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Study As well as Shows a Decline in the Birth Rate for Teenagers By Reviewed By July 9, 2010 — The rate of premature births has dropped slightly for the subordinate year in a row, according to a recent federal report. What is more, the rate of births to teens as well as has declined, the study shows. The report, “America’s Kids in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2010,” finds that in the period 2007-2008:
“The decline in preterm births is encouraging,” Alan E. Guttmacher, MD, acting director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health as well as Development, says in a news release. “Preterm infants are at higher risk for death in the earliest year of life, for humorless illness in infancy, as well as in later life, for obesity as well as its associated complications.” Edward Sondik, PhD, director of the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, says in the alike news release that the decline in births to teens is significant because it occurred after two years of increases.
Reading as well as Math ImprovementsThe report as well as shows improvements in children’s education, including higher reading as well as math scores for eighth graders. In the period from 2007 to 2009:
Guttmacher said in a telephone news briefing that the federal report presents 40 indicators of child well-being, including family as well as social environment, economic circumstances, health care, material environment as well as safety, behavior, education, as well as health. He says the drop in preterm births was mostly in later pregnancy — those that occur at 34-36 weeks of gestation. He says it’s unclear why the rate of preterm births dropped, but that this matter is being investigated with a view toward further reducing the preterm birth rate. Sondik says the decline in preterm births was seen in each of the three largest racial as well as ethnic groups, as well as that though tiny, “even a slight decrease in preterm birth is positive.” Despite improvements, but, he says about 136,000 babies were born to mothers 15-27 in 2008. Unmarried MothersThe research as well as sheds light on trends for unmarried mothers:
“Looking at the data by income status for kids in poverty, the percentage with untreated cavities was twice that of kids who lived in families with incomes at or above 200% of the poverty level,” Sondik says. “However, the percentage with untreated cavities declined across the board for all income levels.” The obesity rate for kids today is triple what it was from 1976 to 1980, Sondik says. He as well as points out that the percentage of teens who regularly smoke cigarettes is at its lowest level since data collection began in 1980. In 2009, less than 3% of eighth graders reported smoking cigarettes daily, down from 10% in the mid-1990s. He says 6% of 10th graders smoked in 2009, about a third the rate of the mid-1990s, as well as 11% of 12th graders smoked daily, down from 25% in 1997. In 2008, the researchers say, 90% of immature adults had a high school diploma or an equivalent credential, up from 84% in 1980. SOURCES: News release, National Institutes of Health. |
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