Chart assignment

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  1. How has the US teen birth rate changed since 1940?

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How has the US teen birth rate changed since 1940?

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There were 12.6 births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 in 2024. The rate has fallen about 80% since 1991 (61.8) and about 87% since its 1957 peak (96.3).

Questions to discuss

  1. In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
  2. Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
  3. Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?

Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Birth rates for females by age group and Health, United States (Public domain (U.S. government work)) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024

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