About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Teen Births Continue to Drop As Older Mothers Have More Babies

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Teen Births Continue to Drop As Older Mothers Have More Babies Jun 19th 2012, 09:39 Today the CDC released a new report entitled "Estimated Pregnancy Rates and Rates of Pregnancy Outcomes for the United States, 1990-2008". Though the data isn't really that shocking. The basic summary is that the teen pregnancy rate continues to dropped to 68.9 teens (ages 15-19) per 1000. That's a 40% drop in the teen pregnancy rate since 1990. The other non-surprising news was that births to older mothers continues to rise.  In fact, the birth rates in women ages 40-44 have steadily increased since 1991. Births to moms who were in the early 20s dropped to a low in the recording period (1990-2008). There were a total of 6,578,00 births in 2008. Related: Is pregnancy after 35 safe? Teen Pregnancy Follow me on: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ & Pinterest! Photo © April's Grape Vine Photography Teen Births Continue to Drop As Older Mothers Have More Babies originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 at 09:39:06. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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