The teen birth rate in Nevada County continues to drop, along with the rest of the state, to record-low levels, for 2014, the latest numbers available. The rate here is now 9-point-8 per-thousand, which is the third-lowest in California, tied with El Dorado County. The Director of Nursing at the County Health Department, Cindy Wilson says there is very good public intervention and education, especially in a smaller, rural area…

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The statewide rate is now about 20 per-thousand teen girls, 15 to 19 years old. Wilson says there is also great coordination with the schools and lots of ways to have comfortable conversations with adults about sex…

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Placer County now has the lowest rate in the state, at about 6 per-thousand. Marin County is second, at about 8 per-thousand.