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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Plunging Birthrate of U.S. Teens ‘Amazing’

In 16 states, teen birthrates tumbled by at least 20 percent in recent years, the federal government said in a report. Large declines such as these helped push the nation’s teen birthrate to a new low in 2010.

It’s a “pretty amazing” set of trends, said Brady E. Hamilton, senior researcher and co-author of the Tuesday report from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), which provided state data and other details about the 2010 teen birthrates.

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3 comments:

  1. George Zimmerman fault?

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  2. Isn't it always a George's fault?

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  3. I didn't even know there was a birthrate for teens.

    I thought they were born as infants like all the rest.

    :)

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