Teen birth rates on the decline

The birth rate for teenage girls ages 15 to 17 dropped in 2014, continuing a long-term trend of decline, according to the 2016 edition of America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being.

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The report is published by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, a group consisting of 23 federal agencies that collects, analyzes and reports data on child well-being. The group has published the report annually since 1997.

For the 2016 report, the agencies found that the adolescent birth rate dropped to 11 births per 1,000 girls in 2014, down from 12 per 1,000 in 2013. While racial disparities in adolescent birth rates also decreased, teen birth remains more frequent among Hispanics, African-Americans and Native Americans when compared to whites.

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