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"Hispanic teen birth rates in Connecticut are 8.5 times higher than whites' and almost double that
of African Americans for girls ages 15 to 19.
At 13 percent of the state's population, the Hispanic community is growing at a dramatic rate - by
almost 50 percent during the past decade - and experiencing increasing social and health inequities.
Almost a third of Hispanic children ages 17 and younger live in poverty. Almost 22 percent of
all Hispanics have no health insurance. The state's Hispanics had the third highest
unemployment rate in the nation in 2010, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a
Washington, D.C., think tank. Hispanics had a four-year high school graduation rate of 64
percent in 2010, according to state Department of Education data."
The dumbing down of America.
http://www.theday.com/article/20120126/NWS12/301269481/1018
of African Americans for girls ages 15 to 19.
At 13 percent of the state's population, the Hispanic community is growing at a dramatic rate - by
almost 50 percent during the past decade - and experiencing increasing social and health inequities.
Almost a third of Hispanic children ages 17 and younger live in poverty. Almost 22 percent of
all Hispanics have no health insurance. The state's Hispanics had the third highest
unemployment rate in the nation in 2010, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a
Washington, D.C., think tank. Hispanics had a four-year high school graduation rate of 64
percent in 2010, according to state Department of Education data."
The dumbing down of America.
http://www.theday.com/article/20120126/NWS12/301269481/1018
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