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Pregnancy rates are the number of pregnancies per 1,000 females age 15 to 19 years. 2. NYS Teen Pregnancy Rates by ZIP codes (2006-2008) - Updated 9/24/10 Attachment 1a. 11239 109.12 13620 33.82 13409 12.50 14580 19.02 11003 39.66 11030 8.47 10033 111.90.
Disparities remain. Kost and her colleagues also found declines in teen pregnancy rates across all racial and ethnic groups and all 50 states. But racial and geographic disparities remain. The teen pregnancy rate declined between 1990 and 2010 by more than 50 percent among white, black and Hispanic teens.