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§ 40-19-1. Legislative findings.
The general assembly finds:
(1)In 1988, there were one thousand four hundred sixty-one (1,461) births to adolescents under the age of twenty (20) in the state.
(2)Adolescents coping with a pregnancy have a greater risk than the average pregnant woman for:
(i)Inadequate nutrition;
(ii)Prenatal care starting well into the second trimester;
(iii)Living in poverty households; and finally
(iv)More likely to drop out of school.
(3)The literature on adolescents also shows an increase in drug and alcohol use and a rise in depression and suicide.
(4)The student dropout rates in the state are as follows:
Cranston | 23.7% |
Newport | 27% |
Pawtucket | 30.1% |
Providence | 42.4% |
Warwick | 16.4% |
West Warwick | 29.7% |
Woonsocket | 37.1% |
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