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Preventing Teen Pregnancy in the US
U.S. State Info
Teen birth rates by state per 1,000 girls aged 15-19 years, 2009
Teen birth rates were lowest in the Northeast and upper Midwest and highest across the southern states.
![This is a map of the United States representing teen birth rates, by state, 2009. Birth rates by those teens, were lowest in the northeast and upper midwest, and highest across the southern states. Source: National Center for Health Statistics, 2009. This is a map of the United States representing teen birth rates, by state, 2009. Birth rates by those teens, were lowest in the northeast and upper midwest, and highest across the southern states. Source: National Center for Health Statistics, 2009.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120921184300im_/http://www.cdc.gov/VitalSigns/TeenPregnancy/images/state-info-mapA_626px.jpg)
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics; 2009.
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