Highest teen birthrates are in the South
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 20:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A CDC study finds a slight dip in the overall teen birthrate to 41.5 births per 1,000, with the highest rate, 65.7, seen in the state of Mississippi. The lowest are in the northeast.The highest teenage birthrates in the U.S. are clustered in Southern states and the lowest in the Northeast and upper Midwest, government researchers said Wednesday.