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Updated: 7:01 PM Mar 9, 2010
Knox County Teen Pregnancy Numbers
Knox County Health Department leaders are calling it a simple mixup with numbers.
Posted: 6:54 PM Mar 9, 2010Reporter: Ashley Reynolds Email Address: ashley.reynolds@wymtnews.com |
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Knox County Health Department leaders are calling it a simple mixup with numbers.
Last Friday it was reported Knox County health officials are finding 96 percent out of every one thousand teenage girls are getting pregnant.
Officials now say they misspoke and got the percentage and rate numbers switched.
Health leaders say new data shows it's actually nearly ten percent of Knox County teenage girls have gotten pregnant.
"I just want to clarify there was some confusion with the rate and with the number. While we are in the top ten, we are not number one," said Knox County Health Department Director Susan Liford.
Officials say miscarriages and abortions are included in the data.
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Posted by: Student
Location: Barbourville
on Mar 27, 2010 at 12:04 AM
No...prayer would stink...Religion in schools is what is ruining this country...Religion is full of biased hypocritical people who could give to craps about everyone else..plus that would completely contradict the whole "separation of church and state" that we have going on...keep religion out of it
Posted by: hazard
Location: ky
on Mar 9, 2010 at 08:41 PM
I guess your sex education in the schools are paying off. There having sex before becoming an adult. Lets try something new teach prayer.
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