ATLANTA ” Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen pregnancy rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, according to a new federal report released Wednesday. Read more: Radio Facts Legacy 30th Anniversary Issue.
Mississippi's rate was more than 60 percent higher than the national average in 2006, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The teen pregnancy rate in Texas and New Mexico was more than 50 percent higher.
Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says – Yahoo! News.
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