New Birth Rate Data. New Statewide Solutions. Sex Ed For All Month was a great opportunity to share the newly released birth rate data put together by HFTX. Our latest blog post outlines how, through an enhanced approach, HFTX launches the new public-facing brand Talk About it Texas, to help increase
equitable access to education, healthcare, training, and technical assistance, especially in minority and rural communities. Texas teenagers are giving birth at a rate that is 46 percent higher than the national average. The Texas teen birth rate was 20.3 per 1,000 teens, while the U.S. teen birth rate was 13.9 for the same age group – a 46 percent difference. |
