39.1
Number of births per 1,000 girls aged 15–19 in 2009, a 6% decrease from the teen birth rate of 41.5 per 1,000 girls aged 15–19 in 2008, and the lowest rate on record [via The Washington Post]
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Special Reports
The Disease that Won’t Die: Tuberculosis in Peru
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
