Teen births fall again, another drop in decades of decline

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"Teen pregnancies fell again last year, to another historic low, a government report shows.

"The continued decline is really quite amazing," said Brady Hamilton, the lead author of the new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Last year, the birth rate for U.S. teens dropped 8 percent. Rates have been falling since 1991, and this marks yet another new low.

Experts cite a range of factors, including less sex, positive peer influence, and more consistent use of birth control.

"The credit here goes to the teens themselves," said Bill Albert, spokesman for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

The new report is based on a review of most of the birth certificates filed last year. There were nearly 4 million births. That's down slightly from the 2014 total, by about 4,300.

The CDC released the data on Thursday, as part of a report on U.S. births in 2015..."

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