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Table 1 Percentage of adolescent mothers by age groups, place or residence, and indigenous or non-indigenous origin in the census of selected Latin American countries

From: Looking back and moving forward: can we accelerate progress on adolescent pregnancy in the Americas?

Country and date of census

Age group

Percentage of adolescent mothers

Indigenous

Non-indigenous

Urban

Rural

Total

Urban

Rural

Total

Brazil, 2010

15–17 years

10.6

22.9

18.7

6.4

8.6

6.8

18–19 years

26.8

46.9

39.4

18.2

26.6

19.5

15–19 years

17.0

31.6

26.4

11.1

15.2

11.8

Costa Rica, 2011

15–17 years

8.5

20.3

17.0

5.3

6.7

5.7

18–19 years

23.6

42.1

36.1

17.0

22.2

18.4

15–19 years

15.2

28.7

24.7

10.0

12.6

10.8

Ecuador, 2010

15–17 years

9.0

9.6

9.5

8.3

11.9

9.6

18–19 years

28.9

34.2

32.9

25.2

34.1

28.1

15–19 years

17.4

18.5

18.3

15.0

20.3

16.8

Mexico, 2010

15–17 years

6.3

7.4

6.9

5.7

7.1

6.0

18–19 years

23.4

27.4

25.3

20.6

25.8

21.6

15–19 years

13.2

14.8

14.0

11.6

14.2

12.2

Panama, 2010

15–17 years

16.9

20.5

19.6

5.7

8.9

6.7

18–19 years

38.8

54.2

49.7

19.1

28.6

21.7

15–19 years

26.0

32.4

30.7

11.3

16.2

12.7

Uruguay, 20,100

15–17 years

6.0

4.1

6.0

4.6

4.9

4.6

18–19 years

20.2

25.8

20.4

16.9

21.9

17.1

15–19 years

11.6

12.5

11.6

9.3

11.3

9.4

  1. Jorge Rodriguez Vignoli. La reproducción en la adolescencia y sus desigualdades en América Latina. Introducción al análisis demográfico, con énfasis en el uso de microdatos censales de la ronda de 2010. CEPAL, UNFPA, 2014