Teen Birth Rate Continues To Drop Across The Country, But Remains Stubbornly Higher In The South: Most U.S. states saw a dramatic drop in their teen birth rates between 2007 and 2011, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control. The national rate of teen births declined by 25 percent, and some individual states saw their rates drop by 30 percent or more: Every single state except for West [...]/p