Teen births in the U.S. have hit a record low, federal data released Thursday show.
The teen birth rate dropped by 8 percent last year, reaching 22.3 live births for every 1,000 teenage girls, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The teen birth rate was 24.2 births per 1,000 teenagers in 2014.
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