Teen Birth Rates Reach Record Lows

In 1991, the U.S. teen birth rate stood at more than four times its 2022 level. Apart from brief increases in 2006 and 2007, the rate declined steadily until it reached a record low of 13.5 births per 1,000 girls and women aged 15 to 19. Experts linked the decline to increased abstinence, wider access to contraception, and pregnancy-prevention programs.

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