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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