Teen pregnancy highest in the 'Red States'
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/6/145758/107 Chart: http://images.dailykos.com/images/user/3/teenpreg.png Source: Centers for Disease Control [pdf]: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr52/nvsr52_10.pdf Teen Birth Rate Up in 26 States in 2006 - Highest rates in South, Southwest; lowest rates in Northeast, government reports The latest report, released Wednesday by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, includes state-by-state teen birth rate statistics based on all birth certificates issued in 2006. The report revealed that teen birth rates were highest in the South and Southwest, with the highest rate recorded in Mississippi (68.4), followed by New Mexico (64.1) and Texas (63.1). Teen birth rates for 2006 were lowest in the Northeast, with the lowest rates in New Hampshire (18.7), Vermont (20.8), and Massachusetts (21.3), according to the report, Births: Final Data for 2006. The only states reporting a decrease in teen birth rates between 2005 and 2006 were North Dakota, Rhode Island and New York, the report said. http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/01/07/teen-birth-rate-up-in-26-states-in-2006.html http://snipurl.com/cu596 Similar: U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics - State-by-State Information [pdf] - Page 11: http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/09/12/USTPstats.pdf
