Teen birth rates dip in all but 2 states, national figure at record low, CDC report says, By Mike Stobbe (AP), May 23, 2013, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: “The nation’s record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. All states but West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over five years. But the Mountain States of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah saw rates fall by 30 percent or more…”
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