Over the course of a year, 19.9 per cent of teens in Niger give birth to a baby.This figure represents the
A)total fertility rate.
B)crude birth rate.
C)age-specific birth rate.
D)infant mortality rate.

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The given figure represents the age-specific birth rate, as it specifically refers to the percentage of teens (adolescents aged 15-19) who give birth within a year. This is different from the total fertility rate, which measures the average number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime, and the crude birth rate, which measures the number of live births in a population per 1,000 people regardless of age. The infant mortality rate measures the number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births.

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