OBJECTIVE:
to describe the proportion of live births and the fertility rate of mothers aged 15-19 years and correlation with socio-economic indicators in the health micro-regions of Mato Grosso do Sul State.
METHODS:
an ecological study using indicators aggregated by micro-region, calculated based on 2008 data from the Live Birth Information System and regional indicators of social and economic development.
RESULTS:
teenage mothers accounted for 22% of the total of 40,867 live births. Specific fertility rates (15-19 age group) ranged from 73 to 116 per thousand inhabitants in the health micro-regions studied. There was significant correlation between specific fertility rates and Social Responsibility Index (r = 0.646p = 0.032) and functional illiteracy (r = 0.7180p = 0.013)
CONCLUSION:
female adolescent fertility tends to be higher in micro-regions with the worst education and socio-economic development indicators.
Pregnancy in Adolescence; Live Birth; Health Status Indicators; Ecological Studies; Fecundity Rate
