, MD

Teen pregnancies in Baltimore drop by a third, By Meredith Cohn and Andrea K. McDaniels, February 24, 2015, Baltimore Sun: “Baltimore’s teen pregnancy rate dropped by nearly a third from 2009 to 2013, far surpassing the city’s goal for reducing the rate, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake plans to announce today.  While public health officials cheered the reduction, the city’s rate remains twice as high as the state’s and significantly higher than the national average, which experienced a similar drop, according to government statistics. It’s a particular problem in black and Hispanic communities…”

Teen Birthrate – Milwaukee, WI

Teen birthrate in Milwaukee drops for 7th consecutive year, By Jesse Garza, October 29, 2014, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Pushed by another dramatic decline in the teen birthrate among Hispanic girls, Milwaukee’s overall birthrate among girls ages 15 to 17 dropped in 2013, for the seventh year in a row, preliminary data shows. The decline in the rate among non-Hispanic black teens, however, took an upturn during the year, along with a slight uptick among non-Hispanic white girls, according to the data compiled for the United Way of Greater Milwaukee’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative. But it’s against the backdrop of another decline in the overall rate, and a 56% decrease in that rate between 2006 and 2013, that Mayor Tom Barrett and officials with the initiative have announced the ambitious goal of reducing the 2013 overall rate by another 50%, to 11.4, by 2023…”