A CDC report has revealed that the national teen birth has gone down to a record low in the past 20 years. But despite the fact that the national teen birth rate has reduced by 63% in last 20 years, the rate is still too high as 1,700 babies are still born every week to girls in age group 15 and 17.

The report, released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mentioned many positives about the reduction in the national teen birth rates. The report was compiled after comparing data from 1991 and 2012.

It is a real good achievement for the government that awareness programmes have finally started to pay off as majority of the teens, 73%, had not yet involved themselves in sex. And those who did used some form of birth control to stay protected from many health risks of unwanted pregnancy at a naive age.

Although state-by-state figures have not been provided by the report, but New Jersey has done the best to record lowest teen birth rates than the national average.

The overall birth rate for teens aged 15 to 17 years sought a huge decline from 38.6% for every 1,000 births in 1991 to 14.1% in 201.2

The survey also found that 80% of teens who involved themselves in sexual activities never took any sex education course whereas 25% admitted that they never discussed topics regarding sex with their parents.

CDC Director Tom Frieden said it is really good to know that the teen birth rate is continuously declining, but too many teens are still giving birth to babies. Poor medical, social and economic outcomes are some of the greatest risks posed by births to younger teens. "Efforts to prevent teen childbearing need to focus on evidence-based approaches to delaying sexual activity and increasing use of the most effective methods of contraception for those teens who are sexually active", said Frieden.