CDC: Fewer teen moms giving birth

  

February 12, 2013 (WLS) -- The number of babies born to teen mothers in the United States dropped to record lows in 2011.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there was an 8 percent drop in teen births between 2010 and 2011. Data shows just over 3 percent of 15- to 19-year-olds had babies during that period.

The findings are published in the journal Pediatrics.

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