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![]() New Report Shows Teen Births Drop To Lowest Level Ever For Immediate Release: November 21, 2006 Contact: CDC
National Center for Health Statistics Press Office (301) 458-4800 Births: Preliminary Data for 2005. Health E-Stat. The teen birth rate in the United States fell to its lowest level ever in 2005, according to the latest birth statistics for the Nation, released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report, “Births: Preliminary Data for 2005,” includes figures from over 99 percent of birth certificates filed in the U.S. and reveals that between 2004 and 2005, the birth rate for teenagers aged 15-19 fell 2 percent, to 40.4 births per 1,000 – a 35 percent decrease from the peak of 61.8 births per 1,000 in 1991. The decline was especially pronounced for non-Hispanic black teenagers 15-17 – the birth rate for this group fell 6 percent in 2005 compared with 2004 and 59 percent since 1991. In total, there were 421,123 births to females under age 20 in 2005. “The decline in teenage childbearing has been documented across all race and ethnic populations, but most impressive has been the decline in these rates for non-Hispanic black teenagers,” said Brady Hamilton, a researcher at CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics and lead author of the report. Among other key findings:
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