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Teen birth rates dropping California's teen birth rate is dropping and so is Madera County's according to health officials who are crediting the drop to education programs. "California's  ...

California, Kern teen birth rates dropping Health workers offered on Wednesday a variety of reasons for Kern's historically high teen birth rate. Bill Phelps, Clinica Sierra Vista's chief of programs, said higher rates of poverty, lower education levels and a higher immigrant population ...

The Kid's Doctor: Teen pregnancy rates dropping, but risk remains The bad news is, an estimated 750,000 teens in the United States become pregnant each year, and 400,000 give birth. That means 70 young women out of every 1,000 become pregnant. To continue to reduce these statistics requires improved education and  ...