US teen birth rates higher than rest of developed world
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The current US rate is 42 births for every 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19, while the overall rate for developed countries is 21 per 1,000, the internationally-known non-governmental research organisation, Population Reference Bureau (PRB), reported.
Noting the especially high teen birth rate among the US Hispanic population, the PRB's Linda A Jacobsen called for special attention to be focussed on the country's increasingly diverse youth population in terms of education and training.
"By 2050 almost 40 per cent of the population will be Hispanic. The ability of this increasingly diverse youth population to obtain education skills and secure employment will be critical to the US's future economic growth and our ability to meet the challenges of an aging population," Jacobsen said.
The US teen birth rate compares to that of the United Kingdom, with 24 births per 1,000 girls. Italy and Japan have only 5 per 1,000, Jacobsen said.
The US rate dropped by one-third to 40.5 from 1991 to 2005, but data from 2007 suggested a reversal of this trend, the report said.
US government data from 2007 showed the birth rate among Hispanic teens in the US to be 81.7 per 1,000 girls. The rate for African-American teens was 64.3 and the rate for non-Hispanic whites was 27.2, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Teen pregnancy in the US often leads to high-risk pregnancy, lowereducational achievement, unemployment and poverty. These risks areamplified by the aging US population and the changing demographic. - dpa
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Prijedor
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kids are bigger and stronger with out education at school and some education from the tv
- 2 years ago
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Prijedor
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shavfo17
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you think the problem might be the lack of education? at my high school (a public school) we were taught that the only way to prevent pregnancy was to abstain. they never taught us about other prevention methods except condoms but none of us knew how to put one on and health class wasn't until junior year. ironically that was the year most girls got pregnant. it was only one or two girls a year since the school opened in 2002 but every graduating class had at least one out of less than 100 kids. class of 09 had 5 out of 87 kids by the time i graduated in 08. maybe if they learned all the stuff i had to wait until college to know the numbers wouldn't be so high.
- 2 years ago
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shavfo17
