Teen pregnancy rates rising in rural NSW

Rates of teen motherhood have halved in NSW since 2011 but are rising in rural parts of the state. (Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

There is a stark disparity between the rate of teenage pregnancy in NSW rural areas compared to girls who grow up in the city.

While teenage birth rates have halved in NSW since 2011, in more than a dozen rural and remote parts of the state, the number of babies being born to teenage mums is going against the trend and rising.