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Report: U.S. teen birth rates at lowest levels recorded

December 21st, 2010 davidguide

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor

Atlanta, GA, United States (AHN) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting the birth rate for U.S. teens aged 15-19 dropped to a record low. The 2009 birth rate of 39.1 births per 1,000 teens is down 6 percent from 2008′s rate of 42.5 births. This marks the lowest ever recorded in seven decades of tracking teenage childbearing.

The rates reflect both younger and older teens and for all race/ethnic groups reached historic lows in 2009.

The data was comprised from almost 100 percent of birth records collected in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.

The report also found declines in the overall fertility rate – the average number of births that a group of women would have over their lifetimes – and the total number of U.S. births.

The total number of births declined from 4,247,694 in 2008 to 4,131,019 in 2009.

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