title: Trends of teenage pregnancy in Brazil, 2000-2011.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the frequency of teenage pregnancy in Brazil, from 2000 to 2011, in all five Brazilian macroregions and age groups (10-14 and 15-19 years), correlating it with the human development index (HDI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive epidemiological study, with cross-sectional design, performed by searching the database of the National Health System (Datasus), using information from the Information System (Sinasc).
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a decrease in the percentage of live births (LB) from teenage mothers (10-19 years) in Brazil (23.5 % in 2000 to 19.2 % in 2011). This reduction was observed in all Brazilian macroregions in the group of mothers aged 15 to 19 years. The number of LB increased by 5.0% among mothers aged 10-14 years (increase in the North and Northeast and decline in the other macroregions). The proportion of LB shows an inversely proportional trend to HDI score, with the Southeast having the highest HDI and the lowest proportion of LB to teenage mothers in the country.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Brazil shows a decline in the percentage of LB to adolescent mothers, tending to be inversely related to HDI score. It is important to empower strategies to address the problem, so that teenage pregnancy is seen as a personal decision rather than the result of a lack of policies targeting adolescent health.
authors.affiliation: Graduate degree in Family Health; MD from Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos (Unifeso) - Physician at PSF, Candeias, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raquel Ferreira
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Vaz
authors.affiliation: PhD - Adjunct Professor, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Uerj) and Full Professor, Unifeso, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Denise Leite Maia
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: PhD - Adjunct Professor, Uerj. Researcher, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nádia Cristina Pinheiro
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001723:Birth Rate; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050498:Live Birth; D008423:Maternal Age; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult