Teen pregnancy among Hispanics is rising in Montgomery County, bucking a countywide trend of falling birth rates.
The birth rate for Hispanic 15- to 17-year-olds was 39.7 births per 1,000 females in the period from 2007 to 2009 -- the most recent for which data is available. That is a jump from 33.3 births between 1996 and 1998 and only a slight drop from the 41.6 rate from 2006 to 2008, according to the Maryland Vital Statistics Administration
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/2011/09/pregnancy-rates-climb-montgomerys-hispanic-teens#ixzz1YtFkvFV2
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