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December 15, 2006 |
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Teen Pregnancy Rate
Continues to Decline
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The teen pregnancy rate (girls aged
15-19) declined 10% between 2000 and 2002 and has
dropped a total of 35% between 1990 and 2002, according
to data just released from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention's National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS). In 2002, there were about 757,000
pregnancies among girls aged 15-19, down from over one
million in 1990. The report notes that the pace of
decline in the teen pregnancy rate has increased. For
the 2000-2002 period, the rate dropped about five
percent per year, compared with an average decline of
about 3 percent per year between 1990 and 2000.
Click
here to read the full report. |
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Generation Next
Documentary |
| Mark your 2007 calendars
for the premiere of the new documentary, "Generation
Next: Speak Up. Be Heard." The show airs on PBS
stations on Friday, January 12 and is
hosted by journalist and National Campaign Board member
Judy Woodruff. The documentary consists of interviews
with young people aged 16-25 from across the country.
Woodruff and the Generation Next crew spent the summer
touring the United States and gauging the views of young
people, a group they describe as "massively diverse,
exceedingly tolerant, and extraordinarily informed."
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Campaign
Releases Two New Science Says
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Continuing in our series, the National
Campaign has released two new Science Says research
briefs:
- Science Says #29: Teen Contraceptive Use
covers the who, what, and why of teen contraceptive
use, discussing differences in use between boys and
girls as well as frequency of use, type of
contraception used, and reasons for not using
contraception.
- Science Says #30: The Public Costs of Teen
Childbearing, provides a brief summary of the
Campaign's recent report By the Numbers: the
Public Costs of Teen Childbearing, written by
Saul Hoffman, Ph.D. and published by the Campaign.
Download these or any previous Science
Says publication from the What
Works section of the Campaign website. |
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Seeks Qualified Individuals |
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Year-End Online Sale! |
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Just enter coupon code
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Happy Holidays! |
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The National Campaign
wishes you a very joyous holiday season and every best
wish for the new year. |
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