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While the rate of U.S. teen births has hit an all-time low, these 15 states are still struggling By Angela Haupt April 10, 2012 RSS Feed Print The teen birth rate has hit a new low, dropping 9 percent between 2009 and 2010. That's according to new data released Tuesday by the National Center for Health Statistics. But the news isn't so good in Mississippi, which once again has the highest teen birth rate of any state in the country: 55 per every 1,000 girls ages 15 to 19 in 2010, the most recent year for which data are available. (Still, nearly every state saw a decline in teen births from 2007 to 2012, and Mississippi, whose rate dropped 21 percent, was no exception.) Here's a look at the 15 states with the highest teen birth rates:
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Teen Birth Rate in 2010StateNumber of Births Per 1,000 Teen GirlsMississippi55New Mexico52.9Arkansas52.5Texas52.2Oklahoma50.4Louisiana47.7Kentucky46.2West Virginia44.8Alabama43.6Tennessee43.2South Carolina42.5Arizona42.4Georgia41.4Kansas39.2Wyoming39 Source: National Center for Health Statistics
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