Black teen birth rate falls 60 percent in 10 years

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Black teen birth rate falls 60 percent in 10 years | Daytona Times

A new report by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention shows that the teen birth rate for African-Americans has declined by 60 percent between 1991 and 2011 – a rate 10 percent greater than the overall dip in teen birth rates.
Shows geared around teen pregnancy and teen motherhood, such as MTV’s “Teen Mom’’ and ‘’16 & Pregnant’’ have helped students to see firsthand the challenges that come along with raising a child.

Shows geared around teen pregnancy and teen motherhood, such as MTV’s “Teen Mom’’ and ‘’16 & Pregnant’’ have helped students to see firsthand the challenges that come along with raising a child.

Over the past decade, the national teen birth rate has declined from 31 out of every 1,000 girls between 15-19 giving birth in 2011, compared to 61 girls per 1,000 in 1991.

From 2007-2011, the national teen birth rate declined by 25 percent with Hispanic teens experiencing the largest decline of 34 percent. In 2007, the Hispanic teen birth rate was 21 percent higher than the Black teen birth rate, in 2011 it was only 4 percent higher.

Dr. Howard Koh, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, attributes these declines to stronger teen pregnancy prevention education and higher rates of contraception use among teens that have sex, but also the fact that many teens are deciding to delay sex altogether.

“We know that schools play an essential role in supporting adolescent health,” Koh wrote in a blog post on Huffington Post.com “Research tells us that the longer children remain in school and engaged in learning, the better their life-long health.”

Significant decline
Teens who have babies in high school, on the other hand, are less likely to attend or complete college, are more likely to rely on public assistance, and are more likely to live in poverty into adulthood, according to Koh.

The majority of states saw a significant decline in birth rates—with 34 states across the Southeast, Midwest, and Southwest reporting declines in the Black teen birth rate by at least 20 percent.

In eight states – Washington, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, Minnesota, Utah, Rhode Island, and Alaska – Black teen birth rate declined by 30 percent or more between 2007-2011.

Earlier this year, a Guttmacher Institute report suggested that the decline in birth rate could be attributed to the abortion rate among teens. According to the report, African American teens had an abortion rate of 41 out of 1000 in 2008.

All rates down
Bill Albert, spokesperson for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, disputes the report’s findings.

“A common misunderstanding is that people think the teen birth rate is going down because the abortion rate is going up,” Albert said. “The good news is all three rates—teen pregnancy, teen abortion, and teen birth rates—are going down at the same time.”

In 2011, more than 300,000 babies were born to teen mothers, a record low for U.S. teens ages 15-19. In 2009, 15-19 year-olds accounted for 15.5 percent of all abortions, at a rate of about 13 abortions per 1,000 teens. Ten years prior, there were 407 abortions performed for every 1,000 live births for teens 15-19.

“The fact of the matter is most parents and most adults simply don’t know that the teen pregnancy rate has gone down as much as it has,” Albert says.

Teen mom shows help
He adds that peer influence and the popularity of television shows geared around teen pregnancy and teen motherhood, such as MTV’s “Teen Mom’’ and ‘’16 & Pregnant,’’ teens have been able to see firsthand the challenges that come along with raising a child while still a child themselves and have decided against it.

“There is power in positive peer influence, and I think there’s a lot of that happening,” Albert says. “More teenagers are deciding that these are not the years to get pregnant and start a family.”

Although the rate has decreased significantly, there is still much work to be done in order for the United States to be on par with other established nations.

According to the National Campaign’s website, the United States has a teen birth rate twice that of the United Kingdom, three times that of Canada, and ten times that of Switzerland.

Albert says, “We ought not determine this progress a victory.”

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Lol @ getting educated by reality TV

Whatever works I guess.

 

[newarkhiphop]

Shows geared around teen pregnancy and teen motherhood, such as MTV’s “Teen Mom’’ and ‘’16 & Pregnant’’ have helped students to see firsthand the challenges that come along with raising a child.

who would have ever thought

 

[The Guru]

I really thought those shows would cause teenage pregnancy to become a fad.

 

[NubianVitruvian]

 

[Serious]

cool read...

 

[Black_Jesus]

Rowe vs Wade

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

yeah its fallen so much cause they getting abortions

 

[Blackking]

I know more than 7 girls who have had 4+ abortions. I don't know about all over America, but in Detroit.... it's pretty much the birth control here. The pill that makes it so you don't have to get the baby sucked out is what many young girls are using as well.

I don't really have a fear about busting in girls round these parts. I'm not pro-abortion.. but 'when in rome'........




it's not cuz of reality TV... it's because of reality of children. young rats do not want that shyt as much anymore. professional young girls are usually too driven for children right away.

 

[Bud Bundy]

*waits for one poster to spin this as the destruction of black people

 

[Blackking]

*waits for one poster to spin this as the destruction of black people

Ideologically.. someone could do this easily. Promiscuity + CAC culture fusing with black culture creating a generation of rats who fukk with ease and no condoms... Then American pro abortion culture + planned parenthood and other organizations created partially to decrease black babies and gene pools.

But in Reality.. we don't need these babies. At least not right now. so fukk it - We will be able to focus better when this number reaches 70% decrease and we can educate the children we currently have.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

I know more than 7 girls who have had 4+ abortions. I don't know about all over America, but in Detroit.... it's pretty much the birth control here. The pill that makes it so you don't have to get the baby sucked out is what many young girls are using as well.

I don't really have a fear about busting in girls round these parts. I'm not pro-abortion.. but 'when in rome'........




it's not cuz of reality TV... it's because of reality of children. young rats do not want that shyt as much anymore. professional young girls are usually too driven for children right away.

I personally know 3 chicks that got 8 between them.

Planned Parenthood is winning out chea

Ironically, I just smashed this chick I grew up with and she has a great career going, early 30s....

Once we convinced each other about our mutual clean bills of health, a condom was not warranted per her request.....

I was like you serious...

She gave me the

I started on that box before she could change her mind

22 minutes later we both like

 

[MostReal]

*waits for one poster to spin this as the destruction of black people

when it comes to abortion, it is though

 

[Commander in Chiefin]

They must've excluded Philly in this survey. Hella kids having kids out here

 

[TruStyle]

yeah its fallen so much cause they getting abortions