CDC finds stark regional disparities in teen-pregnancy rates

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Southern States That Stress Abstinence Have Highest Teen-Pregnancy Rates
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/state-issues/125059-cdc-finds-stark-regional-disparities-in-teen-pregnancy-rates

Although national teen-pregnancy rates are on the decline, the disparities between states are often dramatic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Wednesday.

Some women's health advocates say the discrepancies are indication that comprehensive sex-education programs are producing results for states that offer them, while states emphasizing abstinence-only programs aren't faring as well.

Whatever the reason, the regional disparities are stark. In Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, for instance, 2008 birth rates were less than 25 per 1,000 teens aged 15 to 19, CDC found. In the same year, Arkansas, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas all had rates topping 60 per 1,000 teens.

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Leslie Kantor, national education director of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said the report "makes it crystal clear that the teen birthrate is lower in states that provide students with comprehensive, evidence-based sex education."

[Turbineguy]

1. ".....evidence-based sex education...."

:rofl:

That must have flown over a few fundie heads.

[HereSince1628]

2. What type of sex ed is used by Americans of Asian/Pacific Island ethnicity?

They have had the lowest birthrate among teens.



That statistic can be calculated for many kinds of population strata. Ethnicity being a popular way, but family income is another. At this point the geographic correlation of teen birth rates with types of sex-ed is just one of MANY correlations that can be postulated.

Yes, it's very interesting.