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Article: US DEPT OF HHS: Teen birth rate down in all states.
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- M2 Presswire
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- April 30, 1999
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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 April 1999-US DEPT OF HHS: Teen birth rate down in all states (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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* Drives U.S. Birth Rate to Record Low
HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala released today a new HHS report stating that the national birth rate dropped to a record low in 1997, due in part to the continuing decline in the teen birth rate across the country. Overall, the teen birth rate declined by 16 percent from 1991 to 1997, with all states recording a decline in the birth rate of 15-19 year-olds between 1991 and 1997. It is the sixth year in a row that the teen birth rate has declined.
Teen birth rates declined for ...