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Teenage mums are still only a small fraction of all teenagers. But the new figures confirm a trend towards higher birth rates at younger ages, which can no longer be dismissed as a temporary "blip".
The proportion of girls aged 15 to 19 having babies rose for the sixth year in a row, from a low of 2.6 per cent in 2002 to 3.1 per cent in 2007 and 3.3 per cent last year, Statistics NZ said yesterday.
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