Teen Birth Rate Rises for First Time in 15 Years
 

congrats to Mississippi for finishing first with 68.4 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 in 2006)

New Mexico and Texas rounded out the top three, but don't worry. i'm sure they're still at it.

my ol' Kentucky home was 68.8 per 1,000 in 1991, and 49.1 in 2005. that's -29 in 14 years. 2006 stats: 54.6.

my 1991-2005 stats come from the NVSR Vol. 56, #6 table on pg. 11

i like looking at charts n tables.

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Teen Birth Rate Rises for First Time in 15 Years http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/07.../teenbirth.htm

National Vital Statistics Report Volume 56, Number 6 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr56/nvsr56_06.pdf

Hmm. I guess that abstinence only sex education policy was a big assed flop!

they took away condoms and this happens, i hope they start giving them out again

I blame Juno and Jamie Lynn, those hussies! :mad:

Oh, and that Bristol Palin, too!

BITCHES WANNA BANG!

MOSTLY IN THE DEEP SOUTH APPARENTLY

Finally! Mississippi tops a list for SOMETHING!

Charles Barkley: "I can't screw up Alabama [as Governor] - we're 48th in everything, and Mississippi and Arkansas aren't going anywhere."

Didn't Brandi Rae contribute to that statistic, or was sweet little DartmouthCornellYale born when she was 20?

Wait a minute...
Didn't we have a smack-down with an Ole Miss alum that had to quit school when she was 19 for getting pregnant?
Numbers don't lie.:)

I'm watching Tyra right now and they're talking about teens actively trying to get pregnant.

The one girl thought her boyfriend could support her and the kid because he makes $7,000/year.

Where, in Tautapoau, Himalayas with Alpacas?

Guess there ain't much to do in Mississippi or all those other states? IDK?

It is like those "have you ever read" jokes...

That's the angle I took. I'm also going to blame the economy. With all of the adults being forced to take the fast food, etc. jobs that teens normally take, the teens can't find jobs and find other ways to be (re)productive. I'm sure things are even worse in the smaller towns.

What gets me though, is that if you do have have some level of contraception and/or safer sex protection, you have a public health problem like a wild fire...

So, not just the babies, but the infections... HIV/AIDS did not suddenly end in this country... Mississippi as a state has the worst rate of new HIV/AIDS cases without that much HAART drugs. AND Mississippi's HIV/AIDS cases rival those seen in the poorest 3rd world countries in Africa... Meaning you are safer to catch HIV in some African countries than you are in Mississippi--at least you might get seen and have some form of treatment in some African countries...

I was psuedo-joking with my rationale. At the same time, I see your concern. HIV/AIDS and other STDs are a problem in the Atlanta area and the state of Georgia, too, but probably not as high as Mississippi. But that is truly a shame if there's a better chance for treatment in some African countries? This is still America right? ...But does that mean much of anything these days?