Teen birth rates enjoy demonstrated an unprecedented decline in the United States since 2007 (1). Declines occurred in all states and among all major racial and Hispanic-origin groups,yet disparities by both geography and demographic characteristics persist (2,3). Although teen birth rates and related declines enjoy been described by state, or patterns by urban-rural location enjoy not yet been examined. This report describes trends in teen birth rates in urban (metropolitan) and rural (nonmetropolitan) areas in the United States overall and by state from 2007 through 2015 and by race and Hispanic origin for 2015.
Source: cdc.gov