REPORT: TEEN BIRTHS DROP, MIDDLE-SCHOOL DRUG USE UP

Teen births decreased from 2008 to 2009, but middle-school age drug use increased from 2009 to 2010, according to a new government report of the most recent data.

The report, compiled by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, also showed that there were fewer teen injury deaths and fewer high school seniors who participated in binge drinking in 2009 than 2008.

There was also a drop in the number of preterm births between 2008 and 2009, marking the third year in a row that there's been a decrease in preterm births, according to the report.