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To the question: Canada's teenage birth rate fell dramatically from 35.7 to 13.6 per 1,000 in the last two decades. But in 2004 it was still almost seven times higher than in which European country?
The correct answer is B: Sweden
Canada's teenage birth rate fell dramatically from 35.7 to 13.6 per 1,000 during the last two decades and remains far below the United States. But in 2004 it was still almost seven times higher than Sweden's, which continues to have one of the lowest teenage birth rates of all developed countries.
Canada's teenage birth rate in the mid-range among developed countries
Birth rates per 1,000 women - Canada, United States and Sweden
Source: Life after teenage motherhood HTML | PDF
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