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Latina Teen Pregnancies Spur Push for Family Talks

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Posted on: August 21st, 2007
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“Estradas story is part of the eye-catching fertility statistics among Hispanic American women, who, on average, begin families earlier, have fewer abortions and, in their younger years, produce almost twice as many babies as other groups: 82 births per 1,000 among females aged 15 to 19, compared with the national average of 42 per 1,000.

National rates have declined about 35 percent since 1991, but the rate for Hispanic teens is dropping at half that pace, according to a March report by the Washington-based National Campaign to Prevent , which has a goal of reducing by one-third between 2006 and 2015.”

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