Teen Birth Rate Increased In California

May 22, 2008 · 216 views · Filed Under Family Health

California has more teenage girls pregnant as the teen birth rate increased in the state in 2006, after 15 years of decline. A report by Public Health Institute examined teen birth rate in 2006 for those aged from 15 to 19. This teen age diapason is estimated by Department of Public Health for rating teens.

Teen birth rate in California rose from 37.2 per 1000 teens in 2005 to 37.8 per 1000 teens in 2006. California ranks much below from the average nationwide teen birth rate which is estimated to be 41.9 births per 1000 teens, but still the increase is annoying. The highest rate is reported in the following regions: Central Valley, Los Angeles-San Bernardino county, Imperial-Riverside-San Diego county. Nationwide teen birth rate also increased from 50433 births in 2004 to 52770 births in 2006.

Different experts suggest different factors are leading to teen birth rate increase, such as weakness of sex education programs, lack of funding for such programs, parents who don’t spend much time on talking to their children about sexual life, Hispanic families’ approach to adolescent pregnancy, and growing teen population in general. However, Public Health Institute mentions that the rise is not significant and that it is because of complex factors.

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Source: Ruzanna Haroutiunyan

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