The number of teenage mothers is at a record low, continuing a 14-year downward trend. Using data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the nonprofit Child Trends research center reported in June that the 2005 birth rate for teens ages 15–19 was 40.4 births for every 1,000 female teens, which is 35 percent lower than the peak of 61.8…
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