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Teen Pregnancies, STDs Increase: CDC

Figures raise concerns after positive trends

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 20, 2009 1:28 PM CDT

(Newser) – After declining in 1991-2005, the US teen birth rate climbed in 2006 and 2007, HealthDay News reports. Crunching numbers from 2002-07, the Centers for Disease Control found a number of trends had flatlined or worsened after a period of improvement.

2004 saw 745,000 pregnancies

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