Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_he_me/med_teen_births"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090107/capt.a1b8bc26badc48b892e2bed09c70df19.teen_births_gfx130.jpg?x=79y=130q=85sig=sCItd7Mrw3SS8IXyI5Qrew--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL 8:30 A.M.; graphic shows the teen birth rate for 15- to -19 year olds for 2006 by state; 1 c x 3 1/4 in; 46.5 mm x 82.55 mm; 2 c x 3 1/4 in; 96.3 mm x 82.55 mm" border="0" /></a>AP - Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen pregnancy rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, according to a new federal report released Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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