Even on decline, US teen births still highest in developed world
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 09:14
in Health & Medicine
Teen birth rates in the United States are still 33 percent higher than in New Zealand, the developed country with the next highest incidence - even though U.S. rates have fallen from a high of 62 per 1,000 teens in the early 1990s to a record low of 41 in 2005, a new study finds. The number has since leveled off to about 42 births per 1,000 teens.